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The Alp                           
The Bedroom                 
The Cable              
The Camera (16)         
The Camera (17)             
The Camera (36)
The Camera (65)
The Chat
The Cultural Center
The Dust
The Figure
The Gate            
The Jog             
The Lighting           
The Link             
The Looty           
The Map             
The Mask           
The Postcard        
The Route          
The Sallow Man
The Sculpture    
The Smart City   
The Toyota    
The Vitrine      

Bengawan Solo            
Café Togo           
Songs of SPECX         
The Currency-Sensing 01         
The Currency-Vinyl          
The Gesture I         
The Gesture II        
The Guestbook            
The Sallow Sea          


Ghost In The Sea            
Too Loud A Dust            
On The Faience Of Your Eyes       
There Are Lights That Never Go Out
I'll Be Back   
Resistance is Futile      Modern Life is Dull       

The Gesture II    /   手  勢   II


2020
video installation
1920 x 1080, 2 channels, drawing robots, dimensions variable
by Musquiqui Chihying and Chen Liang-Hsuan
work commissioned by Taipei Fine Arts Museum
exhibition review ︎                                 

The Gesture II delves into the nature of popular culture, focusing on the zombie films of Hong Kong and Taiwan, which reached the height of their popularity in the 1990s. In collaboration with a professional Taoist priest, it examines specific symbols from these films, such as gestures and talismans, and explores how they metaphorised and reflected the anxieties of the masses, transforming fear into comedy and evolving into popular imagery, before being internalised and reabsorbed into public consciousness. In a time when Covid-19 is rampant, hand movements, alongside the wearing of face masks, play a crucial role in disease prevention. To better protect ourselves from infection, we must frequently wash our hands and disinfect them with rubbing alcohol. These new daily hand gestures are not merely official directives but have also become a collective movement. Hand gestures have marked a new boundary, illustrating the divide between 'inner/safe' and 'external/dangerous.' However, the use of hand gestures as barriers is not unique to our era; they have long been a fundamental aspect of human culture.

Installation view at Taipei Fine Arts Museum in Taiwan, 2020

Related Information ︎
︎︎︎ Taipei Fine Arts Museum                                                                                      
︎︎︎ OCULA                                                        
                                             
 


work

The Alp        
The Bedroom           
The Cable              
The Camera (16)        
The Camera (17)        
The Camera (36)
The Camera (65)
The Chat
The Cultural Center
The Dust
The Figure
The Gate           
The Jog            
The Lighting          
The Link             
The Looty           
The Map             
The Mask           
The Postcard       
The Route         
The Sallow Man
The Sculpture   
The Smart City   
The Toyota    
The Vitrine     


collective

Bengawan Solo           
Café Togo          
Songs of SPECX          The Currency-Sensing 01   The Currency-Vinyl    The Gesture I         
The Gesture II          The Guestbook            The Sallow Sea         


exhibition

Ghost In The Sea       Too Loud A Dust           
On The Faience Of Your Eyes   There Are Lights That Never Go Out         I'll Be Back           Resistance is Futile    
Modern Life is Dull