2 min read1Silence Was Golden – Snobs, Eslite Spectrum Songyan
What happened?
In 2015, Public Delivery collaborated with the Taipei Museum of Contemporary Art, Taiwan’s first museum dedicated exclusively to contemporary art and one of Asia’s most prominent art institutions. Silence Was Golden1 is our on-going global public art project, which is centered around words or short phrases made out of golden letter-shaped balloons, chosen by performers to express their feelings towards their environment and the histories surrounding it.
Words were collected through an open call2 and then performed together with a variety of people, including students from Tainan National University of the Arts, National Taiwan Normal University, Tamkang University and Taipei Jingmei Girls High School in different locations all over Taipei.
Until now, the project was performed 253 times in 1/4 of the world’s countries (179 cities, 48 countries, six continents).
Photos
2Silence Was Golden – Anxious, Huashan Creative Park3Silence Was Golden – Boss, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall4Silence Was Golden – Date, Bitan Suspension Bridge5Silence Was Golden – Fear, Xindian ghost house6Silence Was Golden – Hustle, 228 Peace Memorial Park7Silence Was Golden – Noisy, Museum of Contemporary Art8Silence Was Golden – Nose, Elephant Mountain9Silence Was Golden – Savour, Guang Hua Night Market10Silence Was Golden – Tea, Bitan tea house11Silence Was Golden – Temple, Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall
I-Hsuen Chen – Homelessness & the sense of having a homePhotographic documentation3 km away
