The 2021 and 2022 Glenfiddich artist-in-residence plans were announced, and the duo exhibition of Hou Yiting and Wang Yusong will be exhibited at the art space today.

(Provided by Grant & Sons) [Reporter Tu Yingru/Taipei Report] Glenfiddich, a Scottish single malt whiskey brand known as a whiskey leader, has launched the Glenfiddich Artists in Residence Project (Artists in Residence Project) year after year. The AiR Project for short) invites potential artists from all over the world to create in Scottish villages every year. Artists can convert their experiences during their residency into various forms of artistic creation.

The Glenfiddich artist-in-residence project, which has been in place for two years due to the epidemic, is published for the first time in the form of a two-person exhibition this year, bringing together two contemporary artists who will go to Dufftown, Scotland in 2021 and 2022 respectively. The artworks of Hou Yiting and Wang Yusong will be exhibited at the art space from now until April 1.

The Glenfiddich artist-in-residence program initiated by Peter Gordon, the fifth-generation president of Grand & Sons, has been in operation for more than ten years. In the field of art, it is regarded as one of "the best-paid residency programs in the world". Since 2005, as many as dozens of Taiwanese contemporary artists have successively become members of the Glenfiddich Art-in-Residence Program, injecting many fresh creative sources into Taiwanese art.

Andy Fairgrieve, head of the Glenfiddich artist-in-residence program, said: "Whiskey itself can bring sensory enjoyment and indescribable fun. Making good whiskey requires time and dedication, and the same is true for creating good art. "Just as it takes years of brewing to cultivate a wine, art creators also need to convert it into artistic language through the accumulation of time.

Looking back in recent years, the age group of the candidates who participated in the Glenfiddich artist-in-residence program in Taiwan has gradually decreased, which clearly shows Glenfiddich's vision of keeping pace with the times in the field of art, as well as its exquisite winemaking craftsmanship and The spirit of the leader, to achieve a good balance between tradition and innovation.

Installation artist Hou Yiting, who participated in the 2021 Glenfiddich artist-in-residence program, translated the sound of the winery production line into images of weaving carpets.

(Provided by Grant and Sons) Hou Yiting, an installation artist participating in the 2021 Glenfiddich artist-in-residence program, personally participated in the various operations of the Glenfiddich distillery production line, and took the whiskey production line as the source of inspiration for his creations. Acquisition, recomposing, interweaving and repeating the rhythm of body operation during work and the noise produced by bottles colliding with each other in different processes, simulating the winemaking process and unexpected sound results.

Hou Yiting used a variety of creative media in the past, including installation art, embroidery and other techniques. She is good at using symbolic images to further reconstruct the relationship between experience and perception, action and thinking, society and individual in her works.

The on-site production of "Whiskey Gossip" is to convert the sound rhythm ripples collected in the factory into images, and weave them into a sonic carpet, providing the audience with an immersive live sound and tactile platform.

Wang Yusong, who participated in the 2022 Glenfiddich artist-in-residence project, made charcoal from branches, presenting the laws of circulation in the past, present and future.

(Provided by Grand & Sons) In 2017, Wang Yusong, who won the highest award in the Taiwan Art Hall - the Taipei Award, will be selected to participate in the Glenfiddich artist-in-residence program in 2022.

Wang Yusong used the charcoal pencils made of randomly picked branches as the creative medium and the production method of the winery as inspiration, and then borrowed the chemical effects and flow cycles in the physical phenomena of the winemaking process to present the three-month life in Duff Town, Scotland. realize.

In the past, Wang Yusong's works have continuously explored the past that existed in the space, the present that is happening now, and the events that may occur in the future. Through various imaginations and readings, he expanded from his own living environment and life experience to a wider audience. The social consciousness and group relationship created a story-telling field, inviting the viewers to experience together.

The specially created art work "Past, Present, Future, Tombstone" this time in the village is to write and draw circles on a piece of white paper continuously, which compares the operation of life, the law of being disassembled and reassembled over time.

Hou Yiting/Wang Yusong Duo Exhibition will be on display at the Art Space from now until April 1, 2023.

Hou Yiting/Wang Yusong duo exhibition opening reception, from left are Peggy, the person in charge of Just in Art Space, Andy Fairgrieve, the person in charge of the Glenfiddich artist-in-residence program, artist Hou Yiting, artist Wang Yusong, and Glenfiddich Taiwan brand ambassador James.

(Courtesy of Grand & Sons)

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