Taipei Fine Arts Museum

Snice ancient times, the concept of "falling" has played an inspirational role in the production of art. Drawning on the exploration of this concept by thinkers, writers and artists, such as in a tomb painting dated to the time before Christ, paintings by Brueghel and Courbet, a text by Bill Viola, poems by Brecht and Paul Claudel, and Wim Wenders' film, the curator used it as the exhibition theme and criterion for choosing the works. Apart from interpreting "falling" as a tense or shocking physical phenomenon, such as objects falling, water tumbling down or bodies falling the works also deal with "fall" in the sense of rise and fall in the life cycle. Through the act of leaping that suggests a journey towards the unknown and another place, they explore the cycle of life and deathand the notion of rebirth. "Falling" suggests on exhibitional quality of the body and represents an indescribable strength, while the "falling" are travelers heading towards the unknown. They are in a state of perpetual transformation, which opens up endless possibilities.

Imminent Sounds: Falls and Crossings uses the magic of Images, the vertical visual quality and ubiquitous sound in the exhibition venue to highlight the sense of tension and even discomfiting atmosphere implied in the word "imminent" in the exhibition title. Through the uniquely powerful and penetrating new media, it explores the various concepts associated with "falling", creating more diverse possibillities for its expression. The artistic motif of "falling" that inspires the imagination adds a humanistic dimension and rich philosophical meaning to new media art.

 

014 - Foreword│Hai-ming Huang, Director, Taipei Fine Arts Museum

020 - Essays

022 - Back to Paestum│James Giroudon

030 - From Falls to Crossings:An Itinerary of the EXhibition│James Giroudon

046 - From Music to Sound-In Search of Sound Art│Fang-yi Lin

060 - Works and Artists

062 - Narrow Waters│Herve Bailly-Basin, Phillppe Moenne Loccoz

068 - Fall(s), Triptych│Paolo Pachini, Raphael Cendo, Martin Matalon, Michael Jarrell

098 - Sell-portrait against Nature│Michel Francois

102 - Appearance of a Glass│Michel Francois

104 - Water Retainment│Michel Francois

108 - To Jump │Michel Francois

112 - Land IV│Ulf Langheinrich

118 - Mutations of Matter│Carlos Franklin, Roque Rivas

126 - Remains│Thierry De May

130 - Bralds of 5 Paths│Thierry De May

136 - Performance Painting #2│Nicolas Floc'h

142 - The Raft│Bill Viola

152 - 72 Impulse│Traflk, Yann Oriarey

160 - The Fall of the Angel│Pierre Alain Jaffrennou

168 - Duet│Kris Verdonck

170 - Presyncope│Kris Verdonck

174 - Frieze│Kris Verdonck

182 - The Embrace│Joelle Bouvier, Regis Obadia