In recent years, the Taiwan Cultural Center in Paris has fostered cooperation and cultural exchanges frequently with Centre Pompidou, introducing and exposing Taiwanese artists to the iconic contemporary art museum. Taiwanese artist River Lin (林人中)presented his performance piece "An Art History on Escalators" at Centre Pompidou in Paris, as part of the center’s special performance program "Tableaux Vivants" on June 26 and 27.
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European Contemporary Art in Centre Pompidou in Paris. (Photo / Retrieved from Pixabay)
The concept behind "An Art History on Escalators" is based on Lin’s observation of people when they take escalators. He notices that most people's bodies would stand still on the escalators before reaching the next floor, thus temporarily resembling sculptures.
Centre Pompidou pointed out that Lin's works encompass visual art, performance, and dance, navigating between staging situations, choreography, and participation with the artist’s body as live exhibitions to explore notions of immaterial labor, historical representation, queer culture, and social engagement.
Through physical simulation, digital performers will imitate the famous paintings and sculptures situated in Centre Pompidou, representing the classical images of human bodies in the history of Western art.
For more information, please visit the event webpage.
