The House Behind The Wall

  • Venue

    Wang Da Hong House Theatre

Jury’s Comments for the Grand Prize Winner
This project is a site-specific performance in the Wang Da Hong House Theatre, an extended space of the Taipei Museum of Fine Arts. It consists of three episodes Above/Strolling/Living that develop from outside to inside. Physically the performance grows from outside the wall to inside the house, and psychologically the audience’s role shifts from watching a performance to participation. YEH Ming-Hwa explores the complex significance of Wang Da Hong House Theatre in a clear and layered manner, and deals with the various dimensions of body, space, theatre, performance and life in a delicate and balanced approach. Through the interplay between architecture, contemporary dance, Chinese opera and video art, she creates a unique experience for the audience while advancing the artistic practice of interdisciplinary exploration.
A house built by an architect for himself in 1953 comes alive in 2020. In the silence of the night, music that evokes memories can be heard coming from the building.

If buildings are the medium for physical representations of abstract emotions, then dance theater performances can be said to be an abstraction of concrete objects through the movements of the body. The House Behind The Wall is a transformation of snippets of the life of architect Wang Da Hong into dance movements. During the performance, the dancer ascends high walls, moves freely in the compound, and live in the present time and space. The performance is presented in phases, each one being calibrated to the spatial dimensions in which it takes place. The audience follows the dancer through the three phases of outdoor, theatrical, and immersive performances, and these different areas of performance and viewing enable both the dancer and the audience to jointly respond to the architectural characteristics of the space itself.

For this performance, TFAM has invited artist Yeh Ming-Hwa to be the creator and performer. The bulk of Yeh’s performances consists of explorations of how to interpret and transform unique characteristics of certain spaces via her bodily movements, as well as of creating new ways that viewer and the performer can relate to each other.

The House Behind The Wall (2020), recipient of 2021 Taishin The Annual Grand Prize.

The House Behind the Wall – Above
2020/05/29 (Fri.) 19:00-19:40
2020/05/30 (Sat.) 19:00-19:40

The House Behind the Wall – Strolling
2020/06/19 (Fri.) 18:40-19:20
2020/06/20 (Sat.) 18:40-19:20

The House Behind the Wall – Living
2020/08/08 (Sat.) 14:00-14:40 / 16:00-16:40
2020/08/09 (Sun.) 14:00-14:40 / 16:00-16:40
The House Behind the Wall – Above
Creator Yeh Ming-Hwa
Performer Chen Wu-Kang, Yeh Ming-Hwa
Film Director Maurice Lai
Costume Designer Juby Chiu
Sound Designer Tseng Yun-Fang
Set Designer Adrianne Chiu
Lighting Designer Joanne Shyue
Technical Director Sean Huang, Sun Wei-Chen
Sound Technician Chen Yu-Chien
Administrative coordinator Tomtom CHUANG
Rehearsal Assistan Wu Ho-Ju
Assistant producer Huang Yo-Yo
Video documentary Maurice Lai, Chiu Chih-hua
Photography Lee Hsin-Che
Graphic Design Studio Shaos
Special thanks HORSE, Cheng Shu-Gi, Spring Hou, Honggah Museum, FOCA
The House Behind the Wall – Strolling
Creator Yeh Ming-Hwa
Performer Huang Yu-Lin、Yeh Ming-Hwa
Musician Hsu Chia-Ming
Sound Designer Tseng Yun-Fang
Set Designer Adrianne Chiu
Lighting Designer Joanne Shyue
Costume Advisor Juby Chiu
Technical Director Sean Huang, Sun Wei-Chen
Sound Technician Chen Yu-Chien
Administrative coordinator Tomtom CHUANG
Rehearsal Assistan Wu Ho-Ju
Assistant producer Yo-Yo Huang
Video documentary Maurice Lai、Chiu Chih-hua
Photography Lee Hsin-Che
Graphic Design Studio Shaos
Special thanks HORSE
The House Behind the Wall – Living
Creator Yeh Ming-Hwa
Performer Huang Yu-Lin, Chen Wu-Kang, Yeh Ming-Hwa
Sound Designer Tseng Yun-Fang
Set Designer Adrianne Chiu
Lighting Designer Joanne Shyue
Costume Advisor Juby Chiu
Technical Director Sean Huang, Sun Wei-Chen
Administrative coordinator Tomtom CHUANG
Rehearsal Assistan Wu Ho-Ju
Assistant producer Yo-Yo Huang
Video documentary Maurice Lai、Chiu Chih-hua
Photography Lee Hsin-Che
Graphic Design Studio Shaos
Special thanks HORSE

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上紅牆   ARTalks,高俊宏(台新藝術獎提名觀察人)
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