"Intimate Scars" 10.29

International Women's Issues Day x Stage Performing Arts

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activity description

The exhibition "Intimate Transgressions" is composed of 65 artists from 14 nationalities, jointly exhibited at the Meiling Art Gallery and the Caiyu Art Gallery of the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall. The works cover photography, painting, sculpture, and video works, ranging from figurative realism to abstract installations From contemporary concepts to modern paintings, regardless of the time axis and the great diversity of works, I hope to bring the audience a different visual perspective and pay attention to the issue of gender violence derived from the comfort women in history.

The International Group Exhibition on Gender Violence and Women's Issues Seen by Comfort Women, the first stop departs from New York to Beijing and Hangzhou, and Taipei is the fourth stop, curated by British curator Fion Gunn, Taiwanese curator Cai Wenxiang, Chinese curator Co-planned by Hu Yuanbo, with the appeal of comfort women's human rights, reviewing Japan's recruitment and abduction of comfort women (comfort women) in Asia, Taiwan, China, South Korea, Indonesia, the Philippines, and even the Netherlands during World War II to serve Japan on the front lines Non-commissioned officers and soldiers perform sexual services, creating the darkest page in the history of human feminism.

This gender-based art exchange program reinterprets gender-based violence under the shadow of war through the works of different curators and different artistic styles. The themes of the exhibition are divided into (1) historical environment, (2) scar memory, and (3) contemporary experience.

Comfort women, a group of witnesses to the dark history of mankind, are also victims. They hide their unacceptable words in their hearts. There are 1,200 women who were recruited in Taiwan, and now only three are living silently in the corner of Taiwan. The organizer hopes to use " "Intimate Scars" is exhibited, sublimating the scars of history, and illuminating the darkest corners of the world with artworks. The exhibition period is from now until November 1. It is exhibited at Meiling Art Gallery and Caiyu Art Gallery of Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei .

October 29th is the International Women's Issue Day and the presentation of stage performance art. The famous dancer Wu Sujun is specially invited to be the director of the performance art. . Apologies for history with the Hitomi couple from Japan; at the same time, it also arranges for exhibitors to appear and share their creative concepts. In the evening session, the video works of well-known photographer Gao Yuan and the wonderful film "Song of the Reed" directed by Wu Xiujing will be played, marking a profound and moving end to the whole night.

 

 

event guests

Wu Sujun

One of the most respected artists in the field of modern dance in Taiwan. He used to be the head of the Dance Department of National Taipei University of the Arts, and is currently teaching at the Dance Academy of National Taipei University of the Arts. He was a founding member and main dancer of Cloud Gate Dance Theater and Taipei Transcendence Dance Troupe, performing dance codes covering Cloud Gate and Transcendence classics. In recent years, he has devoted himself to reshaping traditional songs, dances, and music, and then creating a stage performance form that is both exquisite and contemporary. He is the founder and important promoter of Taiwan's contemporary Nanguan music and dance. Major works include "Songs of Love", "Whispers in the Back Garden", "Zhaojun's Outing of the Fortress", "Neon Clothes and Feather Clothes", "Slow Voice", "Hundreds of Birds Returning to the Nest in Mount Zhai", "Sit and Watch the Clouds Rise", "Pipa x3", "Nanguan Poetry" "This Shore‧The Other Shore" etc.

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Wang Xinxin

One of the most important Nanguan musicians of contemporary Chinese. He grew up in Quanzhou, the hometown of Fujian Nanguan. He began to learn Nanguan at the age of four; he is proficient in fingering, composing Daqu and various musical instruments. He is especially famous for singing. He used to be a full-time musician of Fujian Quanzhou Nanguan Music Troupe and music director of Taipei Hantang Yuefu Nanguan Ancient Orchestra. Settled in Taiwan in 1992, adhering to the mission of Nanguan's contemporary singing, and bravely breaking through the traditional stereotypes. In 2003, he founded Xinxin Nanguan Band, committed to the cross-field cooperation between Nanguan and contemporary art, and sang in Nanguan and Chinese classical poetry The combined creation of literature is unique.

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Luo Changqin

The first Taiwanese erhu player to be invited to record a solo album for France's largest world music label. The first Taiwanese erhu performer to record a fully composed jazz erhu performance album. Involved in different art fields such as classical, traditional, Hakka music, Gezai opera, Peking opera, Kunqu opera, world music, modern, pop, jazz, theater, dance, etc. He has received complete training from traditional music since he was a child, making traditional music the greatest nutrient, so that he can confidently swim in different types of music on the basis of a profound tradition. He has been committed to using erhu to cooperate with different types of musicians in the world since he was in university. He always shuttles between different musical fields, which makes him more inclusive than ordinary erhu performers. He not only combines the essence and charm of traditional erhu Bringing it into a more diverse field of performing arts, it also shows a new pattern that breaks through traditional music.

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Wang Yuanli

Born in Taipei, graduated from the Institute of Dance Performance and Creation of the Dance Academy of National Taipei University of the Arts. He has been engaged in dance performance for many years, and at the same time focuses on the field of dance teaching. She used to be a full-time dancer at Cloud Gate Dance Theater. Currently teaching at the Department of Dance, National Taipei University of the Arts. In recent years, he has been employed by the Hong Kong Dance Company and the Dance Department of Beijing Normal University as a guest teacher of the dance department and MFA master students. Important performances include being invited to participate in the "Twelve Days of Chinese Dance" Art Festival, performing Zhang Xiaoxiong's "Ancient City" at the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing, and performing " Match", the 9th "Guangdong Modern Dance Festival" in Guangzhou, the 2012 "New Vision Arts Festival" in Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Dynamic Dance Troupe.

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Wu Jianwei

The current Artistic Director of Wild Grass Dance Community is from Nantou. He started dancing at the age of 15 and graduated from National Taipei University of the Arts. He studied under Professor Luo Manfei and Professor Zhang Xiaoxiong. He used to be a full-time dancer of the French Caffey Dance Company and the Taipei Transcendence Dance Company. Now he is a freelance artist, focusing on performance and creation, theater and photography. In 2008, his work "Aurora" won the Honor Award of the Jury of the Australian Choreography Competition. In 2014, the work "Development and Reorganization" won the annual award of the Wuyao Dadi Dance Creation Competition. In 2013, the Wild Grass Dance Community was established. The first work "Two Bodies" and the second work "The Farewell We Choose" were both nominated for the Taishin Arts Award. The 2016 new work "Six Out" premiered in Taipei on New Year's Day, and was immediately invited to perform on an international tour. The solo work "Nuo 3" premiered at the George Town Art Festival in Malaysia, and was praised as "highlight of the event" by the art festival.

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Wang Yaochong

He is currently the person in charge of Shiyi Design Co., Ltd., graduated from the Drama Department of National Taipei University of the Arts (formerly National Academy of Arts), majoring in stage design, and was a teacher of drama at Huagang Art School. Stage supervision work that he has participated in in recent years: Bai Xianyong "Youth Edition․ The Peony Pavilion" and "The Story of the Jade Hairpin". Cooperating groups include Minghuayuan Drama Troupe, National Chung Cheng Cultural Center, National Taiwan Opera Academy, Taiwan Theater Performers Troupe, If Children's Theater Troupe, Taipei Crossover Dance Troupe, Zhu Zongqing Percussion Orchestra, Taipei Chamber Ballet, Huanxi Playing Troupe, Xinxin Nanguan Orchestra, Jiangzhicui Theater, Taipei Folk Dance Troupe, Dance Department of Taipei National University of the Arts, etc.

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