2022
Artist-in-Residence
Artist Lauris Vitolins' Residency Art Presentation
In November 2022, Latvian artist Lauris Vitolins, born in 1988, began his residency at TESA Creative Center. Lauris holds a master’s degree in sculpture from the Art Academy of Latvia and spent a year studying in Portugal through the Erasmus exchange program during his graduate studies. He was awarded the first prize in the Brederlo-von Sengbusch Art Award in 2014, and in 2017, his piece “Light Object” was showcased at the Staro Riga Light Festival. Lauris has also participated in several international exhibitions, including JCE (Jung Creation Europe) in 2016, with his work touring across France, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, and other European countries.
In the final residency art presentation of 2022, Lauris Vitolins created a dynamic art installation using found objects. By repurposing household items collected during his residency, he assigned them new meanings. Visitors are invited to interact with the installation, leaving their own footprints and becoming a part of the artwork.
Wu Pei-Shan's Residency Art Presentation
In October 2022, artist Wu Pei-Shan, born in Taipei in 1991, began her residency at TESA Creative Center. She holds an MFA in Film and Video Art from the California Institute of the Arts, with additional studies in Media Arts. Wu’s work spans sculpture, experimental film, photography, and video installation, combining space and environment to reflect her observations on nature, society, and technology. In 2018, she received the Bronze Award in New Media at the National Art Exhibition for her work The Body in the Middle, and the Tim Disney Excellence in Storytelling Award in the U.S. In 2020, her film Wild Grass was shortlisted for the Taiwan International Women's Film Festival, the British Aesthetica Art Prize, and the Brussels Independent Film Festival’s Best Experimental Film category, with screenings at international film festivals. This exhibition presents works created during her 30-day residency.
Impervious Surface
We remember the names of streets but forget the names of plants.
We know how to use wires but not how to tie ropes.
The houses we drew as children or those in Emojis aren’t the apartments we live in now...
This series reconstructs, reimagines, and pieces together what has been forgotten or lost, using imagery and materials from modern urban life. It reflects the accumulation of waste, the shrinking habitats of native plants, the living conditions of urban dwellers, and the processes of digitization and virtualization brought on by the pursuit of efficiency and expansion in modern society. Through techniques like knotting, origami, and shaping, the artist repurposes modern materials—wires, digital prints, asphalt, and thermoplastics—to explore organic forms and the spatial structures created by lines and surfaces. The work attempts to reconnect with physicality, address anxieties about the Anthropocene, and question the roots of environmental issues, as well as humanity's superficial intimacy with nature.
— Wu Pei-Shan
Liu Hsin-Yi's Residency Art Presentation
During her one-month residency, artist Liu Hsin-Yi focused on the theme Self-Sounding Body. The term "self" here signifies both "originating from" and "nature." The inspiration for her works came from the sounds of different locations and times within the residency environment. Unlike the urban settings where human voices dominate, the sounds of people here were scarce, creating a uniquely pure and unified experience of sound and bodily sensation throughout the creative process.
The concept of Sounding Body was first introduced in Liu's 2020 solo exhibition, Imagining the Body Through Sound. It explores how sound activates sensory experiences, including sight, hearing, and touch. In her work, she uses "lines," "shapes," and "colors" in painting to respond to and express the relationship and connection between sound and the body.
Landscape to Take Away：Feng Ming-Ju's Residency Art Presentation
In the summer of 2022, artist Feng Ming-Ju embarked on a 30-day residency at TESA Creative Center in August. This exhibition showcases the works created during her residency and includes an artist talk on August 28th, featuring a conversation between artist Lin Quan-Ju and Feng Ming-Ju about their creative processes.
During her month-long residency, Feng Ming-Ju continued her artistic exploration through walking—one of humanity’s most primitive actions. Using the Shimen Sculpture Center as a central point, she expanded outward, measuring the land through her steps as a way of observing the landscape. Combining hand-drawing with found objects, she transformed the memories of her daily life and journey into two-dimensional works, which she then placed in boxes, metaphorically "taking the landscape away" to bring home. Through this process, Feng reflects on the relationship between humans and nature, the boundaries between life and art, and responds to today’s visual-centric era where everything is recorded and "taken away" through mobile devices.
