Liu Wei Wei, Wu Lao Bai and Xu Tan in Conversation with I-Yi Hsieh, moderated by Wang Jing
The Moving Image as Unconcealment (Part 2) On Chasms and Exits
Date: 29 Aug 2026 (Saturday), 3-5pm
Venue: gdm Taipei, 390 Ruiguang Road, Neihu
Text in the Room, Deferred unveils as the deeply personal creative journeys of six different artists. The exhibited works come together as a "room", in which text functions not merely as a tool for recording or depiction, but as performance; at the same time, the historical trajectory of images and the language of media are repeatedly evaluated and applied.
At once unique and reproducible, the works on show juggle with the realities of social interaction, which may be fractured, fragile, and rife with anxiety. This conversation expands upon the artists' processes of video filming and editing, expounding upon their artistic interventions that are oriented towards the unravelling of images.
Guest speaker Prof. I‑Yi Hsieh will be on-site at the gallery to join the conversation via Zoom. Other speakers will join remotely from out of town or from home.
Liu Wei Wei
With a background in law, Liu collaborates with lawyers and factory workers to bring justice into artistic practice. Since 2024, he has lived alongside workers in a Shenzhen factory, transforming conflictual realities and legal processes into theatrical form. The Unfocused Ones experiments with “image power”: workers vote on whether their footage may be edited or used, exposing the fragile boundary between art and exploitation.
Wu Lao Bai
Exhibiting Square and Lovers, Wu traces resilience at the margins of labor and gender. Square follows two women dismissed during automation, documenting their solidarity in struggle. Lovers chronicles an activist action against conversion therapy, where three red trucks traversed six cities. Together, these works ask whether connection remains possible amid systemic adversity.
Xu Tan
Since 2020, Xu has researched social psychological symptoms of depression, using empathetic interviews and repeated dialogues as method. His latest trilogy of videos focuses on rural women's mental states, revealing how their "abnormal speech" signals urgent realities ignored by society.
I-Yi Hsieh
I‑Yi Hsieh is an anthropologist and curator working across inter-Asia arts and the Environmental Humanities, with research interests in East Asian visual culture and the politics of nature. She is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Visual Studies, National Taiwan Yang Ming Chiao Tung University.
Wang Jing
Recently, as an independent curator, she focuses on constructing exhibition frameworks that engage with social realities and lived experiences. She also initiated a series of discussions at the non-profit space "Top" in Guangzhou, exploring paradoxes in artistic and research practices to foster public interdisciplinary dialogue.
Images: Text in the Room, Deferred, gdm Taipei, 2026 (installation view). Photography by Anpis Wang.
