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Opening Reception musical performance by Pei-Wen Liao

image: Pei-wen Liao (violinist)

opening reception: Sunday October 30, 2022 at 2pm

* Pop Song "The Arrival of Birds"

* The Lark Ascending (bird reference)

* Fu tong Wong: Ali Mountain Song 阿里山之歌

* Vivaldi: Summer (nature reference) 夏天

“Ali Mountain Song"(阿里山之歌）at the "Walking in the Cosmos" exhibition opening. Such a touching song Ali Mountain, which is located in central Taiwan, near Jiayi City(嘉義）. This is just an excerpt from the full performance.

 Walking in the Cosmos

- Artists interpreting Urban Reverence at Voelker Orth Museum 

"We are slowed down sound and light waves, a walking bundle of frequencies tuned into the cosmos. We are souls dressed up in sacred biochemical garments and our bodies are the instruments through which our souls play their music." 

Cosmos flowers, native to Mexico and appropriated for their gardens by Spanish missionaries, represent order and harmony in nature (that ideal of Greek philosophy), as well as tranquility, peace, innocence, and love. 

Date: October 30 to December 16, 2022

Venue: Voelker Orth Museum

Address: 149-19 38th Avenue, Flushing, NY 11354

Opening Reception: Sunday October 30, 2-4pm

[* opening reception with:

  • Musical performance Violin: Peiwen Liao Piano: Yadi Liang

  • Visual Art performance by Julia Hsiao-Chu Hsia

Analyzed historically in the context of the planet, the phenomenon of urban tribes involves the survival of human beings and maintenance of balance among various living things. The discourse thus moves to valuing human nature, preserving multiple cultures, renewing the environment, and honoring the new multi-faceted unity. Myths of universe operation have been recently and swiftly contorted by urban displacement. In pastoral settings, the passage of nature’s simple diurnal imagery held rich mythologies of our environment to be reverenced. Art creators are able to mediate and textualize new connections to culture and most particularly its antecedents. In this Thanksgiving season, we invite you to range over the Victoria Garden, bird sanctuary, and Voelker Orth museum, mindful of the words above and the significance of cosmos flowers. 

Curator Luchia Meihua Lee   

Tentative participating artists-(20 artists)

  1. Steven Balogh (1-2paining, piano room)

  2. Eun Young Choi (window -Reading room)

  3. Chih Chui Chuang (2 small wood carve sculpture, dining room)

  4. Kotaro Fukui (Ostrich painting, Dining room)

  5. Felipe Galindo (vinyl, outdoor fence or backyard corridor)

  6. Sarah Haviland (bird sculptures, and print, Dining room + one sculpture chair may be outdoor)

  7. Diana Heise (video, Reading room, loop with Rosalía Mowgli video)

  8. Julia Hsia (performance-Piano Room)

  9. Chemin Hsiao (4 illustrations, Dining room)

  10. Hiroshi Jashiki (silk tea screen, Dining room round table)

  11. Mingjer Kuo (one print, Dining room)

  12. Catherine Lan (2-dimensional mixed media wall piece(mylar silk print) , and video, Dining Room)

  13. Rosalía Mowgli (video, Reading room, loop with Diana Heise video)

  14. Hsuan Yu Pan ( I, puppet, a short film. dining room 27” monitor)

  15. Jennifer Pliego (2 or 4 hanging plant pieces, Dining room)

  16. Marlene Tseng Yu (1 painting, Piano Room)

  17. Sarah Walko (site specific cabinet installation, Dining room)

  18. Yeh Fang (peony video, -might be loop with Catherine Lan’s video)

  19. Visual Art performance: Julia Hsia (Carnival/ Farewell)

  20.  Musical Performance

    [Violin: Peiwen Liao Piano: Yadi Liang]

    • Pop Song "The Arrival of Birds"- 3 mins

    • The Lark Ascending (bird reference)- 7 mins

    • Fu tong Wong: Ali Mountain Song 阿里山之歌 (nature reference) 6 mins

    • Vivaldi: Summer (nature reference) 夏天 4 mins

Exhibition view