Outside the Box! When Machine Meets Art
“If one’s life is confined within a box, then one can only live in his secluded world.” Outside the Box! When Machine Meets Art is an artistic journey that begins with this motto of Wen-Long Shi, the founder of CHIMEI Group. The exhibition imparts new stories from old machines, showcased by eight artists from six countries who draw inspirations from machines and industrial materials, and exemplified their artistic creations outside the box with the spirit of continuous innovation.
Unstrained with Infinite Possibilities
AN ART JOURNEY STARTS FROM A MOTTO THAT CHIMEI FOUNDER MR. WEN-LONG SHI LIVES BY.
This exhibition introduces early machines from a new perspective and tells the life story of Shi’s thinking outside the box as well as offers a glimpse into the artists’ unconventional ways of innovation and artistic creativity.
Founder and acrylic processing dome cover
“If one’s life is confined within a box, then one can only live in his secluded world.”
This is a motto that CHIMEI Museum and Group Founder Mr. Wen Long Shi lives by.
Overcoming poverty and illness in his early years, his innovative approach to business and manufacturing of acrylics earned him the title, “Father of Acrylics” in Taiwan. An avid art collector, music lover, and accomplished amateur painter, his success in business also allowed him to realize his childhood dream of building a museum. Mr. Shi’s life story exemplifies overcoming adversity to re-define one’s life by thinking “Outside the Box.”
CHIMEI INDUSTRIAL COLLECTION
SHOWCASED FOR THE FIRST TIME
This exhibition explores the connections between industrial innovation, social changes, and artistic creativity.
Many of the Museum’s rare collection of industrial machinery and tools dating from the turn of the 20th century are showcased for the first time to the public.
01｜CHIMEI Museum Collection, AEG Mignon No. 2 Typewriter, Germany, 1905, Metal
02｜CHIMEI Museum Collection, Remington Standard No.11 Typewriter, USA, 1920s, Metal
SUBVERT YOUR IMAGINATION WITH ART！
More than machines and more than materials?
Making art using typewriters!
Making songs using sewing machines？
Furniture made with lathe......
CHIMEI Museum Collection, Frister & Rossmann TS Model K Sewing Machine, Germany, ca. 1926, Metal, wood, yarn
Features works by nine participants from six countries whose artistic creations exemplified the infinite possibilities by thinking “Outside the Box.”
Participants (In exhibition order)
01｜Wen-Long Shi (Taiwan)
02｜James Cook (UK)
03｜Chi-Shuan Ying (Taiwan)
04｜Sebastian Brajkovic (Netherlands)
05｜Seungmo Park (Korea)
06｜Minako Ishikawa (Japan)
07｜Riusuke Fukahori (Japan)
08｜Chien-Chung Liao (Taiwan)
09｜Christoph Niemann (Germany)
Introduction to the Exhibition
“If one’s life is confined within a box, then one can only live in his secluded world.” This is a motto that CHIMEI Museum and Group Founder Mr. Wen Long Shi lives by. Overcoming poverty and illness in his early years, his innovative approach to business and manufacturing of acrylics earned him the title, “Father of Acrylics” in Taiwan. An avid art collector, music lover, and accomplished amateur painter, his success in business also allowed him to realize his childhood dream of building a museum. Mr. Shi’s life story exemplifies overcoming adversity to re-define one’s life by thinking “Outside the Box.”
This exhibition explores the connections between industrial innovation, social changes, and artistic creativity. Many of the Museum’s rare collection of industrial machinery and tools dating from the turn of the 20th century are showcased for the first time to the public. Outside the Box! also features works by eight contemporary artists from six different countries whose artistic creations are inspired by machine tools and industrial materials.
This exhibition aspires to challenge the viewers to think outside the “Box” of conventional artistic expression, but also tell stories of innovation and artistic creativity. There are four themes in this exhibition— “Unstrained with Infinite Possibilities,” which introduces early machines from a new perspective and also tells the life story of Shi’s thinking outside the box; “Machines Unraveled,” which shows how the use of machines can be taken to a different level. “Materials Unraveled,” which demonstrates the diverse changes of industrial materials; and “Infinity Workshop,” which offers a glimpse into the artist’s unconventional way of looking at ordinary objects.
Organizer
Sponsors
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special thanks to
Individual (IN ORDER OF CHINESE CHARACTER)
林正山 先生
林清密 先生
柯進春 先生
張德根 先生
黃國樑 先生
楊明盛 先生
國立科學工藝博物館 蕭國鴻 研究員 National Science and Technology Museum, Kuo-Hung Hsiao, Researcher
國立科學工藝博物館 黃俊夫 副研究員 National Science and Technology Museum, Jun-Fu Huang, Associate Researcher
國立科學工藝博物館 陳淑菁 助理研究員 National Science and Technology Museum, Shu-Ching Chen, Assistant Researcher
國立科學工藝博物館 吳慶泰 助理研究員 National Science and Technology Museum, Ching-Tai Wu, Assistant Researcher
國立科學工藝博物館 黃振中 研究助理 National Science and Technology Museum, Cheng-Chung Huang, Researcher Assistant
Institution (In order of Chinese Character)
玖成企業股份有限公司 CHO CHEN Co., LTD.
豐立實業股份有限公司 TAHSHIN APPAREL CO., LTD.