The video works of Chen Chieh-Jen are produced in collaboration with a variety of people including the economically disadvantaged, such as laborers and the unemployed, as well as migrants and activists, and deploy a mixture of archival footage and fiction to depict the traumas and predicament of people on the peripheries of Taiwanese society. Works shot on location in the architectural relics of previous regimes, such as a leprosy hospital built during the Japanese colonial period, and the remains of a factory that once helped to sustain the Taiwanese economy, shed light on the situations of people at the mercy of various forms of government, and revive forgotten pasts in the present as unfinished conversations.
This program made up of two terms presents a selection of Chen’s works including Factory and The Route from the Mori Art Museum Collection, ranging from the artist’s early career to more recent output.
Works Screened
MAM Screen 012 is divided into two(-term) showings, scheduled as follows.
[Term I]
Tuesday, November 19, 2019 - Tuesday, January 28, 2020
1. Factory 2003 31 min. 9 sec.
2. The Route 2006 16 min. 45 sec.
3. Realm of Reverberations 2014/2019 59 min. 47 sec.
Total duration of the program in this term is approximately 1 hour and 50 minutes, and it is scheduled to start running daily at 10:00, 11:50, 13:40, 15:30, 17:20, 19:10 and 21:00 (*) [except for Tuesdays at 10:00, 11:50, 13:40 and 15:30 (*)].
* The last run each day would end only after screening two works - namely, Factory and The Route.
[Term II]
Wednesday, January 29 - Sunday, March 29, 2020
1. Factory 2003 31 min. 9 sec.
2. The Route 2006 16 min. 45 sec.
3. Star Chart 2017 3 min. 50 sec.
4. A Field of Non-Field 2017 61 min. 7 sec.
Total duration of the program in this term is approximately 2 hours, and it is scheduled to start running daily at 10:00, 12:00, 14:00, 16:00, 18:00 and 20:00 [except for Tuesdays at 10:00, 12:00, 14:00 and 16:00 (*)].
* The last run of Tuesdays would end only after screening two works - namely, Factory and The Route.
* Due to some events and programs scheduled, the screening may be temporarily unavailable. Details here.
A Field of Non-Field
2017
Video, color/black-and-white, sound
61 min. 7 sec.
Factory
2003
Super 16mm transferred to DVD, color, silent
31 min. 9 sec. (loop)
Collection: Mori Art Museum
Factory
2003
Super 16mm transferred to DVD, color, silent
31 min. 9 sec. (loop)
Collection: Mori Art Museum
Factory
2003
Super 16mm transferred to DVD, color, silent
31 min. 9 sec. (loop)
Collection: Mori Art Museum
Chen Chieh-Jen
Born 1960 in Taiwan. Has held solo exhibitions at museums including Taipei Fine Arts Museum (2010) and Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (Madrid, 2008), and has participated in major international exhibitions including the Venice Biennale. He was named Artist of the Year at the 12th Award of Art China (2018).
Do NOT touch the works of art.
Do NOT interfere with other visitors’ enjoyment of the museum.
Do NOT use flash lighting.
Do NOT use tripods and selfie sticks.
Filming must be limited to 1 minute maximum.
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