Sep 23, 2012
Jan 22, 2012
Sep 9, 2011
Aug 8, 2011
Treasure Hill is located on the site of a temple devoted to Guanyin, in Taipei. Over fifty years ago, people started building their own houses, on this land owned by the Ministry of National Defense. Originally it was settled in by war veterans, but developed into a community composed mainly of poor people, migrant workers and others who couldn’t afford the steep prices in the area. Thus the inhabitants were generally a marginalised and voiceless community.
Jul 7, 2011
Video work "Ghost next to the City". The script is written according to a conflagration which happened years ago in Treasure Hill. Through photo documents and interviews with residents, one can relate various images of fire to the past lifestyles of residents, whether it be fire accidents, bonfires, or fires for the purpose of producing light and warmth. These flickers of light can be seen as historical signifiers, linking together all the different people and memories belonging to this land.
Oct 2, 2010
On October 2nd 2010, the day the Treasure Hill Artist Village opened, Shih-Tung Lo made headbands similar to the ones usually seen during protests and gave them out to visitors. He tried to create an alternative atmosphere on the occasion of opening festival. That was a form of theatrical protest. Captured through still and video documentation, the participants turned themselves into background performers. It at the same time was and was not an illusion from either the past or present, in short, a kind of “out-of-place-ness” to evoke a concern or just mere curiosity. What is Treasure Hill? What have made it this way? What does its past look like? And what about its future? Then how people can get involved?
Sep 29, 2010
“Reading” were performances which Lo Shih-Tung contributed in Yeh Wei-Li’s “super Friday project” at Yeh’s New Day Street studio in Pushin. “super Friday project” was a collective of events, including performance art, sound art, literary creation, installation art etc., held consecutively on Friday nights. Lo contributed twice in “Reading” with his readings of “Reflects on Military Service” and “Reflects on our contemporary art”
. The content of “Reflects on Military Service” consists of verses from the diary Lo kept during his military services; “Reflects on Military Service” was inspired by his correspondences with friends on various debatable issues regarding contemporary art. Lo collaborated with fellow artist, Jo-Mei Lee, combining the physically extreme art of yoga unto each of his readings, creating a unique narrative performance.
Jan 23, 2010
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