Duration：105/12/15 – 106/3/19 09:30 – 17:30 (Monday Closed, except the National Holidays)

Address：No.41, Nanhai Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei city 10066, Taiwan (R.O.C.)

Tel：02-2388-7066 

Earliest time concepts in human kinds are connected to nature. People before medieval times see day and night or season as a permanent cycle, rather than a linear experience. Sundial was the most common timer before the 17th Century. People felt the flow of time through sun movements. In the 20th Century, Albert Einstein questioned the speed of light by asking what we would see if people run as fast as light. He later proposed special relativity, which became a major breakthrough in science, and inspired us to imagine time travel.

The exhibition opens with “Space and Time of Light” section. Current Light by artist Yao Chunghan reports time with blinking circular fluorescent lights to convey poetic elements in space. Time and space converge in light at this moment. Compared to strong visual effects to impact physical experiences by Yao, PhotoGraphy by Tseng Shikai utilizes pinhole imaging to project time and space on white ceramics. Invisible concepts are therefore visible. Designer Tseng Yenwen and Form Us With Love opt to create spatial volumes with sleek lighting design and enrich our understanding to space.

Around 1

Artist / Designer: Fabrizio Corneli

Country: Italy

Material: Silver plated copper, halogen lamp

Year: 2016

The light source inside the seemingly ordinary box creates shadows of men holding hands. The artist explores the interaction between one another through Around 1, specifically using light and shadow to project the subtle relationships that are hidden and unseen. Through the mirror corridor at the gallery, real viewers and projected shadows intertwine to display the intriguing relationship between light, shadow, and space, conveying the various dimensions of contemporary life.

Current Light

Artist / Designer: Yao Chunghan

Country: Taiwan

Material: Fluorescent lamps, electionic devices

Year: 2015

Round-shaped fluorescent light tubes are arranged into “hour, minute, and second”readings in the work Current Light. The installation synchronizes with time at present. Fluorescent light is an analog product, taking more than one second to light up after connecting to power source; utilizing this physical feature, the artist creates a visual experience of temporal perception where “the seen is inconsistent with the known.”