MAM Research 010: The Dawn of Taiwanese Video Art in the 1980s-1990s (Exhibition)

This exhibition focuses on the activities of Taiwanese pioneers who created works of art using the latest video technology in the 1980s and 1990s. MAM Screen 019: The Dawn of Taiwanese Video Art in the 1980s-1990s (Screening) and MAM Research 010: The Dawn of Taiwanese Video Art in the 1980s-1990s (Exhibition) bring together the essence of Rewind: Video Art in Taiwan 1983-1999, a large scale exhibition that featured Taiwanese video art pioneers and was held at the Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei in 2015.

Taiwanese video art first emerged in 1983-1984. In 1983, Kuo I-Fen created the first video installation in the Taiwanese art scene for the University of Tsukuba (Ibaraki, Japan) master’s degree entrance examination during her studies in Japan. Later that year, Kao Chung-Li showed a work using a surveillance camera and a monitor in his own photography exhibition in Taipei. It is said that Chen Chieh-Jen created a video work referring to the surveillance society during the same period.

Subsequently, leading artists of the current Taiwanese art scene, such as Wang Jun-Jieh and Yuan Goang-Ming, began creating video works. Toward the end of the 20th century, expression had diversified and the number of artists working with video increased.

MAM Research 010 reveals the experimental attempts, pursuit of new expressions, and thoughts on video and other media during the period, through works of art, video documentation, texts, books, documents, and chronologies. It also focuses on the relationship of Taiwanese artists with Japan.

Featured Artists

Chen Cheng-Tsai
Chen Chieh-Jen
Hung Su-Chen
Kao Chung-Li
Kuo I-Fen
Lee Kuang Wei
Lin Chun-Chi
Lu Ming-Te
Wang Jun-Jieh
Yuan Goang-Ming

* This list includes artists who will only exhibit materials.