LIN Yu Hsuan

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LIN Yu Hsuan

Participating Project	Curator Residency Program
Activity Based	Taipei
City / Place stayed	Tokyo
Period	2024.1 - 2024.3

Purpose of the residency

In this residency project titled "New Orders in the Spaces of Taiwan and Japan," departing from previous curatorial focuses on the individual roles of Taiwan and Hong Kong in political and social spaces, the highly developed social order in Japan and the juxtaposition of the personal within it are chosen as the subject of study. The aim is to explore the collective consciousness of contemporary society and its relationship with the private sphere by expanding the discussion through the lens of "space." Through this exploration, the project seeks to pose questions about the future of the new Asia. Originating from the post-globalization era, the project contemplates how the potential energy of individuals can serve as a connecting thread within the social orders and rules established in different cities.

Plan during the residency

• Research Project 1: Memorial Scenes for Post-Disaster Reconstruction
• Research Project 2: Interviews with Young Artists
• Research Project 3: Restrictions and Reutilization of Public Spaces

Activities during the residency

During my residency, I observed the environment we lived in, from disaster preparedness items in rooms to disaster storage areas, parks, and shelters in various regions. I got interested in the impact of natural and man-made disasters and started researching their effects in Japan, attempting to compare them with Taiwan. I visited parks, elementary schools, shelters, and memorial museums in Tokyo, and then traveled to Fukushima and Sendai. I obtained many lists of exhibitions, curators, and artists and met several Japanese artists. I am concerned about how we coexist with these disasters after such events. Furthermore, I am thinking that disasters are very complex. They involve our relationship with nature and are also full of political implications. Everything is about human behavior.

Outcome of the residency

After this research in Japan, in addition to Taiwan and Hong Kong, I hope to have other projects that will take me to different parts of Japan for further research. I also hope to expand my perspective to include South Korea and Southeast Asia, and even other parts such as Europe. I think disasters are very complex. They involve our relationship with nature and are also full of political implications. Everything is about humanity. I hope to discuss the places we live in, even the relationship between nature and humans, through the stories and actions of artists after these "post-event" incidents. I hope to find different ways to discuss human concepts than we do now.
There are quite a few memorable parts, but I think there are three main ones. First is the places I visited as part of my research project, all of which left a deep impression on me. Second is the quick integration into curating with Japanese artists, smoothly progressing into different projects. Third is the influence I feel from the artists I stayed with in TOKAS; I'm currently writing a proposal hoping to invite some of them to Taiwan.

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