CONTEMPORARY PHENOMENON OF MESSAGES

How do we explore the characteristics of the interweaving of thoughts and dislocation of history in contemporary messages? The project initiated the exploration with the question: How Are Images Received and Information Created, prompting the artists to break down their experience of creating messages and ponder on how traditional techniques and classifications of existing vehicles live and thrive in the era of digital media. Next, through the inspection of Contemporary Graphic Design in the World, a discussion of the visual presentation of languages ensued. Cases of visual communication in Korea and European countries galvanized the artists to put together visual contexts with the potential of directing Taiwan to the world

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F. P., Contemporary Phenomenon of Messages VIII, 2022. Sampled from works of Guido Reni (1575–1642), Saint Sebastian and Saint James the Greater.

October 17, 2021
SELECTION–THE STRATEGIC LIFELINE OF LOCAL FASHION BRANDS
In this seminar, stylist and Ne.Sense manager Micheal Xie discuss how he developed his sense of “absolute aesthetics” from his work in the fashion industry, and shares his experiences, local awareness and personal interests and how he’s combined his unique perspective through branding to make an in impact in the consumer market.

F. P., Contemporary Phenomenon of Messages VII, 2022. Sampled from works of Caravaggio (1571–1610), Christi Geburt mit den Heiligen Franziskus und Laurentius and La Deposizione di Cristo.

October 27, 2021
UNDEFINED · FIVE NEW TALENTS IN TAIWANESE VISUAL ART
In this seminar, TPadd assoc., chairman Hsing-Kai Peng introduced five visual workers at ages 24 to 28 active in the field of art and literature in Taiwan with a background from Taiwan, Indonesia, and Macau. He shared how they, through ways that are raw and avant-garde, inherited the cultural codes of Taiwan in the 70s and 80s and developed the blueprint of Taiwan’s contemporary visual culture. Hsing-Kai Peng anchored London artist Jesse Kanda as the new starting point of contemporary graphic art, and elaborated on how “religiousness” in art works has gone through a decentralizing transformation after the switch of subjectivity between artists and works.

F. P., Contemporary Phenomenon of Messages VI, 2022. Sampled from works of Pietro da Cortona (1596–1669), Ceiling of Palazzo Barberini and Rape of the Sabines.

October 20, 2021
HOW SOUTH KOREA BECAME A VISUAL PIONEER IN ASIA
This lecture invited O.OO Studio to take their own experiences of engaging South Korean culture and their favourite works as examples to share how South Korean style, running through different vehicles, is recognized by the local government, consumer markets, and all generations around the world. Furthermore, O.OO interviewed South Korean designers in the fields of web design, graphic design, and programming to investigate the commonality of cross-form creation from various aspects, attempting to clarify what contributes to the South Korean style.

F. P., Contemporary Phenomenon of Messages II, 2021. Sampled from works of Salvator Rosa (1615–1673), Landscape with Saint Anthony Abbot and Saint Paul and A Witch.

May 19, 2021
PAPER OBJECTS AS AN EXAMPLE
In this seminar, Houth selected paper objects that they have worked on or made and photos from PICNIC, the photographic portfolio in collaboration with pon ding bookstore and artis Meich Wu, to tell their stories of the active deliberation of piling messages each time before realizing their ideas.

Chiao-Chi Chang