Lee Yung-Chih

3D animation , Stone , Transferable Stickers , Gif animation

The “Global South” roughly refers to a set of developing countries, former colonies and non-Western cultural regions, most of which are in Southeast Asia, South Asia, West Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Pacific Islands. Taiwan finds itself in a rather paradoxical position in this regard: although Taiwan is undeniably a developing country in Asia, it has been prevented from participating in a series of cultural and political movements since the Asian-African Conference of 1955 due to the postwar political context. As a result, psychologically, the “Global South” is viewed as a remote issue for the people of the island...

When I first did it in Taiwan, I was using an ancient printing skill called “rubbing” but I kind of reversed its typical object: i wasn’t rubbing ancient monument, but I was rubbing modern industrial company boards. I was “pirating” their trademarks into my artwork and put them into a museum, just like a display of hidden Taiwanese economic history. And I expect to create a sense of irony by showing no one really care about them, the so-called economic miracle, unless we “pirate” them into a group.

Originally, it’s an sneaky behavior at night. Now the scene shifts to Jogja,it becomes a legalized act only through formal procedure, which erases the sense of irony I meant to create in my previous series of work. The interval of detained work could explain the difference.

So how to respect the local culture of Jogja yet reach the “pirating” effect? I guess the answer is in my video title : “To Those about to Disappear.” I choose to rub old store sign boards. It’s like a nostalgic act to those genuine ones, wishing to witness their existences by rubbing out their ghosty shadows.











Malioboro’s night crew / Alin Liandisshanti Ahmad Habiby Dicky Arif Probo Darmawan Hendra pramana uluy Weri Trasia

Videography by / Ahmad Habiby Hendra pramana uluy Weri Trasia

Special Thanks / Ahmad Habiby

video supply by Biennale Jogja foundation







official website
biennalejogja.org/2019/

Inspired by the ‘Project Starlight’ between Singapore and Taiwan, the work reflects the present that ceased to a point of transition from the past to the future. A relationship between two countries becoming swayed by a third party, evidently portray in the incident where Singapore nine armored troop carriers were intercepted in Hong Kong.

Akin to the chewing gum slogan: Let’s make a friend, this project is a friendly exchange where Singapore artist (Jacqueline Sim) and Taiwan artist (Yung-Chih Lee) send items through legal postages to each other. The artist further smuggled tank replicas in the name of artistic exhibition and launched a series of “military parade.” - slipping through the seepage between permitted and restricted, constraint and possibilities.

‘Project Starlight’ is a military agreement made in 1975 between Singapore’s late prime minister Lee Kuan Yew and Taiwan’s then premier Chiang Ching-Kuo. In the recent years the project has been under close scrutiny from China.

Collaboration with Jacqueline Sim
Mixed Medium : chewing gum、gift package、performance documentary.

Collaboration with Jacqueline Sim
Mixed Medium : Postages, Chewing gum, Fruits, Video etc





 Inspired by the ‘Project Starlight’ between Singapore and Taiwan, the work reflects the present that ceased to a point of transition from the past to the future. A relationship between two countries becoming swayed by a third party, evidently portray in the incident where Singapore nine armored troop carriers were intercepted in Hong Kong.

Akin to the chewing gum slogan: Let’s make a friend, this project is a friendly exchange where Singapore artist (Jacqueline Sim) and Taiwan artist (Yung-Chih Lee) send items through legal postages to each other - slipping through the seepage between permitted and restricted, constraint and possibilities. 

‘Project Starlight’ is a military agreement made in 1975 between Singapore’s late prime minister Lee Kuan Yew and Taiwan’s then premier Chiang Ching-Kuo. In the recent years the project has been under close scrutiny from China.