Keynote With Screening of 裹山 Dungku Asang by Labay Eyong (Lin Gieh-wen)
About Labay Eyong (Lin Gieh-wen)
Born to a Truku father and Han Chinese mother, Labay Eyong (Lin Gieh-wen) is a contemporary weaver and installation artist from Taiwan She traverses between the modern and the ancient, attempting to strike a balance between the two through artistic creation, and speaks of power through gentleness, while exploring self-development through traditional Truku weaving.
About This Event
Kicking off the third iteration of Per°Form Open Academy of Arts and Activations — a live gathering of Per°Form Fellows, intersectional practitioners across diverse disciplines of curation, research, education, visual culture, and performance, presenting their strategies for activating contexts and communities — is The Mentor Series. It features eminent thought leaders from the global artistic and cultural landscapes in-conversation on trends, negotiations and directions in their respective fields.
The keynote will be followed by the film “裹山 Dungku Asang”. “Dungku Asang” (裹山), an indigenous term meaning “a place that has been traversed and will be returned to,” is the focus of a short documentary directed by Tommaso Muzzi. This film follows the Bunun people in Jhuosi Township and their work in a serpentinite marble quarry. In 2021, Labay initiated ‘The Dungku Asang Art Project’ at this location. Along with 10 weavers from various parts of Taiwan, Labay employed traditional weaving techniques to wrap and heal the wounds of the mountain forest, aiming to restore the damaged environment of the mine.
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About Per°Form Open Academy of Arts and Activations
Per°Form Open Academy of Arts and Activations (POA), T:>Works’ pioneering platform on thought leadership in the arts, returns 7–28 February 2025. POA 2025 brings together some of the most respected and renowned figures at the intersection of arts and social responsibilities. Drawing on their decades-long practices to address issues of minority, disability, gender, sexuality, cultural representation, and stakeholder and public engagement, they challenge conventional perceptions on what is possible today.
Banner: Photo by Lin Min-hsuan..
Portrait: Image courtesy of Labay Eyong (Lin Gieh-wen).