Samson Young's 'Pavilion' (2025) at New Taipei City Art Museum

Samson Young's installation 'Pavilion' (2025) debuted at the New Taipei City Art Museum, occupying its main hall with a towering multiscreen structure. The work projected rapid, fragmented imagery including athletic events, spacecraft interiors, and abstract diagrams, creating a non-narrative visual flow. Accompanied by choral harmonies reminiscent of György Ligeti's compositions used in Stanley Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey' (1968), the soundscape filled the dark space with a trance-inducing intensity. The installation emphasized kinetic movement over iconography, with elements warping and accelerating toward an ambiguous destination. Its atmosphere blended soothing and foreboding qualities, engaging viewers through both visual and auditory immersion. The exhibition showcased Young's exploration of technology, human aspiration, and progress through a dynamic sensory experience.