Composing Art History with “Video Documentation”: Case Studies from Taiwan

We are pleased to welcome Hsing-Jou Yeh, a curator and researcher currently in residence at Tokyo University of the Arts through the exchange residency program TEA+ with the National Taipei University of the Arts (TNUA), for a public talk. Since the 1990s, many artists in Taiwan have independently documented art exhibitions and live performances. These videos, often produced outside institutional archives or media channels, have become crucial materials for understanding the art history of that era. In this talk, Yeh will introduce the current landscape of such video documentation in Taiwan and explore issues related to archival openness and accessibility, transmediation, and exhibition practices grounded in archival research.

Installation view of the exhibition “The Foolish Old Man Removes the Mountains: The Sounds and Images of Yang Kui” 2024, Photo: Lin Yu-Quan

Date & Time: Friday, October 31, 2025, 16:20–17:50
Venue: GA Ueno Lecture Room, 5F Taki Plaza, Tokyo University of the Arts (Ueno Campus)
Address: 12-8 Ueno Park, Taito-ku, Tokyo
Guest Speaker: Hsing-Jou Yeh
Interpreter: An-Chi Li
Languages: Chinese / English

Hsing-Jou Yeh

Art researcher, producer, and curator. Doctoral candidate in Fine Arts at the National Taipei University of the Arts. Her research focuses on the art history of 1990s Taiwan, especially on DIY methodologies and independent art practices. She is particularly interested in how art documentary films contribute to composing and rewriting art history.

In her recent curatorial research, she has examined the socialist writer Yang Kui (1906–1985) and the phenomenon of media transformation in 1990s Taiwanese literature, as well as the 1970s cultural movement Tunghai Garden.