The University of London's Birkbeck School of Art has successfully concluded its first-ever "Taiwan Week” event series as part of the Ministry of Culture's Spotlight Taiwan project.
Taiwanese sound artist Wang Fu-jui (王福瑞),who debuted in London and currently leads the Trans-Sonic Lab at the Taipei National University of the Arts, demo-ed his sound art project at the opening ceremony, which was attended by some 70 art professionals and students, on March 30.
The performance was followed by a weeklong exhibition titled "Shoot the Pianist — the Noise Scene in Taipei: 1990-1995.” Comprising over a hundred artworks, including photographs, posters, videos, and sound art, "Shoot the Pianist” presented Taiwan's underground music scenes and the emergence of sound artists during the 1990s.
In addition to the week-long exhibition and the opening performances, the Taiwan Week at Birkbeck also invited Taiwanese sound artists Lin Chi-wei (林其蔚), Dino (廖銘和, Liao Ming-he), and director Chen Sing-ing (陳芯宜) to present their works.Lin, Wang, and Dino also performed at Café Oto in East London on April 2 with three British artists — Musarc, Michael Speers, and Kenny Love.
They then held their final joint performances at the Counterflows Festival, an international musical event in Glasgow featuring underground music that ran from April 2 to 5.
