Typemotion exhibition opens in Taiwan
The Typemotion exhibition most recently in Liverpool, and before that in Karlsruhe and Vilnius, has now moved to Taiwan. TYPEMOTION: Type as Image in Motion opened today at the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts and will run through 7 June. As before, the exhibition includes examples of concrete poetry and sound poetry as well as a generous selection of poetry clips. But it sounds as if this incarnation will have a distinctly Taiwanese cast:
The exhibition TYPEMOTION presents 159 outstanding examples of Schriftfilme//Typemotion Films from more than sixteen countries, including twelve works of art by Taiwanese artist, dating from 1897 to the present. The exhibition focuses on artistic films, videos, and new media art works, but also includes feature films, title sequences, commercials, music videos and works from the computer demo scene. It is the very first time to introduce a grand international exhibition which focuese on writing and dynamic images in Taiwan. To highlight the particularity and artistry of Chinese characters and the mature development of new media and filmic art in Taiwan, twelve Taiwanese works are brought into the curitorial context, juxtaposed to reflect the contrasts between Schriftfilme//Typemotion Films in oriental and occidental cultures. This also features the main characteristiscs of TYPEMOTION. Type as Image in Motion exhibition in Taiwan.
The exhibition TYPEMOTION presents over 150 outstanding examples of Schriftfilme//Typemotion Films from more than fifteen countries, dating from 1897 to the present. The exhibition focuses on artistic films, videos, and new media art works, but also includes feature films, title sequences, commercials, music videos and works from the computer demo scene.
We define Schriftfilme//Typemotion Films as analog or digital films or film sequences in which mainly animation, graphic design, or music open up possible uses of type far beyond conventional ways of communicating with type. Referring to those sites and situations where we encounter type in motion, the exhibition examines the multiple possibilities for the presentation, perception and ways of communicating with type.
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