GreenYes 綠可
聆聽綠色的呼吸,感受綠色的心情,看見綠色的希望。我來自光,我是光的創造者;我是太陽、空氣、海洋、花香、河水...我們將更輕盈,更光亮! Listen to the breath of green, feel the emotion of green, see the light of green. I came from light, I am the light traveler! I am the light creator. I am sunshine, air, ocean, flower, river... Écoutez le souffle de vert, sentir l'émotion de vert, voir la lumière du vert. Je suis venu de la lumière, je suis le voyageur de la lumière ! Je suis le créateur de la lumière. Je suis le soleil, l'air, l'océan, fleur, rivière...
Thursday, December 7, 2023
Friday, October 13, 2023
From Island to Island II and NYC Art Bridge II -Wellness Through Art
NYC Art Bridge: Wellness Through Art - II
Exhibition dates: September 1 to October 29, 2023
Third Saturday October 21, exhibition tour 11am -5pm
Saturday October 28, 2pm: From Island to Island Closing Party
· 2pm Rad Jet concert
· 2:30pm Commander Douglas special visit project
· 3pm Artist talks
· 4pm Closing reception (food and drinks will be served)
TAAC house 7b first floor exhibition
From Island to Island-II
The exhibition through
multiple channels will focus on the concept of “island” as interpreted through
the work of artists connected to islands in a variety of ways and from a
variety of backgrounds. The specific nature of From Island to Island
will illustrate the connections between Governors Island and various other
islands - either physical or mental - adumbrated in it.
2. Eun Young
Choi
3. Andrea
Coronil
4. Nina
Edwards
5. Gao Yuan
6. Hsiao-Chu
(Julia) Hsia
7. Polin Huang
8. Oleksii
Koval
9. Ming-Jer
Kuo
10. Shih-Pao
Lin
11. LuLu Meng
12. Hsuan-Yu
Pan
13. Atu Ram
14. Carle Shi
15. Sarah
Walko
16. Gracy Wen
17. Chen-Yi Wu
18. Chin-Chih
Yang
19. Marlene
Tseng yu
20. Coco Karol
House 7b 2nd Floor Exhibition
NYC Art Bridge: Wellness Through Art - II
NYC Art Bridge is a cross-disciplinary project spanning the
cultural and generation divides, and promoting emotional wellness in the community
– with emphasis on multi-ethnic generational families - through art in
coordination with mental health professionals.
2. Eric
Chiang
3. Eun Young
Choi
4. Cecile
Chong
5. Huey-Min
Chuang
6. Andrea
Coronil
7. Felipe
Galindo
8. Gao Yuan
9. Hsiao-Chu
(Julia) Hsia
10. Polin
Huang
11. Orange Li
12. Hsin-Yi
Liu
13. Carmen
Lizado
14. j. maya
luz
15. LuLu Meng
16. Carle Shi
17. Te-Sian
Shih
18. Poyen Wang
19. Yu-Ching
Wang
20. Chen-Yi Wu
21. Chin-Chih
Yang
22. CHATogether
group, graphic novels and skits
NYC Art Bridge -Yale CHATogether group
Eunice Yuen, MD, PhD. Founder and Director of CHATogether, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine and Yale Child Study Center
· Nealie Ngo, M.D. CHATogether Art & Theater Director
· Alicia Leong, M.D. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
· Elaine Shen, M.D. psychiatry resident
· Vivien Chan, MD. child psychiatrist
· Elizabeth Li, MD, Psychiatry Resident, Stanford Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
· Stephanie Wu, M. D. Psychiatry Resident, Yale Department of Psychiatry
· Abby Lu, Undergraduate Student, Princeton University
· Dr. William CY Hsu, Ph.D., Science and Art project consultant
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
An Initiative of Art Bridge
NYC Art Bridge: An emotional wellness of art
Luchia Meihua Lee
NYC Art Bridge is an exciting and innovative initiative that
aims to bring together different sectors of the community to exchange ideas around
mental health and art. By creating a network that includes art professionals,
mental health professionals, families, and individuals, the initiative provides
a safe and culturally-informed space for discussion of experiences and feelings
about mental health. The focus on collaboration, beauty, and harmony speaks to
the potential for art to serve as a unifying force that brings together people
of various backgrounds and experiences.
While the aesthetic sense of antiquity is inadequate to
explain all of art history, a more modern and comprehensive view sees art
creators as driven by an inner need and seeking self-activation through a
process of empathy, allowing mankind to locate itself in relation to the
cosmos. Empathetic art can take various forms and reveal itself as a natural
vitalization or a psychic impulse. However, while the concept of empathy
explains some parts of art well, it fails to value the full artistic panoply.
To complement empathy, Worringer famously appealed to abstraction. The selection
of artists presented in NYC Art Bridge promotes a discourse on the concepts of
empathy and abstraction in an aesthetic system.
Through art creation and discussion, people can travel
towards mental wellness as they explore and express their emotions and
thoughts. Rather than merely attempting to capture the outer world, they strive
to redeem the given object through the transformative power of art.
Having deliberate discussions with these artists can yield
deeper insights into the inspiration behind their artworks, and how their
personal experiences condition their artistic practices. These interviews can
also help foster a sense of community among participants and promote open and
honest conversations about mental health and wellness.
It may be argued that the highest beauty and artistic
fulfillment can only be achieved when the artist expresses ideas that are in
harmony with the appearance of the outer world. This may involve confronting
our spiritual dread of time and space, which can be bewildering but can also
lead to a deeper understanding of the world.
Medical science has recognized the potential of art in revealing mankind's creativity and promoting mental wellness, which can help individuals enter into a relationship of friendly confidence with the outer world and lead to a shift from the practical, material world towards a more abstract and peaceful expression. By exploring these themes and showcasing the work of diverse artists, the NYC Art Bridge program facilitates a meaningful dialogue about mental health and emotional wellness in our community.
The exhibit highlights the importance of artistic volition
and how it has evolved to encompass a wide range of styles and media. It also
emphasizes the impact of cultural experience and community on artistic
expression and how it can inspire innovation and creativity. Artists use their
unique life experiences to create art that can provide a new perspective on the
universe and ourselves. For example, Huey-min Chuang's paintings and drawings
about her personal journey, Cecile Chong's video about language learning, Poyen
Wang's animation showing a lonely boy, Hsin-yi Liu's painting of a busy teddy
bear, and CHATogether's graphic novel about parenthood all offer different ways
of looking at the world and potentially inspire viewers to reflect on their own
lives.
Leo Tolstoy's perspective on art as a means of communication
and progress is particularly relevant to the importance of art in bridging the
gap between different cultures and communities. In the Asian community, belief
often takes precedence over scientific psychiatric treatment, leading to a need
for alternative approaches to addressing mental health concerns. Hence, art can
provide a means of expression and communication that transcends cultural and linguistic
barriers.
Moreover, by emphasizing the imperfections and
inconsistencies of life, art encourages a sense of empathy and compassion among
individuals, promoting social and emotional healing. This aligns with Tolstoy's
notion of art as a means of defining the highest good at which society aims,
and agrees with Worringer’s recognition that every style of art represents the
“maximum bestowal of happiness for the humanity that created it,” and his
feeling that this should be the supreme dogma of all objective consideration of
the history of art.
Exploring the dimension of artistic volition and bringing
together artists, mental health professionals, and the public in a
cross-disciplinary setting, NYC Art Bridge can help promote emotional wellness
and facilitate frank discussion about important issues facing our community. By
addressing themes such as bias against the AAPI community and the immigrant
experience, the project can help raise awareness about pressing social and
cultural issues while also providing a platform for artists to express
themselves and showcase their work.
Now, art can serve as a means to explore deeper aspects of
human existence and the world around us, including spiritual and philosophical
dimensions. Hence, through artistic expression, artists can convey complex
emotions and ideas that might be difficult to put into words, and thereby
enrich our understanding of ourselves and the world we inhabit. Ultimately, the
goal of NYC Art Bridge is to provoke discussion of the urgent social issues of
the moment.
References:
Worringer W. Abstraction
and Empathy: A Contribution to the Psychology of Style, International
Universities Press, New York, 2014
Tolstoy, L. What is
Art? Digireads.com Publishing, 2020
Mukařovský, J., Abstract
Functions, in Harrison C and Wood P, Art
Theory 1900 - 2000, Blackwell Publishing 2006
Schapiro, M., The
Social Bases of Art, in Harrison C and Wood P, Art Theory 1900 - 2000, Blackwell Publishing 2006
Monday, January 30, 2023
2023 兔年的提升 "remove the old and bring forth the new"
~"地球人類的思想共識會很快的”擺脫” 舊時光 、舊事物、舊社會的各種影響。當沒有了拖油瓶的”舊共識”思想,政治、文化、經濟、商業、金融等各個領域也都會更快速的進入新世界。"~
兔年快樂!🐰🙏🏼
各位是否都有感覺到,自己的記憶力好像真的減退了,都記不住本來認為應該會記住的事物了?
有人說這是疫情的後遺症,腦霧了。當然不是!這是人們總是喜歡找理由,合理化所發生的事而已。
我們地球已經進入了另外一個宇宙區域磁場,因為我們的銀河系也公轉於宇宙的中央太陽,所以對於”時間”的心理狀態已經改變,振動頻率提升了。
過去的舊事物時光會變的非常的虚渺,難以記憶,過去的振動頻率是舊的,接收也變得模糊了。
也因為如此,地球人類的思想共識會很快的”擺脫” 舊時光、舊事物、舊社會的各種影響。當沒有了拖油瓶的”舊共識”思想,政治、文化、經濟、商業、金融等各個領域也都會更快速的進入新世界。
舊的不去,新的不來。過年的時候我們都會說”除舊佈新”,地球人類要除去舊的共識共念,向上提升進入地球的靈淨時代了,這也是地球的振動頻率提升的顯化。時刻保持你“💗的能量”,可以遠離恐懼的低振動頻率。
你今天覺知了沒?你今天愛了沒?
引自/宇宙靈源基金會
Happy Year of Rabbit!
Do you all feel that your memory seems to have really declined, and you can't remember things you thought you should remember?
Some people say that this is a sequela of the epidemic, brain fog. of course not! It's just that people always like to find reasons and rationalize what happened.
Our earth has entered the magnetic field of another cosmic region, because our galaxy also revolves around the central sun of the universe, so the psychological state of "time" has changed, and the vibration frequency has increased.
The time of old things in the past will become very illusory and difficult to remember, the vibration frequency of the past is old, and the reception becomes blurred.
Also because of this, the ideological consensus of the human beings on the earth will soon "get rid of" various influences of the old times, old things, and old societies. When there is no "old consensus" thinking that drags oil bottles; the politics, culture, economy, commerce, finance and other fields will enter the new world more quickly.
If the old ones don't go, the new ones won't come. During the Chinese New Year, we always say "remove the old and bring forth the new". The human beings on the earth have to get rid of the old consensus, and ascend to enter the era of spiritual purity on the earth. This is also the manifestation of the increase in the vibration frequency of the earth. Keep your "💗 energy" at all times, and you can stay away from the low vibration frequency of fear.
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
再看2004的 NEXUS: Taiwan in Queens
Re-connect 2004 Nexus: Taiwan in Queens
在找尋一些2003 的Parallax展覽檔案之間,偶看到2004 年策劃在皇后美術館的“Nexus:Taiwan in New York” 台灣藝術家在紐約的展覽計劃書,以及期間所寫的介紹文字,想起當年義無反顧脫離了安穩的收入工作而直接投入獨立策展的傻意志,期間經歷的顛沛困境也曾令人失去前進的勇氣, 然而生活的故事也同時啓發了心境,記得你是誰而得以不離初衷。近3年在經歷了瘟疫帶給世界的無助與不安,期間自己也幸運的得以更多在自然的相處得到精神與呼吸的調整空間,眼見各國政治地緣間的勢力角逐,美南部邊境的移民處境,世界的戰亂隱隱危機動態,之前中國當代藝術在這十年中間的起落,環顧台灣藝術圈世界各地與自己在紐約的處境,值得再來重新審視生命各式的優先順序,在更包容及適應時代與環境時,希仍把持主體本質安然若水的境界。
台灣藝術在紐約皇后美術館的接觸 (2004 年 4月)
來自各方具遠見的背後支持力量
NEXUS: Taiwan in Queens得以度過許多非預期的障礙及困難完成開幕,完全是來自各角落的支持與及時出現的貴人,在回首崎嶇過程時不能不提及某些人及事。首先,皇后美術館館長Tom Finkelpearl 自始至終沒有動搖的信賴與鼓勵,以及全力的支持, 美術館的CEO及總裁Alan Suna環抱著國際村的視野以及實際面對一個當代美術館所處的環境,NEXUS是開拓專業視野的案例。
在2002年的秋天,這一個台灣紐約社區連結展覽策劃實際構想產生,當時,並未預想到會面臨到財務支援上許多的困難,紐約台灣社區領袖賴醫師是允諾協助募款的第一位,而黃再添先生以一個摯愛台灣的心,進一步的在實際過程中的組織以及實際的投入聯繫,並不斷給予相當中肯的指導意見。這期間,還有百利公司陳奎章先生,協和鋁門窗陳秋貴先生提供藝術家的住宿的全力支持, 紐文中心劉培主任及張書豹秘書,更是以一個超越政府機構官員的身份,居中協助得文建會最終贊助,使展覽得以理想的擴大呈現。
在台灣的舊識陳錦誠﹑賴香伶﹑ 劉怡芳在過程中提供了即時的經費救急,雖然最後並無法使用該筆獎助金, 溫淑姿﹑蔡昭儀自始自中的關注及協助,美籍友人侯康德想出Nexus 這一個及極具意義的主題, 並且誠摯耐心的全程經歷畫冊文字的編輯,徐群忻接觸場域的一個文章構想, 美術館員Hitomi從極苛刻的到全力的配合協助,自一種輕視台灣到訝於這一股來自台灣的凝聚力量,另商敘涵以一個台灣工作人員及時提供技術上聯繫支援。彭偉君自一位紐約大學的實習生,一起將這展覽完成,舊同事徐肇英及時投入協助許多配合工作, 張純英老師在許多轉悷點給予的忠告與背後不可見的支持,這展覽過程中所遇到的 人都在某些時候產生種重大意義。
參展藝術家背後發生的故事
Nexus展覽因為財務的支持者態度轉變的困境下,數度考慮縮小或是去除藝術家住在台灣部分,然而,參展的二十位藝術家, 在經費極度拮鉅的狀況下,共同承擔解決過程中的問題,熱誠的參與展出,令美術館極為驚訝與佩服,最後在經費不足的狀況下,台灣藝術家決定自行將作品扛到紐約。顏忠賢因華航大幅縮減贊助,致使80組竹架無法成行而改變展品內容。台灣藝術家則安排分散寄宿在社區家庭中,以節省經費,然需每日長途跋涉通勤到美術館,然也使的展覽更加與地域產生的連結意義。吳瑪俐是第一位到底達紐約的藝術家,而在紐約拍攝的實際過程中遭到天氣、風向、陽光限制,並有水域管理局的刁難等困境,到最後一天方完成,張力山2000根烤焦的法國麵包在家燒烤的過程中,引來鄰居報警的騷動,城市按摩小組躺在紐約市街頭的遊戲行動創作,在開幕前一刻錄製剪輯出現, 使的展覽產生某種的驚奇嘲諷高潮。這一次展覽的每一件作品都在裝置過程中,作了因地制宜的調整, 洪素貞在穿完2000 針線後,除去了放置兩張椅子的計畫,林書民以包裝箱就地取材,館方並向惠特尼美館商借雙年展的運畫箱裝置,林世寶一千件牛仔褲在最初以折疊方式到交換玩具, 一直到人體模型及有意無意間的任意懸掛裝置, 池農深的草編到褟褟米,錄影帶內容也依心境信仰及現場技術配合呈現方式, 陳俊義加上攝影圖像及錄影帶的在裝置,使得作品更為多樣, 林珮淳36片圖像的螺旋垂吊也因實際場地作了許多的調整,林俊亭在電梯間獨訴一格, 黃世傑作品在館裡紐約模型的一角呼吸唱歌,使得美術館各角落生動活潑,盧憲孚的燈籠及聖誕燈飾組合,並在蘇活區珠江百貨的櫥窗連結裝置, 使展覽連結延伸到了曼哈頓區, 而臨時起意的鏡子增添作品的另一層觀念,趙永恕的作品則自望遠鏡、 到蓋房屋、 拼圖 一直到最後決定融入教育活動的互動創作,葉錦睿因為場地因素而必須增加我的液態等於我的蒙特理安,以適應兒童的參與操作,虞曾富美的兩件大自然的畫作因為牆面的尺寸成為唯一的繪畫營造出一種氣勢, 廖健行第二代的攝影創作因為所給的教育部門牆面而改變。
展覽的思路
從某種角度來思考,以在海外的台灣人為主體來策劃一個移民為中心主題的展覽,似應環繞某種鄉愁或是移民故事等。但是,Nexus展覽在視覺上,並未直接顯現出台灣移民歷史或是詮釋社區的圖像;受邀參展的當代台灣藝術家,不論是居住在台灣或旅居紐約及舊金山,其展出的作品卻都間接述及移民的特質,呈現地域遷移、或是心緒移動,乃至於在環境轉換間生活的掙扎與精神上的調適,由異到同,從對比格格不入到彼此相容,俟轉化與適應後,在安定中依然顯露著不安,甚或在認同與回憶間交錯。
一群來自同樣地點的人,進入不同文化的地域,層層改變與適應過程,就如同一段漂流的根,試圖吸取異質環境的養分,進而轉化根植並拓展,
Nexus展覽在紐約藝術家的部分,並未以一般所想像的紐約蘇活區或是雀而喜等藝術區域的藝術家為主; 相反地,展覽試圖突破一種以藝術家居住區域的區隔,以及一種年齡的限制,藝術家的作品涵蓋了錄影、攝影、數位藝術、多媒材的裝置、及大尺寸的繪畫作品,與多件需觀眾參與的互動作品,這些藝術創作在台灣與皇后區的交流往來間反映了移民社會主題,象徵性突顯了社區、社群及環境互動變化的問題。原籌畫的意涵及聯繫過程中,出現多重的連結及交互組合,這種連結發生在個體與群體,個體與個體間,中心與邊緣,內與外,上與下,異與同間。在家鄉與所在地國之間,在有形的外圍環境與內心的掙扎衝擊下,種種複雜的因素轉化了環境,在異地形成了一個新的文化接觸場域。Nexus這樣一個以聯結及中心組織為意義的展覽主題竟也就自然發生了。
藝術作品介紹
林珮淳 (美麗人生)
盧憲孚 (聖誕燈龍/雙分認同 第一號:慶祝就是認同/慶祝就是存有)
城市按摩隊( 張秉正, 陳世强, 吳德淳) , 頸部按摩; 一種掐住脖子的方式來看見現實
王德合(記憶的行李箱 )
吳瑪悧 (水祭) (水上人家)
顏忠賢 參道---一種西遊記的參 “人蔘果” 式的虔誠的不得不......
體驗, 他作品取自西遊記人蔘果的一節,使用毛線編織出來的一種有機的結構體,垂掛或裝置
在美術館的大型岥道上,參道。一坡道。斜的。登高的。遠行的。美術館變成廟堂式的虔誠的
不得不。再體驗一種必須走必須拜的“參”的困難。
張力山屮 (Tse) Id—by Van屮 (Tse)
張力山在一九九五年買了一部小貨車, 開始他的搬家事業結合藝術創作生涯, 在這展覽中他集結了所有的搬家訂購单, 逐一塗掉其中明顯的文字, 裝裱成近五百幅的觀念藝術作品,Id—by Van是殘酷生活與現實掙扎的寫照。
趙永恕 (遷移反射鏡像裏的土地)
陳俊義 (認定-存在)
池農深 (黃色休息站)
黄世傑RTI-EX-4, 2004 OC-NYP, 2004
黃世傑慣常使用各種人造的材料,如電線、塑膠、寶特瓶等組合成為一種實驗室的有機環境,他拆解各種日常的電器用品及機具並且重新組裝,加上動力及感應裝置,使得作品有互動的機能,在感應人的行動同時產生光與色的架構與變化。
他的塑膠袋風管因為風扇的吹動,呈現一種有機體的蠕動感,而觀眾的接觸遊戲使的作品突破了機器及人造材料的界限。他的作品裝置在美術館中心紐約市的大建築模型中,組裝完成似機器人的結構體,座落在紐約地圖的一角,這些人為的有機組合就如同新的生命體,重新架構了紐約的地圖。
廖健行 (教養/教育)
林世寶 (穿衣吃飯)
林書民 (替換狀態)
虞曾富美 (雪崩)(潮汐)
出生於花蓮,成長於美濃,兩處都是台灣山川與海洋自然取勝之地,在抵科羅拉多為高山自然之美景所感動,之後創作未曾離開或停止過以自然景觀作為繪畫創作題材,取向以山川岩石、深海景觀、宇宙天文、地理環境為主題,她的作品愈畫尺寸愈大就像自然般沒有邊際,形成沒有範疇,沒有格局的格局,就如自然般的自在,沒有一絲線條的限制,沒有繪畫的比例架構,色彩自然的流動將人帶入無盡的穹倉之中,所以當人站再作品之前,就如同進入了畫中,進入了自然,所以人就是畫中的一個題材。
葉謹睿 (液態蒙德里安)
洪素珍 (聯結與反射)
展出地點:紐約皇后區美術館 (Queens Museum of Art/Queens Museum)
展覽策劃: Luchia Meihua Lee(獨立展覽策劃人 定居紐約)
Saturday, December 31, 2022
2023 Happy New Year from TAAC
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
"Walking in the Cosmos: artist Interpreting Urban Reverence
Walking in the Cosmos: Artists Interpreting Urban Reverence
「行走在宇宙中:藝術家詮釋都會崇敬」
展出日期:10月30日起 至 2022 年 12 月 18 日止
展覽場地:沃克奧斯博物館(Venue: Voelker Orth Museum)
博物館開放時間:周二,周日 上午十點到下午五時以及預約
地址Address: 149-19 38th Avenue, Flushing, NY 11354
Curated by Luchia Meihua Lee
Participating
artists: 參展藝術家
- Steven
Balogh 史蒂芬。巴洛
- Eun
Young Choi (崔恩榮)
- Chih-Hui
Chuang (莊志輝)
- Kotaro
Fukui (福井江太郎)
- Felipe
Galindo 菲利普.加林多
- Sarah
Haviland 莎拉.哈微蘭
- Diana
Heise 戴安娜。赫斯
- Hsiao-Chu
(Julia) Hsia (夏小筑)
- Chemin
Hsiao (蕭喆旻)
- Hiroshi
Jashiki
- Ming-Jer
Kuo (郭明哲)
- Catherine
Lan (藍巧茹)
- Rosalía
Mowgli 羅莎利. 莫古力
- Hsuan-Yu
Pan (潘宣羽)
- J.
maya luz珍妮佛 瑪雅
- Marlene
Tseng-Yu (虞曾富美)
- Sarah
Walko莎拉.娃可
- Yeh
Fang (葉方)
Musical Performance - Pei-Wen Liao (violin) piano:
Yadi Liang (piano)
10月30日:*2:30-2:45 pm:夏小筑(Hsiao-Chu (Julia) Hsia) 視覺藝術表演
*3:00-3:30 pm:音樂表演-小提琴:廖佩珳(Peiwen Liao)鋼琴:Yadi Liang
台美文藝協會(Taiwanese American Arts Council)與Voelker Orth Museum (沃克奧斯博物館)合作舉辦「行走在宇宙中:藝術家詮釋都會崇敬」(Walking in the Cosmos: Artists Interpreting Urban Reverence)展覽,該展覽將在皇后區法拉盛的Murray Hill的 Voelker Orth 博物館向公眾開放。本次展覽共有18位跨族群藝術家以不同形式的創作品展出, 開幕式安排有夏小筑(Hsiao-Chu Julia Hsia)的互動行爲表演,及小提琴家廖佩珳的音樂表演,曲目以自然爲主題,表演曲目有:「鳥類的到來」、「雲雀升騰」、「阿里山之歌」、「維瓦爾第:夏天」等。
在這個萬聖及感恩節期間,我們邀請您參觀到 Voelker Orth 博物館(維多利亞花園和鳥類保護區)來欣賞特殊精彩的主題藝術創作,如台美藝術家郭明哲取社區房屋地形印製醋酸膠片垂掛,造成交錯的超越地平綫的鳥瞰視覺景觀,韓國藝術家Eun Young Choi(崔恩榮)有感於自身兒子的德韓移民家庭與Volker Orth Museum 位處韓國社區的作品交碰產生,她以貼紙刻畫自然植物裝飾在博物館的圖書室玻璃上,台美藝術家蕭喆旻的五件畫作幽默表達了在世紀大浩劫的的孤寂經驗,匈牙利裔藝術家Steven Balogh 的蜂鳥玩芭蕾舞鞋畫作,住上州Peeksill的Sarah Haviland是富爾布萊特學者曾到台灣進行創作研究,她一直以鳥類概念創作各式雕塑,此次展出4件作品,有“喜鵲橋”及另兩件鳥作品,另外展覽有5部錄像作品播放,包含潘宣羽的台灣布袋戲偶悠游紐約短片等等。更多精彩作品分列在在這個迷你博物館的各個房間中。
都會部落聚集的現象涉及人類的生存和生物之間平衡的維持,我們的對話轉向重視人性,保護多元文化,更新環境,尊重新的多面向的統一。宇宙運行的神話最近被城市的遷移迅速扭曲,在田園環境中,大自然簡單的晝夜圖像的流逝使我們環境的豐富神話受到尊重。藝術創作者能夠居間調解並具象讓文化有了新的聯繫。
Urban Reverence 是 Urban Tribes 的第二部分,不僅涉及特定的信仰或儀式,還延伸到人類與自然或環境之間的關係。而 Urban
Reverence 則以土地和環境為主題,在生物、精神和文化上具有普遍的共鳴和影響。 策展人 Luchia Lee 說:「更廣泛地說,地球的健康和人類的生存需要我們的環境與各種生物之間的共存和維持平衡,以及我們社會中人際關係的改善。這個展覽對這種情況的緊迫性提出了多種藝術囘應」。
有関Voelker Orth 博物館:
1899 年,德國移民康拉德·沃克( Conrad Voelkner) 在皇后區的
Murray Hill 買了一套房子。 他和他的妻子撫養了一個女兒特蕾莎,她嫁給了魯道夫·奧斯博士(Dr. Rudolph
Orth)。康拉德·沃克去世後,這房子由特蕾莎、她的丈夫奧斯博士和他們的女兒伊麗莎白(1926-1995)居住。之後伊麗莎白離開了她的整個莊園,建立了 Voelker Orth 博物館(鳥類保護區和維多利亞花園)。 這座房子經過修復,於 2007 年成為紐約市地標,並於 2020 年被列入國家歷史遺址名錄,該花園獲得了長島苗圃和園藝師協會 2005 年的金獎。