Artist Chang Wen Hsuan on the global role of paper as a social movement and activism, the boiling frog syndrome, and the international suicide award.
Taiwanese-based artist Chang Wen-hsuan
Ep.87 | Taiwanese-based artist Chang Wen Hsuan discussed the roles of paper as a social movement and as a tool for activism, the challenge of normalisation, how a new generation appears to have a disembodied experience about current affairs in Taiwan and addressed her work the international suicide award.
The artistic practice of Chang Wen Hsuan questions the narrative structure of institutionalised history with re-readings, re-writing, and suggestions of fictional alternatives in order to expose the power tensions embedded in historical narratives. Through versatile platforms including installations, videos, and lectures, she often navigates skewed documentations and first-person accounts to trigger reflections on how the understanding of history affects the purport of the present and thrust of the future.
In 2018, she launched the project Writing FACTory. Prizes and awards include the Taipei Art Awards(2018), Kaohsiung Awards(2015), and Lin Yutang Literary Prize(2012). She has presented projects in Taiwan, China, Korea, USA, Singapore, Germany, Mexico, etc.
Chang Wen-hsuan, International Suicide Award, 2018, Archive installation, workshop
Chang Wen-hsuan, ____s Autobiography, 2016-2019, Audio guides, documents, fabrics, counterfeit money, knife and trolley. Photo Times Art Center Berlin
Chang Wen-hsuan, Xsport on Paper_ Samplings of Publishing Practices from the Global South, 2022.
Chang Wen-hsuan, When Did the Merlion Become Extinct_ —The Narrative to Succeed in the 21st Century, 2019-2020, lecture performance, video installation, documents
Website www.changwenhsuan.com
Instagram @wenhsuancc
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