Biographical note

羅仕東關注於社會中日常可見的特殊紋理,將其視為如班雅明論述中的碎片,折射、反映一完整的結構、世界。作品作為活的文件,試圖誘發詢問與思考、移動與轉換的特殊訊息。

其創作並不限於特定媒材或方式,繪畫、攝影、表演行為、聲音、影像、裝置、事件,皆作為具體的形與物,以及將之投擲於公共領域後的折射與回響。

從創作與社區、觀眾的交互過程中,將零碎的、間隙的、遺忘的歷史層積和記憶深處重構或甚至虛構;尋訪當代社會中關於身分、家、故鄉、城市 -即那些關於我們已經遺忘許久,不可見的幽黯鬼魂。

Lo Shih-Tung regard the special textures present in our daily life, seeing them as in Walter Benjamin’s discourse, fragments and reflection of a complete structure, a whole world. My works are organic documents attempting to inquire and contemplate ever-changing warped messages.

Painting, photography, performance, audio/ video, installation, happenings can all be part of a creation thrown to public arenas awakening its refraction and feedback.

Through the process of creating and interacting with spectators and communities, the fragmented, fissured, and forgotten history can be restored or even fictionalized. It is about seeking one’s identity, residence, hometown, and city; those long forgotten, unseen ghosts.

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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.

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