Cheang Shu-lea's take on sexual politics. From Taiwan artist Chang Hsia-fei comes a disco from which all revelers have departed, leaving only a huge pile of garbage. Music continues to play, the light balls continue to rotate, and girls in skimpy underwear continue to gyrate on large video screens. Some visitors found the best way to appreciate Chang's talent was to sit on the garbage to think about it. In a nod toward the exhibition's premise of a borderless world, Japanese artist Yamaide Jun'ya asked visitors to inscribe a character from their name on a large tag, and lofted these on huge blue balloons high inside the museum entrance.
Clouds are symbols of things that cross borders freely.
The sky belongs to no one. So I want to create clouds. Some visitors, entranced with the idea, want the balloons to become a permanent part of the museum's decor. Some see the biennial as an advance platoon in the battle for Taiwan's cultural soul. Others say the display merely promotes the artistic fashion of the day.