
Curated by The Place Hotel
Theme Show No. 5: Return
Homecoming
An annual group exhibition that tells the story of Nangang, an emerging tech and financial hub once known as ‘Black Smoke Town,’ a declining industrial district.
This work narrates the scene of air pollution during the industrial period, utilizing the form of a light box to depict the timeline of the land, leveraging light to penetrate the darkness of the stark night, bringing about a process of regeneration and healing to regain the original appearance of Nangang. The patchwork curtain is made of discarded fabric from a recycling plant, using voluminous waste materials to recreate the black smoke-covered air pollution scene back then. The heavy patchwork sets off the divided egg-shaped light boxes. At the brink of division, history and vision find a new meaning of home.







mediums | printed textile, LED lights, woodboxes, recycled clothes, fabric
size | 150 x 52 cm (x2), 350 x 200 cm (x2)
exhibition organizer | The Place Hotel
program director | Roni Hung
guest curator | Huang Zi-Dong
location | 10th Floor, The Place Hotel, Taipei
date | Sep 1, 2022 - Feb 28, 2023
associates |
Muja woodwork studio
Ching-Chee Textile Printing
Jiutai Recycling Plant