Lin Shih Pao,  Heavenly timing, Earth Advantage, Human Harmony. Ink on canvas. photo taken at the Godwin Ternbach Museum, 2011

The curatorial concept is based on the fact that since the late twentieth century, artists have needed to be involved in the studio, in the community, in the media, and in academic circles.  At the same time, continual drastic transformations in economy, demographics, and communication have had a revolutionary effect upon the art world and added a layer of complexity to art. These manifold influences have liberated artists as well as imposed new constraints on them. Stimuli from different sources and the consequent effects on artists have made it more difficult to classify artists, who now frequently work in various media. Instantaneous communication and frequent movements of immigrant groups have paradoxically made art more local, since artists are driven to find ways to express their cultural identity in contravention of established native standards. Simultaneously, previously disdained art forms have found new favor and helped give birth to new media. These powerful trends are having a profound impact on the art community that shares common resources and complex ambitions.In this Arts in Motion program, there will be a cross-collaboration between visual artists Lin Shih Pao, MolMol Kuo and Nung Hsin Hu and YUNG-LI DANCE.  The program will contain new technology, a kinetic work, and an art work addressing recycling, and will be performed during the Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month both in ASA College and at Union Square North.                        

Curator: Luchia Meihua Lee

Sunday May 26,  12-5pm    Passport to Taiwan   Union Square North

 Large installation pieces will be presented and performed

 

Nung Hsin HU Taste, 2013

 

 

Nung Hsin HU (胡農欣） Taste

 

The Walk in Shelter is a documentary, a film project which combines a robotic sculpture that walks through the five boroughs of New York with video interviews that the artist 

Molmol KUO    Walk in Shelter, 2013

filmed. As a documentary film maker, Molmol is looking for new techniques and strategies to bring the stories she captures to the world.   

This project features a robotic sculpture that walks to find its viewers on the street.  The robot is reactive, it senses the proximity of viewers on the street and is engaging. It creates conversation and an entry point into a difficult topic.

The inspiration for this walking temple came from a temple festival in Taiwan; in these temple festivals, people carry statues of gods in the small temple shelter that is paraded down the streets and through various counties to bring the blessing everywhere. Her piece will be a 21st century temple that adapts robotics to interact with onlookers.

這是一件以"走動的廟宇機器人"來自21世紀神祗繞境的概念，庇護所造型是一間神轎式的雕塑，為戶外開放空間設計的互動式的雕塑作品。這件具有獨特性像媽祖繞境的神轎機器人雕塑，走在大街上找尋它的觀眾。該機器人是互動式的，它可以感受在大街上接近的民眾，創造與之對話的話題，同時記錄這些對話訪問，這個互動式的機器人的參與創造了艱難話題的切入點。 

"行走的庇護所"是一個走動的文件記錄，它結合了機器人雕塑，走在紐約的五個行政區，並播放視頻採訪的人，這是藝術家要拍一個電影計劃。作為一個紀錄片導演，她正在尋找新的技術和策略，捕捉世界的帶來的故事。

LIN Shih Pao  Sun in Action, 2013

Sun in Action : 

This project is contemporary handicraft; the artist intends to use versatile human hands to create a new technology and provide a salute to the Sun. In this project, Lin will recycle plastic to make a symbolically solar-powered car to express passion, light, and warm feeling. This car will represent endurance to carry burdens and run long distances. And it will bring even more positive influence. It will help to spread the concept of earth protection, global warming, energy saving, solar products, new energy, and the idea that all creatures must rely on each other.  

 

林世寶此次透過回收資源塑膠製品製造一部「太陽行動車」，以車的造型來象徵行動與載重行遠, 同時回溯人類以雙手創造萬物之珍貴，行動車的製造將借由與一般勞動階層合作來表現「當代手工」之概念，用創意與雙手向熱情、光明、溫暖、創造文明的太陽致敬，並透過藝術構思以車的造形表示當代藝術對人與地球、社會、現實、衝突的關注，實踐對長期的環境保護行動。

Artist collaborating with the employees at the Crystal Window and Door

(This piece is sponsored by Crystal Window and Door System)

   

 

 

YUNG-LI DANCE      P2T Photo by Alexandra Vanshtein