Of Thread and Stone│305│Stories of Stone

Script of this episode// In the New Stone Age, stones are tools used for cutting, striking, twisting the yarn, and weaving fabrics. For archaeologists, stones are testaments to civilizations, telling the existence and history of ethnic groups silently. On the borderline between Israel and Lebanon, a stone has become a symbol of protest. In the front area of the venue, as the cultural theorist Edward Said cast a stone toward the Israeli army camp, the stone bore not only anger, but also the power of resistance. On the Ketagalan Boulevard in Taiwan, to defend their traditional living areas, the indigenous peoples endow stones with colors to draw people’s attention. Stones here become a token of bringing people together, bearing cultures, and protesting. In the creative process of the artist CHIU Chen-hung, on the other hand, stones are materials for the restoration of memories. The artist reproduces the cracks on the sculptures, demonstrating another kind of repair work. From tools to symbols, from resistance to restoration, stones roll through the ages, secretly reminding us that the most silent materials usually tend to contain the deepest power. ----------------------------------------------------- Of Thread and Stone ｜Curator｜TSOU Ting, WANG Han-fang ｜Artists｜Jam WU, Kieren KARRITPUL, Forensic Architecture, CHIU Chen-hung, KAO Ya-ting, CHEONG See-min, Akac Orat, Slavs and Tatars, HUANG Po-chih, Rayyane TABET、jiandyin、Nii Nami