My work, The GHost Formula, is part of the exhibition, No Such Thing
As Gravity, at the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Art, Taiwan from April
22 – June 25 2017.
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| No Such Thing As Gravity, exhibition poster, NTMoFA, 2017 |
Co-curated by Professor Mike Stubbs,
director and CEO of FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology,
Liverpool) and Dr Rob La Frenais, an international independent curator,
art is used in this exhibition to explore the grey areas at the limits
of science and other controversial issues, with emphasis placed on
trans-disciplinary collaborations with contemporary art and science.
Artists Tania CANDIANI, Yin-Ju CHEN, Gina
CZARNECKI and John HUNT, Evelina DOMNITCH and Dmitry GELFAND, Nick
LAESSING, Nahum MANTRA, Agnes MEYER-BRANDIS, Lab of Distant Relatives
(Theresa Tsun-Hui TSAO, Chang-Huei GE, Mu-Ching WU), Helen PYNOR,
Semiconductor, Sarah SPARKES
Sarah Sparkes
"Walking the thin line between belief and observed data,
collaborating with psychologists and paranormal investigators, created
an installation
The Ghost Formula to provide a neutral platform
from which the visitor can investigate and interrogate the idea of the
ghost. During her residency
The GHost Exchange at NTMoFA, working with
Taiwan based ghost researchers, psycologists, local historians and
artists, Sarah will collect local Taiwan ghost stories for
GHost
Portal web archive, to examine and document the cultural significance of
human interaction with a spirit world"
(From NTMoFA Exhibition catalogue for 'No Such Thing As Gravity'. Read the full catalogue in Chinese and English on curator Rob La Frenais' website)
More about The GHost Formula here.http://www.sarahsparkes.com/blog/ntmofa-national-taiwan-museum-of-fine-art-no-such-thing-as-gravity/
GHost Residency Sparkes will be undertaking a
residency funded by the NTMoFA, in the weeks running up to the
exhibition. During this time she will be researching ghost culture in
Taiwan and presenting this information on her website
the GHost Portal. Artifacts, used in Taiwan ghost rituals, will be added to her installation in the museum.
In addition Sparkes will convene one of her GHost Hostings, bringing
together artists and researchers from Taiwan to discuss the idea of
‘Ghost Exchange’
Read more about GHost Hostings 18
here
About the Exhibition
British
Council is pleased to support ‘No Such Thing As Gravity’ – an
exhibition showcasing arts and creative technology presented by UK’s
leading media art centre – Foundation for Art and Creative Technology
(FACT) in Liverpool and National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts (NTMoFA),
the leading museum for digital arts and creativity in Taichung. Curated
by Professor Mike Stubbs, artistic director of FACT and Dr. Rob La
Frenais, guest curator from the UK, the exhibition attempts to explore
the unknown areas and controversial issues in science through the lenses
of artists and creative technologists. Hosted at National Taiwan
Museum of Fine Arts from April 22 to June 25, the exhibition will show
to audience the trend of cross-disciplinary collaboration between
contemporary art and science, responding to the questions of humanistic
and philosophical perspectives in science.
