islands of disappearing

Culture Lab LIC, New York, USA
6 Jul 2023 – 30 Jul 2023
Fever Genesis

Islands of Disappearing

Spatial Installation, 2023
Commissioned by Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab

Christmas trees waiting to be removed are everywhere on the streets of New York after Christmas. These “jungles” create an outré atmosphere in the city as if they were never part of the real world. The work firstly transforms the “streetscapes” into “images” through photography, and then represents them as “scenes” in the exhibition venue, thereby presenting an unknowable state of dissipation. Based on my practical experience in cinematic art directing, the work is connected display with the site-specific feature of installation in the venue, so as to demonstrate the existence in-between the scenes and the exhibition. I seek to reflect the birth of art and the void it may entail, just like the Christmas trees that disappeared in situ during the New Year holidays.

press

07/2023  Fever Genesis
06/2023  Taiwan’s ‘Fever Genesis’ to Feature Experimental and Innovative Artworks at Culture Lab LIC, Starting July 6
06/2023  Islands of Disappearing by WU Chia-Yun