Taiphoon
Taiphoon, 2022, installation paper mache clay, tv monitor
installation video / monitor video
Upon entering the dark space is the projection that fills the entire wall of water movement along with the sound of the rain. On the same wall is a sculpture that was made out of paper mache clay with the pattern from the iron bar window like “Wufufu”(2020).
As the entire shape mimics the form of an umbrella, it loses the functionality of protection for there are holes from the pattern. Under the umbrella sculpture was an old box television playing the weather report about typhoons that happened between 2000 to 2018 in Taiwan.
Taiphoon - Umbrella, 2022, sculpture, paper mache clay.
“Taiphoon - Umbrella”(2022) is a wall sculpture made out of paper mache clay in the shape of an umbrella in half. The pattern of the iron bar window, which is a repetitive subject Wu use as reference to security, forms the entire structure.
Taipei rains a lot, so bringing an umbrella when leaving the house is almost necessary. It was like carrying a personal space with us for we might need it anytime. Wu remembered sharing an umbrella with a stranger, that relationship seems intimate as the distance between one and another shortens, and the conversation seems to be private to the people in that invisible cylinder. However, that intimacy is temporary for it ends as soon as the rain stops. The two people then left the cylinder.
This work was part of Wu’s installation/video work, “Taiphoon” (2021), but then lives on its own after the temporary installation. It is now often installed with letter/press release below in the artist’s solo exhibition.
