Here Is Where We Are, Chiayi Art Museum Yi-Chun LO participates in the exhibition “Here Is Where We Meet” which is in collaboration with the Tianmei Art Foundation and Chiayi Art Museum. This exhibition references Here Is Where We Meet by English art critic and novelist, John Berger, and alludes to the metaphorical encounters throughout different stages …
Mysterious Formosan Clouded Leopard Previous Next Mysterious Formosan Clouded Leopard, 2019 Media: Bagasse, tobacco shredsDimensions: 160 x 220cm I studied the Southeast Asian clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) and the Sunda clouded leopard (Neofelis diardi) found in Sumatra and Borneo for comparison of their fur patterns, habitat, movement, and distribution, and chronology of reported sightings to …
Protective Layers: Kangaroo Hide & Fox Pelt Previous Next Mix-Media Installation Materials: grass tree trunk, kangaroo grass, wheat, barley, canola seeds, wool blanket, Limestone sand Unique Ecology of Western Australia When I first visited Australia in 2019, the exotic, native vegetation and the distinct, rocky landscape fascinated me. I became interested in the development …
From Banana Plantation to The Sugarcane Coast: An Artist’s journey in Central and South America Lo Yi-Chun completed a five-month research trip to South and Central America to better understand the history and development of cash crops in the region. She began in Brazil, the largest sugar producer in the world and visited sites of …
Previous Next THE DIVER, 2023 Materials: Bamboo, leather, bottles, tubes, air gun, air valves During the period of White Terror in Taiwan from 1947 to 1987. The inmates at the New Life Correction Center laboured and collected corals along the coast spanning from Niutou Hill to the Nanliao Coast. Only a few inmates had the …
Edit gallery CLIMBING UP TO ARCHAEOLOGY IN NEIWEI, 2022 Media: High density gypsum, woodwork, digital printDimensions: Wall 475 x 300cm; Floor 100 x 150 x 250cm Neiwei has been a site of human activity for a long time. Pottery, stone tools, animal bones, and shellfish remains have been excavated here. The continued agricultural and industrial …
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A research trip to Central and South America including Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, and Jamaica from August to December 2022. Lo Yi-Chun continued her research into the history and development of the sugarcane industry during a five-month trip to South and Central America. She began in Brazil, the largest sugar producer in the world …
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The Notebook of Takahashi (Alishan, 1861) Edit gallery From the Notebook of Takahashi (Alishan, 1861) Video Installation, mixed media This work is based on a mid-19th century narrative history written in a notebook by a young Japanese ethnographer named TAKAHASHI Hiroki. The notebook presents fragmented stories as well as reports of various activities and cultural …
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Black Edit gallery Gold Edit gallery White Edit gallery “Black · Gold · White“, 2022 “Black · Gold · White” is an exhibition of the artist Lo Yi-Chun’s creations and explorations over the past ten years using banana peels, tobacco, and bagasse as her materials of choice, that explore cash crops in the historical context …
A retrospective, and also a look forward. An idea of art, was to engage with the environment, the world that I inhabit, in a thoughtful and far-reaching way. To ride the colonial, economic, mercantile, political, and migratory waves of history to arrive at shapes and textures and colours that give a personal artistic expression to …
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