Notes & Thoughts

“Deer Rug” a part of “The Covenant of Dadu: A Diplomacy of Things between Mountains and Seas” at Taichung Art Museum “Deer Rug” is an animal hide composed of air-dried banana peels that resembles the Taiwanese Sika deer. I created it at the same time as my “Tropical Collection” (2016) during my residency at the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum. Deerskin is one of the earliest Taiwanese exports and reflects the life, production, and trade patterns of various ethnic groups in and around Formosa Island during the Maritime age.  During the 17th century, Formosa had an abundance of deerskins. The aboriginal people were excellent hunters and traded the deerskins...

“Carbohydrate Fueling Cycle” & “Tropical Collection” are presented in “Pulse of the City” at Taipei 101 Gallery Art is the first spark driving urban evolution. It not only showcases the power of aesthetics but also inspires creativity and ignites imaginations about the future. The exhibition “The Pulse of the City” invites visitors to experience how art becomes a source of energy for the city, creating a deeper resonance and connection between technology, architecture, and humanity. Through artworks in diverse media, the exhibition aims to make cities more vibrant and imaginative, and to create new possibilities for...

“Bagasse Missiles” a part of “Before the Storm – Taiwan on the Frontier of Past and Future” at Ludwig Museum “Bagasse Missiles” assembled from bagasse and agricultural remnants, probe the power dynamics and global flows that underpin tropical cash crops. Using bagasse to craft various traditional farming tools, the artist assembles them into several modeled missiles that commonly sold by the United States to Taiwan. In doing so, the piece examines the historical evolution of the sugarcane industry, from agricultural commodity to daily necessity, and ultimately to a source of military fuel such as ethanol and butanol. The installation also responds...

Previous Next “Bagasse Missile“, “Lat Pulldown Machine“ and “Ethanol Distillery“ are a part of “The Limit is the Turbulent Skies” at MoNTUE Museum LO Yi-Chu n’s installation trilogy traces the evolving roles of sugarcane as it moves through diverse historical and political contexts, including agriculture, colonial expan­sion, military industry, mass production, and contempo­rary body politics. This tropical crop has been continu­ously redefined. It began as a vital source of sustenance, later became a strategic fuel, and now stands as a metaphor for embodied desire and systems of control. Through sculptural assemblage...