(Central News Agency reporter Wang Baoer, Taipei, 26th) With the name of the capital, Taipei seems to symbolize prosperity and progress. The Taipei Museum of Contemporary Art will launch the “Taipei of the Poor: Transfer Station” exhibition tomorrow, allowing the homeless, migrant workers and other people who have experienced poverty to tear apart the exhibition. Tag it and become a creator, expressing your view of Taipei in different ways.
The “Taipei for the Poor: Transfer Station” exhibition was jointly curated by the “Learning from the Poor Action Alliance” and Zhu Gangyong, founder of “100 Flavors of Life”. The opening press conference was held today.
Luo Lizhen, director of Taipei Museum of Contemporary Art, pointed out that through this exhibition, he hopes to eliminate stereotypes and allow more ethnic groups and audiences to find resonance and identity in the museum.
Zhu Gangyong said that during the exhibition installation process, he could experience the interesting and intertwined relationships. Which work has to adjust the sound or turn up the lights for the work next door, it is like how individuals live and survive in crowded Taipei. She also has an optimistic vision for the future, “Is it possible that we can move to each other in Taipei, or even throughout Taiwan, to achieve a better state for each other or each other?”
The Poor Students Alliance is composed of people who have experienced poverty, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), artists, and social scholars. They launched the “Taipei for the Poor” project in 2017 and explore Taipei’s problems through exhibitions, forums, etc. every year. tolerance. This exhibition conveys people’s process of moving to the city, their experiences in the city, and their voices of becoming one of the urban subjects. A total of 13 groups of artists and groups participated in the exhibition.
Among them, artist Zhang Yuyi installed the “Friendly Chair Project” work in the outdoor plaza of Taipei Contemporary Museum. It looks like an ordinary rest bench, but she deliberately installed dense armrests that make it impossible to sit down. She said that this was her first work that came into contact with the homeless, and she hoped to convey a certain phenomenon that is tacitly allowed by society but not stated explicitly through the work. People who passed by were welcome to try lying down or sitting on outdoor benches. Feel the plight of the homeless.
Zhu Gangyong said that in the entire description of the exhibition, they deliberately omitted the identity and status of the creators to highlight their wonderful creations and rich expressions. “But I want to remind everyone that after leaving the exhibition room, they will still be labeled by society, such as homeless people, Single mothers, etc., and I hope that after walking out of this exhibition room, we can all move to a better place.”
The exhibition “Taipei for the Poor: Transfer Station” will be on display at the Experimental Exhibition Hall of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Taipei from tomorrow until June 16. (Editor: Guan Zhongwei) 1130426
