The theme "Faces of the City" depicts the many faces of the city through art and the artists’ feelings towards the city.
Pencil (2018-03-17/2018-05-13) by Filthy LukerFubon Art Foundation
With the support of Taipei City Government and the Xinyi shopping district, the exhibition involves the 2.3 kilometers-long skywalk and two cultural scenic spots – Songshan Cultural and Creative Park and Four Four South Village, and a future cultural site - A25.
10 artists from Taiwan, the USA, France, the UK, Australia and Israel convey their own interpretation of the surroundings through the use of color and various materials and approaches.
Walking Men Taipei (2018-03-17/2018-05-13) by Maya BarkaiFubon Art Foundation
The skywalk begins with realistic paintings that are gradually replaced with simplistic abstract movements, making a stroll on the skywalk an educational experience that introduces various artistic creative processes.
The two recreational attractions – Songshan Cultural and Creative Park and Four Four South Village.
Spring's Blessing by Chiu Chun-Ting
The work depicts the wombs inside the animals and images of motherly embrace to symbolize life's continuity, changes, and everlastingness. It is also a snapshot of the good wishes made at the beginning of life yet was soon forgotten with the passage of time.
Strolling along the elevated passage, we take in the images drawn on the ceiling and enter the world of Chiu's imaginings. It is her hope that the images remind us of those moments in life when we felt joyful, hearty, and invincible.
2018 00 (2018-03-17) by Fubon Art FoundationFubon Art Foundation
Very Fun Park has invited artists to make bald attempts and proposals in the city. The skywalk also demonstrate the ambition to integrate and contour, so resources can be shared.
They also slowly converge the crowd and encourage them to keep walking, with the awareness that they are mutually influential and related.
Take a Stroll (2018-03-17/2018-05-13) by HSU Ming ShengFubon Art Foundation
The flow of the crowd creates opportunities and endless possibilities. As people welcome the spring with the goodness of art, they will be prompted to linger on the skywalk and savor the joy of art.
The 2018 Very Fun Park sparks imagination that infuses life with hope, which echoes the thesis and statement of this event - It's a happy place! Whatever life changes turns out to be, happiness will always be nourishing and nourishing.
Origami Chameleons by Syu Ting Ruei
An origami is the first sculpture Syu ever made and the origami chameleons are an extension of his creative past. The unique reflectivity of stainless steel makes viewing a particularly fun and interactive experience between the people, objects and their surroundings.
Take a Stroll by Hsu Ming Sheng
The work is made of bamboos, a material reminiscent of the old days in the juancun. In such a relaxed atmosphere, the work demonstrates various weaving techniques, sending people on their way down the memory lane. It is much fun when people are allowed to wander aimlessly.
Paint The Town Red by Filthy Luker
Luker occupies the rooftop of BELLAVITA by erecting a 7-meter long giant paintbrush from which passionate red paint streams down the building facade, symbolizing his passion and pursuit of art. The piece echoes the artist's usual sense of humor.
Paint The Town Red (2018-03-17) by Filthy LukerFubon Art Foundation
The piece juxtaposes a striking inflatable sculpture with a classical European architecture, creating a sense of surprise and clash.
Singing Chair by Chiu Chao Tsai
"Interaction" is an important element of Chiu’s creative process, and he incorporates audience participation into the rational language of mechanical sculpture, making use of witty humor to transform something everyday into a child-like game world. Please take a seat and enjoy!
Walking Men Taipei by Maya Barkai
Encircling the Fubon A25 site are life-size walking men icons which was launched by Maya Barkai in 2010. The project has invited photographers from around the world to contribute their photographs of pedestrian walk symbols from their cities of residence.
Walking Men Taipei (2018-03-17/2018-05-13) by Maya BarkaiFubon Art Foundation
Each city has its own traffic light man that carries its own allusion. This time, the project has come to Taipei, creating a different visual experience in the public space, all the while celebrating Taipei as a city where diverse culture and ethnicities blend seamlessly.
Walking Men Taipei (2018-03-17/2018-05-13) by Maya BarkaiFubon Art Foundation
This is also Barkai's first attempt at plants design, incorporating icons with the architecture green wall - a total of 140 life-size traffic light icons covering the 400-meter long fence. This lively and playful public art installation has breathed new life into fence design.
Eurydice Lost (2014) by Buff DissFubon Art Foundation
Dust In The Wind by Buff Diss
Diss is keen to explore the ways a city is portrayed, the relations between the people and their surroundings, and the stories of the city. He always uses the city as canvas to depict the dialogue between the streets and the crowds.
Diss paints landscapes and stories through arranging and taping the PVC tapes on canvas. Lines and tapes add emotions and expressions, creating three-dimensional layers and penetrations that make them more than just materials but also storytelling magic.
Dust In The Wind (2018-03-17/2018-05-13) by Buff DissFubon Art Foundation
"Dust In The Wind" is named after director Hou Hsiao-Hsien’ s film. The site-specific piece is his attempt to take a snapshot of the flows of the city life. The skywalk's floor tiling makes the prefect background to depict similarity between the formulaic grids and the society.
Dust In The Wind (2018-03-17/2018-05-13) by Buff DissFubon Art Foundation
Diss lends his imagination to re-interpret the urban space. Not only does his artwork raise our awareness of the sense of space, it also infuses our life with humor and philosophy, inspiring us to slow down and pause for a moment of thought.
Yarn by Magda Sayeg
Sayeg is widely recognized as the founder of the knit graffiti movement. Through yarn, she infuses warmth that otherwise rarely exist. It is her message urging us to stop and appreciate our surroundings, it is also her response to the dehumanizing qualities of the environment.
The Gift by Geneviève Gauckler
Geneviève chooses TAIPEI 101 as her stage to showcase a bunch of smiling and jolly characters, transforming the place into a wondrous world of joy that inspires positive outlook on life. This is the real freedom that comes from the heart.
The Gift (2018-03-17/2018-05-13) by Geneviève gaucklerFubon Art Foundation
As an illustrator, Geneviève is always creating energetic characters that convey passion for life and put a smile on the face of every urban dweller as they welcome the arrival of spring.
Triangles (2018-03-17/2018-05-13) by Anne-Flore CabanisFubon Art Foundation
Triangles by Anne-Flore Cabanis
This footbridge with broad and straight deck is a rarity in the urban setting. Cabanis's in-situ work features a swoosh in bright white flying across the sky and cutting through the corridor of the bridge, dividing the viewers' surroundings into different layers.
The idea is to create a sense of distorted perspectives for the pedstrians, while infusing the space with movement.
Triangles (2018-03-17/2018-05-13) by Anne-Flore CabanisFubon Art Foundation
Cabanis introduces her work by following two simple rules: a line that never crosses its own path and always turns at the right angle, never flipping over. The rules have come to make her lines float, creating a brand new physical experience in an ordinary spaces and buildings.
Pencil by Filthy Luker
Luker once again lets his creativity run wild. The three 10-meter long giant pencils carry his usual sense of humor, they spices up the public space in this business district and transform into an amazing theme park. Visitors can now see this area in an entirely different way!
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