If This Ain't Ai, Don't Make Me Bi.｜405｜You Don't Know Me At All｜Tidal Installation

[The script of this episode] The artist collective You Don’t Know Me At All was founded in the summer of 2015 by a group of young artists passionate about contemporary art. Their practice responds to Taiwan’s historical, political, and everyday realities through remaking, performance, sound, and video installation. Working from the perspective of the Other, they explore contemporary life in its many forms. In recent years, their focus shifts toward the changes in their hometowns and their own formative experiences, prompting a renewed reflection on the relationship between contemporary life and the individual. This exhibition is a collaboration between Ciou Zih-yan, Ni Hsiang, Feng Chih-ming, and Chien Chih-feng, developed with creative partner Chang Li-ren. In Tidal Installation, various found objects and modified items are suspended from a truss on the ceiling. When things usually seen on the floor are moved overhead, you might begin to wonder: what is the subject of the exhibition? And what is the background? This inverted display challenges our usual expectations of what an exhibition should be, and how it is meant to be seen. Set between Taiwan’s North Coast and Japan’s Hokkaido, the work brings together images, home videos, and street interviews, as well as popular subjects and memes drawn from news and social media. Through personal visits, the artists rethink the connections between local settings, tourism, consumption, and souvenirs. The work transitions between day and night modes. In day mode, the space resembles a factory, or feels as if the exhibition has yet to open, challenging the viewer’s assumptions. When placed alongside different narrations of Emotional Universes by Feng Chih-ming, the work reconfigures the relationship between sound, image, and space. ---------- 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