Inspired by the painting ‘Scenery near Yuan-Shan’ (1928) by Hsueh-Hu Kuo (1908-2012) of the TFAM collection, the winning team of X-site will organize the public program of five events entitled Sublime Project during the exhibition period of Analogue Forest. The team attempts to conduct an on-site study–returning to the original sites such as the Jiantanshan Hiking Trail and Taiwan Grand Shrine (now the Grand Hotel), and analogously identifies or establishes, by visual expression, sound creation, and corporal sensation, the ‘orderliness’ in the natural landscape illustrated in the painting. ‘Scenery near Yuan-Shan’ pivots on the public program which encourages a ‘group study in the field’ as the first step of enlightenment. Three invited artists of different disciplines will launch a field study to observe from various perspectives of art and to elaborate on the following events: natural nutrients cultivated from a ‘group study in the field’ in ‘Learn from forest’; opening performance as indicated in ‘Prologue’; workshops of symbolized vision in ‘Sketch form forest’; sound performance as visualized sound in ‘Listen from forest’, and talks on the subject of forest empathy in ‘Talk from forest’. The different types of events echo the concept of analogy to a forest in Analogue Forest and deduce the somatosensory memory and spatial experience during a promenade in the woods.

Listen from forest – Soundscape reimagined in the memory

The sound artist Yu-Jung Chen collects numerous natural sounds to reconstruct the narratives of distinct sounds. He wonders “how the familiar soundscape in daily life provokes a new imagination of auditory experiences, through different listening methods and changes in the experience of corporal perceptions.” The artist encodes the sound archives, using multi-channel speakers to simulate the diversity and directionality of natural sounds in interaction with the on-site installation. In the current project, “delay” serves as the core concept of sound creation. It takes advantage of the characteristics of echo and reverberation in sound technology, digitally processing the sounds from the natural ecosystem with about 30-40 small speakers hidden in Analogue Forest. Through the abstract reconstruction of the sounds, the event guides visitors to re-experience the spatial field and itinerary constructed by the soundscape.

Session 1: 05.25 (Sat) 16:00-16:45 (45 minutes/session)

Session 2: 06.22 (Sat) 18:30-19:15 (45 minutes/session)

Venue: Analogue Forest and its nearby, TFAM outdoor plaza

Admission:

• free for the general public; no reservation required
• Full participation, including sitting on the ground for a long time with limited seats, is suggested for each participant to maintain the quality of the event. Please evaluate if your physical health is suitable for the event before registering.

About artist

Yu-Jung Chen

now lives and works in Tainan, Taiwan. His artworks mainly focus on contemporary composition, performance art, experimental improvisation, and mixed media installations. Most of Chen’s recent artworks explore the interaction among space, individual emotions, and psychological experiences. By processing the transformation of vision and hearing in space, the artist tries to blur the boundary of perceptions. Recently, he has also tried to use AI computing technology to experiment with the interactive and improvised relationship between humans and non-humans and explore the forms of dialogue between humans and virtual species.

Chen has held solo exhibitions and performances of residence programs in Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, New Zealand, the Netherlands, South Korea, the United Kingdom, France, and Taiwan. His artworks vary in forms, including on-site installation, sound, interactive multimedia, etc. He was laureate of the 2022 Giga-Hertz Production Award by the ZKM|Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe in Germany, Nanying Award for the category of Image and New Media, Next Art Tainan, etc.