Taipei Cultural Center in New York announced that Taiwanese video and installation artist Wang Yahui (王雅慧) will be participating the MandaLa Lab of the Rubin Museum of Art.
Inspired by powerful Buddhist principles, the Mandala Lab features five thought-provoking, playful experiences—including videos, scents, sculpture, and curated percussion instruments—that guide visitors along an inner journey focused on self-awareness and awareness of others. See, smell, touch, and breathe your way through the space, designed to inspire connection, empathy, and learning.
Participant will encounter the Scent Library, where Wang’s piece of scent video will reside, and experience the scent created by the master perfumer Christophe Laudamiel. A digital installation leads the participant through a series of questions, screens the artist’s video of their memory about the scent, and prompts guests to record their memories and emotions.
Her work has been shown internationally and she has held residencies at Location One (New York, 2006), Cité des Arts (Paris, 2007), and the Helsinki International Artist Programme (Helsinki, 2010). She has exhibited or screened her work in international film festivals and biennials, including the 2002 Taipei Biennial, 2006 Shanghai Biennale, International Film Festival Rotterdam 2008, and the 2008 Hors Pistes Film Festival at the Centre Pompidou. She participated most recently in the exhibition "Finding Time," held at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum in Taipei in 2020.
Rubin Museum of Art originated from a private collection of Himalayan art which the funder, Donald and Shelley Rubin had been assembling since 1974. The museum officially opened on October 2, 2004 and is a museum dedicated to the collection, display, and preservation of the art and cultures of the Himalayas, the Indian subcontinent, Central Asia and other regions within Eurasia, with a permanent collection focused particularly on Tibetan art.