DOUBLE ECHO OF TIME
15:30 - 16:30 | De Hallen Studio's
DOUBLE ECHO OF TIME雙重時間迴響
Sharing the exhibition " Double echo of Time" Collaboration between Dutch organisation iii (instrument inventors initiative) and Soulangh Cultural Park in Tainan, Taiwan
The exhibition "Double Echo of Time" is based on the history between the Netherlands and Taiwan. By revisiting archives such as "De dagregisters van het Kasteel Zeelandia" and "The Formosan Encounter", this multidisciplinary exploration breathes new life into lesser-known historical records, bringing forgotten histories to light.
This exhibition consists of two works, Holding the Wind in Your Hands and Glitch in the Weave, created by four Dutch artists and one Taiwanese artist during their residency at Soulangh Cultural Park. The artists use digital tools and various storytelling methods to reveal the power dynamics that determine which stories endure the test of time. Both works reinterpret archives in different ways. Incorporating elements of 17th-century maritime transportation and the strongest natural forces at sea—ships and wind—Holding the Wind in Your Hands invites viewers to interact with them, while Glitch in the Weave emphasizes the bias in historical narratives and the power dynamics that determine which stories endure.
Looking back, the exhibition presents an interplay of past and present, further questioning how artists, inspired by the "truth" and "hearsay" left by past officials, pirates, missionaries, and aboriginals, can convey these narratives to our generations. In an age of digital archives and rapid flow of information, how will we recount this moment to future generations? Therefore, we invite visitors to write a description of this exhibition in the style of “De dagregisters van het Kasteel Zeelandia” (Diary entries from Fort Zeelandia) written by Dutch officials of the time after viewing the exhibition. This exercise challenges us to envisage whether, in the future, we can recreate the experience we are sharing today. This exhibition is curated by Wen Chin Fu supported by Lam Lai and is co-produced between iii (instrument inventors initiative) in the Netherlands and Soulangh Cultural Park.
Marije Baalman is an artist and researcher/developer working in the field of interactive sound and light art, based in Amsterdam. She makes music and music-theatre performances, worked with dancers and has made several installations. Topics that she addresses with her work are the nature of interaction between and entanglement of humans and technology, the influence of algorithms on society and the human experience, and environmental change. In her artistic work she is interested in the realtime components of the work, composing processes, behaviours and interaction modalities. This is expressed with tools such as physical computing, livecoding, digital and analog sound and data processing. She works with materials like (self-built) electronics, textiles, carbon fibre, plexiglas, metals and wood. She also works as a cultural organiser and curator and as an activist to improve the rights of artists and promote self-organised housing. She is a member of iii and Grond. https://marijebaalman.eu
Marije Baalman
Stephanie Pan is a voice artist, interdisciplinary maker and performer, composer and designer. Her work is a mutating combination of music performance/sound art/(physical-)theater/(participatory-)performance art/durational performance/textile art/installation. Central to her art practice is the notion of ‘analog digital’, approaching contemporary art from an analog, hands-on approach while reflecting and digesting digital technology and aesthetics within the realm of human imperfection and interpretation. At the heart of her practice is the search for primal, visceral communication, beyond the constructs and limitations of language and social expectations. Ms Pan has created and presented work at venues and festivals as varied as CTM Berlin, Rewire Festival, Young Vic Theatre, La MaMa Theater, BBC, Dutch National Opera, Beursschouwburg Brussel, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Kunstmuseum Den Haag. She has collaborated with Belarus Free Theatre, filmmaker Jeanette Groenendaal, and Ensemble Klang, among others. Together with Stelios Manousakis she co-founded and co-curates the inter-media Modern Body Festival and associated platforms. https://stephaniepan.com/
Stephanie Pan
Yun Lee (李筠) is a US-born, Hong Kong-raised artist and curator mostly working with performance, sound, and digital culture. He is concerned with how our technologically filtered ways of seeing and hearing affect the ways we define what it means to be human. He mostly does this by pushing existing formats to the edges of their conventions: surreal lectures, self-destructive records, self-deleting essays. Recent performances include “Proximity Drill I” at Unheard Festival in Hong Kong, “Masked Rituals” at Synergy Festival in Amsterdam, and “On Illegibility” in The Hague. His writing has been published on oneacre.online and Sonic Acts Academy Press and his music has been released through Another Timbre, Innova Recordings, and The Lab. Yun currently lives in The Hague, where he curates the lecture-performance series BARTALK and organizes workshops at the intersections of art, music, and technology at iii. https://www.yunlee.digital
Yun Lee
Ludmila Rodrigues is an artist, spatial designer, teacher and occasional performer bridging architecture, perception, and ritual. Her choreographic objects and interactive spaces activate the senses and provoke relations of trust, vulnerability and agency. Her works become laboratories where visitors are welcome to use their bodies differently. By centering the body of the audience and staging open-ended situations, the artist defies the notion of the artwork as a unique object. Her stage designs are known for the deep level of research in collaboration with dancers and choreographers. Originally from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, she has been based in The Hague since 2009. Her works have been shown in festivals, museums and theaters in the Netherlands, France, Germany, Sweden, Italy, Bosnia-Herzegovina, South Korea, Taiwan and Brazil. https://ludmilarodrigues.nl/
Ludmila Rodrigues