Taiwan video art exhibition opens at Spain's LABoral center

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An exhibition showcasing works by eight Taiwanese video artists has opened in Spain's LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial, highlighting Taiwan's diverse cultural landscapes and unique historical trajectory.

Madrid, Nov. 15 (CNA) An exhibition showcasing works by eight Taiwanese video artists has opened in Spain's LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial, highlighting Taiwan's diverse cultural landscapes and unique historical trajectory.

Organized by the Cultural Division of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Spain in collaboration with LABoral, the exhibition, titled "Taiwan in Motion," runs from Nov. 12-19 at the center in Gijón, in Spain's northern Asturias region.

Founded in 2007, LABoral is an art center dedicated to connecting art, science, technology and the creative industries.

The exhibition features works by Tsui Kuang-yu (崔廣宇), Lu Chih-kai (魯志楷), Lu Miao-ying (呂妙盈), Hsu Hui-ching (許惠晴), Lin Yi-chi (林羿綺), Hung Chun-yuan (洪鈞元), Tuan Mu (段沐), Lin Pei-yao (林沛瑤) and Ho Kung-shan (何恭譱).

Curator Chen Kuan-yu (陳寬育) and artist Ho attended the Nov. 12 opening, where Ho presented the audio-visual performance "Traditional Market" (菜市仔) and joined Chen for a talk on contemporary Taiwanese video art.

Chen said the exhibition brings together artists born between the 1970s and 1990s whose works explore the human body from different perspectives while reflecting on contemporary life and personal experiences.

Through themes including labor, family memory and material traces, the artists examine the human condition while seeking answers to questions about life, he said.

Speaking to CNA after the performance, Ho said he was impressed by the venue's vaulted ceilings, whose acoustics allowed echoes and reverberations that merged with his work to create a surreal soundscape.

"The building was no longer just a container for the performance, but became part of the sound creation itself, allowing the work and the space to jointly construct a unique auditory landscape," he said.

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