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Storytellers -Through the Lens of Contemporaneity Vol. 2 Ting-Tong Chang
NCA | Nichido Contemporary Art
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Ting-Tong Chang
Over the past years, there has been an increasing interest in video art with an ever-growing presence at major, international art events, such as Documenta, the Biennale, and so forth. Video art is a highly diverse genre that keeps our senses constantly engaged through video installations, for instance, whether they may be representing a performance or an object.
The exhibition puts together five artists whose artistic practice strongly focuses on video art, each through their unique expressive language. It investigates the different issues that are affecting their countries nowadays while traveling through history. The exhibition time will be arranged in five “volumes” corresponding to the number of participating artists and their work will be presented accordingly in the form of a solo show.
Vol.2 presents the work of Ting-Tong Chang
At the core of Ting-Tong Chang's (b. 1982, Taiwan; lives and works in Taipei) work lies a thorough analysis of the issues affecting societies today. These issues include the ecological and social impact of the consumeristic way of life and its illogical and unjust nature. Through a versatile approach that ranges from drawing to performance, sculpture, and video art, Chang uses his work to embrace science, technology, and history while deconstructing the world around him.
On view in the gallery’s main space is the artist’s installation piece “Soap” consisting of one video work and small-scale soap sculptures. For this project, Ting-Tong Chang draws inspiration from an instance of fake news that circulated during World War I, namely “Kadaververwertungsanstalt” (literally, Carcass-Utilization Factory). Such news was deliberately spread by the British Intelligence which through the media machine, fabricated a story about the Germans having built a secret factory in the heart of a German forest where they dissolved corpses into soap for army use when resources were scarce.
In addition, the exhibition features Chang’s latest video work, “The Blue Wave Women”, which will be presented this month during the Jeju Biennale 2022, and which taps into the mythical nature of the island, along with other works.
The exhibition puts together five artists whose artistic practice strongly focuses on video art, each through their unique expressive language. It investigates the different issues that are affecting their countries nowadays while traveling through history. The exhibition time will be arranged in five “volumes” corresponding to the number of participating artists and their work will be presented accordingly in the form of a solo show.
Vol.2 presents the work of Ting-Tong Chang
At the core of Ting-Tong Chang's (b. 1982, Taiwan; lives and works in Taipei) work lies a thorough analysis of the issues affecting societies today. These issues include the ecological and social impact of the consumeristic way of life and its illogical and unjust nature. Through a versatile approach that ranges from drawing to performance, sculpture, and video art, Chang uses his work to embrace science, technology, and history while deconstructing the world around him.
On view in the gallery’s main space is the artist’s installation piece “Soap” consisting of one video work and small-scale soap sculptures. For this project, Ting-Tong Chang draws inspiration from an instance of fake news that circulated during World War I, namely “Kadaververwertungsanstalt” (literally, Carcass-Utilization Factory). Such news was deliberately spread by the British Intelligence which through the media machine, fabricated a story about the Germans having built a secret factory in the heart of a German forest where they dissolved corpses into soap for army use when resources were scarce.
In addition, the exhibition features Chang’s latest video work, “The Blue Wave Women”, which will be presented this month during the Jeju Biennale 2022, and which taps into the mythical nature of the island, along with other works.
Schedule | Nov 11 (Fri) 2022-Nov 23 (Wed) 2022 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||||||
| Venue | NCA | Nichido Contemporary Art http://www.nca-g.com  | ||||||
| Location | 102, 7-21-24 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0032 | ||||||
| Access | 5 minute walk from exit 7 at Roppongi Station on the Hibiya or Toei Oedo line, 7 minute walk from exit 5 at Nogizaka Station on the Chiyoda line. | ||||||
| Phone | 03-6384-5310 | ||||||
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