ART TAIPEI 2022 hosts online talk on art's ecological responsibility with international panel
On 22 October 2022, ART TAIPEI 2022 presented an online panel discussion entitled 'Can the Medium Fit the Message?' from 16:00 to 17:30 CST, available through ARTTAIPEI's Art Lecture section and Facebook Live. The panel featured curator Bocheng Shen, artists Michael Wang and Tomás Saraceno, along with sustainability advocates Caitlin Southwick and Helen Turner, and was led by critic Chris Fite-Wassilak. Shen organized the exhibition 'Artificial, Evolution and Sustainable Future.' Saraceno merges art with architecture and natural sciences, while Wang's initiatives tackle climate change. Southwick is the founder of Ki Culture, and Turner co-manages E-WERK Luckenwalde. The discussion delved into the tensions between ecological narratives and artistic expression. The event ran from 21-24 October 2022.
Key facts
- Online talk 'Can the Medium Fit the Message?' organized by ART TAIPEI 2022
- Event date: Saturday 22 October 2022, 16:00-17:30 CST
- Livestream via ARTTAIPEI Art Lecture sector and Art Taipei Facebook Live
- Moderator: Chris Fite-Wassilak, London-based critic and ArtReview contributing editor
- Panel included curator Bocheng Shen and artists Michael Wang, Tomás Saraceno
- Sustainability experts Caitlin Southwick and Helen Turner participated
- Discussion focused on ecological responsibility in art production and institutions
- ART TAIPEI 2022 ran from 21-24 October 2022
Entities
Artists
- Bocheng Shen
- Michael Wang
- Tomás Saraceno
- Caitlin Southwick
- Helen Turner
- Chris Fite-Wassilak
Institutions
- ART TAIPEI
- National Taiwan University of the Arts
- Tainan University of the Arts
- Shih Hsin University
- Tainan National University of the Arts
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Max Planck Institute
- Nanyang Technological University
- Imperial College London
- Natural History Museum London
- The Shed
- Towada Art Center
- Esther Schipper Gallery
- Palais de Tokyo
- Ki Culture and Sustainability in Conservation
- University of Amsterdam
- Vatican Museums
- The Getty Conservation Institute
- The Uffizi Gallery
- Rapa Nui
- International Council of Museums
- Europeana
- Climate Reality Project
- E-WERK Luckenwalde
- Gallery Climate Coalition
- Prada Frames
- Forma Fantasma
- Saatchi Gallery
- World Art Foundations
- Museums for Change
- VISIT Artist in residence programme
- LAGI 2022 Mannheim
- Cass Sculpture Foundation
- Artangel
- Foxy Production
- Fondazione Prada
- ArtReview
Locations
- Taipei
- Taiwan
- London
- United Kingdom
- Berlin
- Germany
- Amsterdam
- Netherlands
- Vatican City
- Los Angeles
- United States
- Florence
- Italy
- Easter Island
- Chile
- New York
- Towada
- Japan
- Paris
- France
- Luckenwalde
- Mannheim