If This Ain't Ai, Don't Make Me Bi.│400│Introduction

[The script of this episode] This exhibition is presented by the artist collective You Don’t Know Me At All. Its title is a playful take on the lyric, “If this ain’t love, then why am I so heartbroken?” At first, it might sound like a song about romance—but the artists ask, is it really just about love? They contrast the “Ai” in the lyric, pointing to artificial intelligence, with “Bi,” which echoes the Taiwanese Hokkien word for sorrow (pi-ai). Using dark humor and clever wordplay, the works create a space where meanings can shift, letting each viewer discover new ways of understanding. The exhibition begins with two place names that are often confused: Taiwan’s North Coast and Japan’s Hokkaido. It makes you wonder: is your sense of familiarity with a place shaped by personal experience, or by seeing similar images over and over on social media? Through imagery, spatial design, and sound, the artists present home videos and street interviews filmed during their travels. Merchandise promoted on social media is transformed into site-specific installations and paintings, questioning the ties between tourism, consumption, and branding. Found objects such as souvenirs and trinkets are used to unpack the emotional bond between Instagram-ready landmarks and their viewers. Inspired by a shared theme while extending their individual practices, the participating artists— Ciou Zih-yan, Ni Hsiang, Feng Chih-ming, and Chien Chih-feng—respond to issues of technology and the artificial, piracy and imitation, tourism and consumption, as well as labor and art. Through imagery, light, and sound, they invite viewers into a space of overlapping narratives, encouraging reflection on physical experience suspended between reality and fiction. ---------- If this ain’t Ai, don’t make me Bi. 2026.01.17-04.12 ｜Artists｜ Ciou Zih-yen, Ni Hsiang, Feng Chih-ming, Chien Chih-feng ｜More Information｜https://ntcart.museum/en/exhibition_content.aspx?id=H2512001