BGuthrie Photos: DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019C Summer Exhibit: Being Here as ME

DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019C Summer Exhibit: Being Here as ME:

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Description of Pictures: Being Here as ME -- New Media Art Exhibition of Women Artists from Taiwan
June 15-August 11, 2019
Curated by Yu-Chuan Tseng
Being Here as ME presents six women artists striving towards constructions of female subjectivity. Pey-Chwen Lin, Tzu-Ning Wu, Yung-Chieh Wu, I-Chun Chen, Pei-Shih Tu, and Hui-Chan Kuo create new media artworks through diverse mediums and methods. Their work transcends gender discussions, and through social strategies, action, and engagement they express their concerns and create artworks revealing their anxiety and opinions about the ecology of society, science, technology and the environment. This exhibition is sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Republic of China (Taiwan) and Taiwan Academy, Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the US (TECRO).

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. KATTAI_190614_01.JPG: Being Here as ME- New Media Art Exhibition of Women Artists from Taiwan Curated by Yu-Chuan Tseng Since the 2000s, the liberation of gender consciousness and the development of women's art in Taiwan has accumulated a great deal of energy. The creative efforts and actions of women artists have increasingly become livelier and more diverse. For the younger generation, the predicament of gender discrimination that occupied the prior generation is no longer obvious. The popularity of new media technology provides artists with new tools of creation and new topics of concern. Their work transcends gender discussions, and through social strategies, action, and engagement they express their concerns and create artworks revealing their anxiety and opinions about the ecology of society, science, technology, and the environment. The title Being Here as ME highlights the determination of women artists in Taiwan and how they strive towards constructions of female subjectivity. These artists, Pey-Chwen Lin, Tzu-Ning Wu, Yung-Chieh Wu, I-Chun Chen, Pei-Shih Tu, and Hui-Chan Kuo reveal their consciousness of biotechnology, digital existence, social systems, and political critiques. Through social consciousness, they are trying to call attention through the power of art, and trying to awaken solicitude in human beings. Pey-Chwen Lin, Tzu-Ning Wu, and I-Chun Chen bring to light the ethical issues behind the dazzling glamour of science and technology. They employ fictional stories and create astonishing animations as a strategy to warn human beings. Hui-Chan Kuo, Yung-Chieh Wu, and Pei-Shih Tu address the state of uneasiness in Taiwan, and subsequent turmoil due to the political, social, and gender issues present in the republic. These artists explore these issues with a critical view. They examine the relationship of humans to the environment. They recall historical moments of political tragedy, and are concerned about the memory of the old times. Yu-Chuan Tseng, Curator
2. KATTAI_190614_05.JPG: Since the 2000s, the liberation of gender consciousness and the development of women's art in Taiwan has accumulated a great deal of energy. The creative efforts and actions of women artists have increasingly become livelier and more diverse. For the younger generation, the predicament of gender discrimination that occupied the prior generation is no longer obvious. The popularity of new media technology provides artists with new tools of creation and new topics of concern. Their work transcends gender discussions, and through social strategies, action, and engagement they express their concerns and create artworks revealing their anxiety and opinions about the ecology of society, science, technology, and the environment. The title Being Here as ME highlights the determination of women artists in Taiwan and how they strive towards constructions of female subjectivity. These artists, Pey-Chwen Lin, Tzu-Ning Wu, Yung-Chieh Wu, I-Chun Chen, Pei-Shih Tu, and Hui-Chan Kuo reveal their consciousness of biotechnology, digital existence, social systems, and political critiques. Through social consciousness, they are trying to call attention through the power of art, and trying to awaken solicitude in human beings. Pey-Chwen Lin, Tzu-Ning Wu, and I-Chun Chen bring to light the ethical issues behind the dazzling glamour of science and technology. They employ fictional stories and create astonishing animations as a strategy to warn human beings. Hui-Chan Kuo, Yung-Chieh Wu, and Pei-Shih Tu address the state of uneasiness in Taiwan, and subsequent turmoil due to the political, social, and gender issues present in the republic. These artists explore these issues with a critical view. They examine the relationship of humans to the environment. They recall historical moments of political tragedy, and are concerned about the memory of the old times. Yu-Chuan Tseng, Curator
3. KATTAI_190614_08.JPG: Yung-Chieh Wu The incantation of the little one -- Alas!! (story board), 2018
4. KATTAI_190614_22.JPG: Pei-Shuh Tu The Adventures in Mount Yu III, 2010
5. KATTAI_190614_37.JPG: Pey-Chwen Lin Making of Eve Clone Documentation, 2017
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