October 28th 2pm Closing Party https://conta.cc/3Fv4oBi
From Island to Island II-September 1st to October 29, 2023
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September 1-3, 2023 Governors Island House Fest
From Island to Island series exhibition:
July 28 -August 27, 2023
📢 🎉 The third Saturday August 19 An exhibition celebration reception -
food and drink will be served🎉
🎨 Solo Exhibitions:
1. Andrea Coronil: To Ride the Waves of Turtle Island
"To Ride The Waves of Turtle Island" features large-scale atmospheric paintings of the ocean with sea turtles, sloths, and female figures. Coronil locates this body of work within a conception of time and place inspired by Indigenous accounts of history and myths, as well as her experiences growing up riding waves in Venezuela. The sea turtles in the paintings and title of the show reference the name "Turtle Island" used by some North American Indigenous people, as well as the Taiwanese national park "Turtle Island." These creatures invoke a sense of time and pace, often associated with islands, of slowness while the gestural quality of the paintings conveys a more uptempo spirit, much like the rush of catching a wave.
2. LuLu Mentg: Repairing as Care
This is a project that include drawing, photos and lightbox works in addition to the wall fixing.
The intriguing objects in LuLu Meng’s conceptual multimedia work embody the interconnected humanity. Using repetition of relatable forms such as clothing, text, and games, they create versions of the individual selves and the collective positionality relative to one another inhabiting, being, and playing. These components illuminate challenging topics like climate change, racial injustices, and cycles of violence. By luring participants’ interest and curiosity with durational and interactive components as well, their projects iterate on the dependency of an individual on the whole and vis versa with mirrors, mylar, and translucent materials to obfuscate and reveal the depth and complexity of that interchange.
3. Gao Yuan: "Between us” and “Ocean, Tattoo & Bar" - Film Programs
Between us (3:32 minutes, color with sound)
The film mainly expresses the conflict between people, culture and environment.
The story takes place in the conflict between the aborigines and Hakka people in southern Taiwan. After the conflict, the aboriginal marriages crossed the river, and the ethnic groups walked hand in hand in the stream of the river of life...
Who are you and where do you come from, you don't understand what I say, and I don't understand what you say; what you see, I don't see anything... The tide of history is roaring, and the same growth from the land We were rolled away, and everyone had no distance. We were in the middle of the river, and we could meet again on the other side of the unknown, Between us. Yes, we're.
Ocean, Tattoo & Bar (7:04 minutes, color with sound0
Qiu Aize, who was born in Hualien, is a bartender and a tattoo model. All his body is covered with tattoos. He opened a bar at his hometown, Cocktails, maps of Hualien and cocktails are tattooed on his hands, and a dragon stays on his back. For Qiu Aize, a tattoo is a diary left on the body, open or close. Tattooed the life he had experienced on his body. In order not to forget that his family was a fisherman, he tattooed an anchor on the corner of his eye. The ship of life is sailing, and it can be suspended when the anchor is off.
✨Special project
1. ✨Ya-Chu Kang: Outside of the Utopia
Born and based in Taipei, Taiwan, Kang is a multidisciplinary artist working in various media. She has a BFA in Sculpture from National Taiwan University of the Arts, and an MFA in Textiles from the School of Applied Arts of Tainan National University of the Arts. Kang has exhibited nationally and internationally, and held numerous residencies. Her publication record includes three books on textile maps, she has lectured at various universities in East Asia, has had video screenings internationally, and received many awards.
2. ✨Edward C. Hsu: Alternate Geography
Don't miss the captivating 19 pieces of: Alternate Geography series, a research project of Manhattan Island which tell the history of exhibited alongside.
Alternate Geography series
Hsu received a Masters degree in Architecture from Yale University School of Architecture where he was awarded the Takanaka Traveling Fellowship and was an editor of Perspecta, a journal on the theory and history of art and architecture as they reflect on contemporary practice. Following the publication of Perspecta 48: Amnesia, he lectured at Columbia University and the Center for Canadian Architecture on the role of memory in contemporary culture and the built environment. He has received grants from the New York Foundation for the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts, and has taught at The New School and Yale University.
Hsu's work operates at the intersection of the urban realm and identity. Through predominantly spatial practices, he interrogates symbiotic relationships between communities and our built environment. Working in a range of mediums--digital mapping, photography, drawing, and research practices--his work looks to reveal hidden moments in the city that connect us. Alternate Geography is an investigation into urban landscape through a book of 30 plates in 3 series. Co-opted and reclassified from historical archive depicting Upper Manhattan,
a taxonomy of images reflects on our collective relationship with land in the coming together of geography and urbanization.
🌳 Outdoor Projects:
1. 🌳 "Watch us! Together We Can Do It” performance installation by Chin-Chih Yang
2. 🌳 "How We are Growing Up" by Atu Ram - Continuously Growing Outdoors
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Here's what you can look forward to the Governors Island House Fest
🎆 September 1st: workshop
🎆 September 2nd,: Chin-Chih Yang Performance - "Watch us! Together We Can Do It" and Free Talk under the Tree
🎆 September 3st, CoCo Karol, Julia Hsiao-Chu Hsiao
June 23-July 23, 2023
July 15, 4-7pm; Reception of From Island to Island three exhibitions and open studio
July 4th: Watch us! Together We Can Do It. a Performance by Chin Chih Yang and free talk
Sarah Walko: Between the Feast and the Ground is Where We Live Now
Using materials collected in landscapes as well as found objects that are repurposed, my work is about creating a mythological narrative that doesn't aim to preserve nature but to celebrate and elevate it. The works are also constantly referencing ceremonies and rituals. The materials honor the stories of the earth they each carry and the repurposed materials create art out of objects made to be discarded after use. The works specifically incorporate materials that were historically often considered low art associated with handicrafts, such as beads or rhinestones. Carrying the wisdom of nature, I make feminist-futurist aids, tools, masks, and talismans as we enter into the 1001 nights of climate change and the steep environmental challenges we face now and ahead.
Sarah Walko
Between the Feast and the Ground is Where We Live Now
Ming-Jer Kuo : City as an Island Invisible
My work is the result of that exploration and was developed through visual analysis and conceptual research. I use shifting perspectives and variations in scales to study urban areas and form and to explore and respond to ideas of urban organization and management. Having grown up in Taipei City, I have been interested in cities since childhood. The experience of living in New York City, one of the great metropolises of the world, inspired me to research city and urban development further. The exhibition on Governors Island with TAAC, I conceptualize cities as invisible islands poetically, which consists of prints and an ongoing installation work from three series of my work. The themes of the work are the representative image of a city (skyline), the negative space of a city (cemetery), and the living style of Americans (housing).
Mingjer Kuo
City as an Island Invisible
July 15 and July 16 at house 7b Nolan Park, Governors Island
July 15, 2-4pm; Alone/Together Film Screening and discussion
Discussion moderated by Felicia Lin, Host and producer of Talking Taiwan Podcast
July 16 4-6pm: Art during a Violent War in Ukraine: Film screening and discussion,
followed by Shih Pao Lin’s demonstration of the “One Prayer, One Painting” project.
Moderated by Inna Selvin (Editor, Journalist of Taiwan Central Radio)
Through Her Lens
Shih Pao Lin: One Painting, One Prayer
Past Programs
From Island to Island - I exhibition May 5 to June 18, 2023
Participating Artists
Eric Chiang
Chih Hui Chuang
Huey-Min Chuang
Andrea Coronil
Nina Edwards
Felipe Galindo: Islands
Sarah Haviland
Edward Hsu: Alternate Geography project
Oleksii Koval: Jungle
Shih Pao Lin: One painting, One Prayer series
Hsinyi Liu
Carmen Lizardo: Flags series
Lulu Meng: Data Landscape
Hsuan-Yu Pan: I, Puppet
Ioan Popoiu
Sun You
Marlene Tseng Yu: Forces of Nature series
Poyen Wang: Saudade
Gracy Wen
ChinChih Yang: 123 pollution solution
Outdoors Site-Specific projects - Atu Ram: How we are growing
Outdoor sculptures - Maxine Leu: Dandelion
Studio Residency Artists
May 2023 Studio artists:
Room one; Andrea Coronil, Nina Edwards, Hsuan yu Pan
Room Two: Eun Young Choi, Carle Shi
Room three: LuLu Meng, Oleksii, Sun You,
Back room: Atu Ram
June 2023 Studio artists:
Room one: Andrea Coronil, Chin-Chih Yang, Sarah Walko
Room two: Eun Young Choi, Carle Shi
Room three: LuLu Meng, Shih Pao Lin, Mingjer Kuo
Back Room: Hsuan-Yu Pan, Atu Ram
July 2023 Studio artists:
Room one: Andrea Coronil, Julia Hsia Chu-Hsia, Chin Chih Yang, Sarah Walko
Room two: Gao Yuan, Carle Shi
Room three: LuLu Meng, Shih Pao Lin, Mingjer Kuo
Room Four: Hsuan-Yu Pan, Atu Ram
August 2023 Studio artists:
Room one: Andrea Coronli, Huey Min Chuang, Polin huang
Room two: Gao Yuan, Carle Shi
Room three: LuLu Meng, Yu-Ching Wang
Room Four: Hsuan-Yu Pan, Atu Ram
September 2023 Studio artists:
Room three: Julia Hsiao-Chu Hsia
Room Four: Hsuan-Yu Pan, Atu Ram
Taiwanese American Arts Council -TAAC will be at the building #7B in Nolan Park. Governors Island
A Press release from Trust for Governors Island today, announced the 2023 Organizations in Residence, with nonprofit organizations from all five boroughs set to expand cultural offerings for Governors Island visitors starting this spring. More than two dozen organizations were selected for this annual seasonal program, and will present free visual art, environmental education, and cultural programming inside historic former military houses from May through October 2023. Presented through Governors Island.
"Meet the 2023 #GovIslandArts Organizations in Residence! From May through October 2023, this dynamic mix of 25 different arts, cultural, educational, and environmental organizations from all five boroughs will present free public programs, exhibitions, workshops, artist residencies, and more in the historic houses of Nolan Park and Colonels Row on Governors Island." Check out the full list and opening dates on Governors Island’s website: https://www.govisland.com/.../trust-for-governors-island...
Watch us! Together We Can Do It.
An on going public communication performance project from June to July by ChinChih Yang
Upcoming exhibitions:
June 23 to July 23, 2023
Room one: Sarah Walko
Room two: Ming-Jer Kuo
Film: Hsuan-Yu Pan
Performance; Chin-Chih Yang
July 28 to August 29, 2023
Room one: Andrea Coronil
Room two: LuLu Meng
video: Chenyi Wu
Ya-Chu Kang: Green Island, Taiwan
September 1-3, 2023
Governors Island House Fest
Jose Obando-Connection between salsa and East Asian music
Coco Karol, Hsiao-Chu (Julia) Hsia Performance
September 1 - October 29, 2023
From Island to Island -II exhibition
NYC Art Bridge-II exhibition and workshop