A One and A Two: Edward Yang Retrospective
Co-organized by the TFAM and the Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute (TFAI), A One and A Two: Edward Yang Retrospective is co-curated by the TFAM Director Wang Jun-Jieh and Professor Sing Song-Yong at the Taipei National University of the Arts. The exhibition will feature Yang鈥檚 manuscripts, documents and archives organized and well-researched during the past three years. Comprising seven sections thematically translated from the central topics in Yang鈥檚 creative work, the exhibition embodies the director鈥檚 unique aesthetics and spirit. The exhibition also incorporates precious relics and archives from the deceased director, which will be shown to the public for the first time. As one of the pioneers spearheading the Taiwan New Cinema movement, Yang鈥檚 oeuvre demonstrates insights and critical visions ahead of his time in terms of urban representation, gender power, political reflection, historical violence, and social change, forming an irreplaceable legacy to the Taiwanese cinema. To showcase Yang鈥檚 cinematic world in the museum is to give synchronic audiovisual forms to his reputed works, and enables the audience to be immersed in this cinematic world, opening themselves up to audiovisual perceptions. At the same time, in terms of the diachronic layout of the exhibition, the audience will both see and hear inspiring moments from the director鈥檚 life experience and creative career, which are interwoven into the exhibition. Furthermore, many important works aside from Yang鈥檚 feature films, including four plays (Likely Consequence, Growth Period, Brother Nine and Old Seven鈥擜 鈥97 Fantasy, and King Lear鈥擡xperimental Shakespearer), his posthumous animation The Wind, and various manuscripts, are planned to be included in the exhibition to fully map out the creative trajectories and thoughts of the director. An international forum will be organized in concurrent with the opening of the exhibition, and the TFAI will present a retrospective film program based on Edward Yang鈥檚 films during the length of the exhibition as well.
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Co-organized by the TFAM and the Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute (TFAI), A One and A Two: Edward Yang Retrospective is co-curated by the TFAM Director Wang Jun-Jieh and Professor Sing Song-Yong at the Taipei National University of the Arts. The exhibition will feature Yang鈥檚 manuscripts, documents and archives organized and well-researched during the past three years. Comprising seven sections thematically translated from the central topics in Yang鈥檚 creative work, the exhibition embodies the director鈥檚 unique aesthetics and spirit. The exhibition also incorporates precious relics and archives from the deceased director, which will be shown to the public for the first time. As one of the pioneers spearheading the Taiwan New Cinema movement, Yang鈥檚 oeuvre demonstrates insights and critical visions ahead of his time in terms of urban representation, gender power, political reflection, historical violence, and social change, forming an irreplaceable legacy to the Taiwanese cinema. To showcase Yang鈥檚 cinematic world in the museum is to give synchronic audiovisual forms to his reputed works, and enables the audience to be immersed in this cinematic world, opening themselves up to audiovisual perceptions. At the same time, in terms of the diachronic layout of the exhibition, the audience will both see and hear inspiring moments from the director鈥檚 life experience and creative career, which are interwoven into the exhibition. Furthermore, many important works aside from Yang鈥檚 feature films, including four plays (Likely Consequence, Growth Period, Brother Nine and Old Seven鈥擜 鈥97 Fantasy, and King Lear鈥擡xperimental Shakespearer), his posthumous animation The Wind, and various manuscripts, are planned to be included in the exhibition to fully map out the creative trajectories and thoughts of the director. An international forum will be organized in concurrent with the opening of the exhibition, and the TFAI will present a retrospective film program based on Edward Yang鈥檚 films during the length of the exhibition as well.
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