C-LAB 2026 Annual Exhibition Questions Art''s Role in Society

Central News Agency (Reporter Wang Bao-er, Taipei, 7th) From artist Lee Shih-chiao to works by international artists, the Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab (C-LAB) 2026 annual exhibition ''WE Are Becoming'' opens tomorrow, questioning the role art plays in contemporary society. Peng Chun-heng, a board member of the Taiwan Living Arts Foundation, stated at today''s opening press conference that the current chairman, Deputy Minister of Culture Wang Shih-sze, is visiting the Venice Biennale, and he was asked to convey greetings to all artists on her behalf. This year''s C-LAB annual exhibition explores the interwoven relationships of body, technology, society, and ecology. Peng Chun-heng said that ''WE Are Becoming'' is a continuous process, outlining the core propositions of Taiwanese culture: ''Who are we?'' and ''How does the world view us?'' Each generation redefines the answers, and he hopes the exhibition will bring profound reflection to all viewers. The exhibition gathers 29 cross-media works from artists from nine countries: Taiwan, the United States, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia, Lithuania, and Peru. The curatorial team started from the history of the C-LAB site, which was not only the former Air Force General Headquarters but also experienced the Japanese colonial period''s Taiwan Governor-General''s Office Industrial Research Institute and the Taiwan Provincial Government Industrial Research Institute''s Da''an branch. The curatorial team views the C-LAB site as a continuously evolving generative field, taking ''Becoming'' as its core concept and re-orchestrating historical voices through ''chorus.'' This is because a review of post-war art history once silenced certain voices, such as Lee Shih-chiao''s work ''Chorus,'' created under the requirement to boost military morale, as well as Peng Rui-lin''s photography and Fujii Hikaru''s exploration of Japanese war paintings, all of which temporarily obscured the artists'' true voices due to paradigm shifts. The ''WE Are Becoming'' exhibition officially opens tomorrow and runs until August 16th at the Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab (C-LAB). (Editor: Chang Ming-kun) 1150507 Choose to stand with facts, every sponsorship you make is a force to protect press freedom. Download the Central News Agency ''First-hand News'' APP to stay updated with the latest news. The text, images, and audio-visual content on this website may not be reproduced, publicly broadcast, publicly transmitted, or utilized without authorization.