Past Residents

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Japan, Austria

Past Resident
2022: Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sport of Austria
2020: Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sport of Austria

Artist

Yuki Higashino

Yuki Higashino explores a variety of topics through his work, including the influence of digital technology on our visual culture, immigrant identity, and the conflict between language and picture. Higashino combines several aesthetic standards, such as those of photography, calligraphy, and film, to create his own distinctive pictorial lexicon.

Yuki Higashino has exhibited work at Mumok, Vienna; Last Tango, Zurich; Contemporary Art Factory, Kyoto; Galerie Kunstbuero, Vienna; and The Brno House of Arts, among others.
Painting
Yuki Higashino, Notebook 5, 2020, acrylic paint on plexiglass, 111/4 × 151/8 in. (28.57 × 38.42 cm)
Painting
Yuki Higashino, After Josef Sudek 1, 2020, acrylic on acetate, 101/4 × 57/8 in. (26.03 × 14.92 cm)
Painting
Yuki Higashino, Notebook 6, 2021, acrylic on plexiglass, 111/4 × 151/8 in. (28.57 × 38.42 cm)
Painting
Yuki Higashino, Sundborn, Summer 1, 2021, acrylic on plexiglass, 235/16 × 131/4 in. (59.26 × 33.65 cm)
Film
Yuki Higashino, The Poundbury Horror, 2020, HD video with sound, 18 min.

Residents from Austria

Irina Lotarevich

A wall-hanging sculpture made up of two long rows of brass boxes. Cast brass clamps grip the sculpture on the top and bottom. Cast brass hooks hang from the bottom.
Austria
Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sport of Austria
Studio #218

Ulrike Königshofer

Images of the sun, coming through a large lens and burning itself into drawing paper over the course of one day.
Austria
Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sport of Austria
Studio #212

Sarah Bechter

Austria
Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sport of Austria
2024
Taiwan

Past Resident
2022: Ministry of Culture, Taiwan

Artist

Ying Chiun Lee

Ying Chiun Lee is a glass and film artist whose process-driven work investigates human sexuality. Her practice focuses on the subtle details and movements of glass during its making. By utilizing these observations, she creates glass sculptures, installations, performances, and videos that speak on the fantasy of intimacy.

Ying Chiun Lee has exhibited work at GMTF Film Festival, Lybster; City Art Space and Joy Gallery, both Rochester, among others. 

Events & Exhibitions

Artists at Work: Ying Chiun Lee with Junghyun Kim
July 28, 2022, 6–7pm
2022 Spring Open Studios
April 22–April 23, 2022
This piece of work portrays my experience of living through the pandemic as a foreigner in the US. The video consists of two scenes; The first scene is a view through the bottom of the glass tank. Catching the moment of molten glass dropped into the water and broke within several macro-explosions. The second part of the scene is an uranium glass object with gold leaf scattered on the top. Then two amorphous blobs of hot glass come into the frame. They dance around the object seductively. The audio is composed of a mixture of electronic sounds, news broadcasts regarding Covid, and cicada sounds from rural Taiwan.
Ying Chiun Lee, Home?, 2021, single-channel video, 1:32 min.
Ecstasy is a slow-motion video of molten glass. In the scene, the background is dark while the glass is illuminating the surrounding with heat. The molten glass on the end of a rod is turning slowly. The speed of the turning is not fast enough to keep the glass from falling. A wooden paddle comes into the frame from the left, slapping and pushing the glass from dropping. When the glass and wood meet, the heat burns the wood thus creating sparks. Sometimes the wooden pat stays longer on the glass, gently lifting the weight of the glass. As the two materials touch, the heat begins to light up the wooden paddle, creating a bigger flame than the sparks. The video is accompanied by the background sound of white waves crashing on shores.
Ying Chiun Lee, Ecstasy, 2020, single-channel video, 1:11 min.
Seduction is a short film. The video switches between two scenes. One scene focuses on the surface of the leaf while another focuses on the stem of the leaf. In both parts, a borosilicate glass lingers around the leaf, turning constantly from falling. When the glass gets closer to the subject, the heat dries out its moisture. During the interaction, the vapor process makes the leaf move up and down. This video comes with the background sounds of human breathing and bed sheet rustling.
Ying Chiun Lee, Seduction, 2021, single-channel video, 1 min.
The Teahouse is an installation with found objects, glass, and video projections. The piece is approximately the size of a three feet cube. It was set up in the City Art Space in downtown Rochester. On the site, the installation was surrounded by four layers of white sheers hanging down from the ceiling. On the white sheer fabric, a short film was projected. With the translucency of this material, the film projects through one fabric to the other side, casting a blurred image of the video. In between each fabric, there was a gap that allowed people to walk into the installation. Inside the white cube, there were nine white low pedestals. Eight of them had objects or words on them, and only the one in the middle remained empty. These were the objects that were shown in the video.
Ying Chiun Lee, The Tea House, 2021, mixed media, 42 × 42 × 42 in. (106.68 × 106.68 × 106.68 cm)
In this picture, a person is sitting on the toilet, hands holding a cell phone. A heavy glass object is rested on the gap between the two legs. This object has a rough texture on the outside that looks like rocks. On the inside, it seems smooth and glossy. The side that is facing up has an opening that shows the object is neither solid nor filled. The intimate connection between the object and skin is actually cold, heavy and rough.
Ying Chiun Lee, Living with a Hole , 2021, photographic print, 45 × 53 in. (114.3 × 134.62 cm)

Residents from Taiwan

Huang I-Hsiang

A Practice of Silence begins with a vague visual impression, the administrative figure of the Absolute Space, a silent presence always sitting in the corner of the exhibition venue. Her work is a series of interpretations, empathy, and understanding. She is always there, yet hard to notice. She is the caretaker of the venue, and I want to depict such a character. My curiosity lies in her physical and psychological relationship with the venue; my curiosity wonders why she is here and whether she has ever thought about leaving. In short, everything related to this job, including emotions and circumstances. During the exhibition, I invited theater practitioner Tseng Jing-Wen, who is dedicated to promoting People's Theatre, along with former administrative staff from Absolute Space who worked here at different times, to conduct a body workshop. My basic idea is, the arrival of newcomers marks the departure of the old, and the interchange between new and old forms the life of a character. These participants, through shared memories, will engage in a self- dialogue belonging to this character during the workshop. Finally, on the last day of the exhibition, we held a screening event showcasing the workshop's video documentation at the venue.
Taiwan
Ministry of Culture, Taiwan
2024

Feng-Yi Chu

Taiwan
Ministry of Culture, Taiwan
2024

Hung-Yen Chang

Taiwan
Ministry of Culture, Taiwan
2023
Taiwan

Past Resident
2022: Ministry of Culture, Taiwan

Curator

Alice Nien-Pu Ko

Alice, Nien-Pu Ko is a curator and writer. Her curated and co-curated works include Tony Oursler: Black Box (2021), SUNSHOWER: Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia 1980s to Now (2019), Tomb of the Soul, Temple, Machine and Self (2018), Flags, Transnational–Migrants and Outlaw Territories (2016), Reverse Niche–Dialogue and Rebuilding at the City’s Edge (2013).

Alice, Nien-Pu Ko has presented exhibitions at Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung; Tokyo Wonder Site, Tokyo; and Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture, Hong Kong, among others.

Events & Exhibitions

2022 Spring Open Studios
April 22–April 23, 2022
Tony Oursler, Lock 2, 4, 6, 2021, retrospective at Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts., Lock 2, 4, 6, 2021, video installation, dimensions variable
Tony Oursler, Obscura, 2021, video installation, dimensions variable
Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Chai Siris, Sunshower, 2019, Installation view at Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, dimensions variable
Jing-Shan Lang, Chun-Ming Ho, Su-Chen Hsu, Chao-Tang Chang, Chun-Te Hsieh, Yu-Fu Yang Jun-Yin Chiu, Cheng-Po Chen, Hsia-Yu Chen, Chieh-Jen Chen, Yin-Ju Chen, Fu-Sheng Ku, Tomb of the Soul, Temple, Machine and Self, 2018
Hikaru Fujii, Kum So-Ni, Kao Jun-Honn, Au Sow-Yee, Flags, Transnational – Migrants and Outlaw Territories, 2016, installation view at Tokyo Wonder Site., dimensions variable

Residents from Taiwan

Huang I-Hsiang

A Practice of Silence begins with a vague visual impression, the administrative figure of the Absolute Space, a silent presence always sitting in the corner of the exhibition venue. Her work is a series of interpretations, empathy, and understanding. She is always there, yet hard to notice. She is the caretaker of the venue, and I want to depict such a character. My curiosity lies in her physical and psychological relationship with the venue; my curiosity wonders why she is here and whether she has ever thought about leaving. In short, everything related to this job, including emotions and circumstances. During the exhibition, I invited theater practitioner Tseng Jing-Wen, who is dedicated to promoting People's Theatre, along with former administrative staff from Absolute Space who worked here at different times, to conduct a body workshop. My basic idea is, the arrival of newcomers marks the departure of the old, and the interchange between new and old forms the life of a character. These participants, through shared memories, will engage in a self- dialogue belonging to this character during the workshop. Finally, on the last day of the exhibition, we held a screening event showcasing the workshop's video documentation at the venue.
Taiwan
Ministry of Culture, Taiwan
2024

Feng-Yi Chu

Taiwan
Ministry of Culture, Taiwan
2024

Hung-Yen Chang

Taiwan
Ministry of Culture, Taiwan
2023