/ 2024 Video Sandbox II-III: Another Approach

Yu-Chi Li

In 2022, it was my first visit to Okinawa.
As the plane approached Okinawa Island, due to air currents and excessive speed, the captain announced "Another Approach," leading us to circle in the air for nearly an hour before safely landing at Naha Airport. The anxiety and tension while waiting to land seemed to hint at uncovering the unknown history of Okinawa that lay ahead.

“Approach” implies getting closer or nearing, while “Another Approach” metaphorically suggests exploring Okinawa from a different perspective beyond its typical vacation island image.

Okinawa Island was the only site of ground battles in Japan during World War II. During my stay, I visited many local "historical sites," such as the Okinawa Peace Memorial Park and the former Navy headquarters' tunnels.

Through observing another island, I unexpectedly saw Taiwan.

We share similar customs, landscapes, and historical contexts, and I, starting from the perspective and identity of a Taiwanese, will combine children's interviews, sound collection, fictional character narration, and other methods in the video work “Another Approach” to present, both factually and imaginatively, the past and present of an island.

|Artist|

Artist, graduated from Department of Radio, Television and Film, Shih Hsin University, now works and lives in Taipei.

The works mainly focus on people's spiritual level and perception state. Photography has become a means of communication between subject and object, exploring people's consciousness and discovering internal unknown and unfamiliar state.

At the same time, through video, sound and other different media, observe the forms formed by society and individuals, and try to understand the soul of the inner composition of human beings.

From 2013 to 2020, worked and lived in Beijing, engaged in artistic creation and took portraits for internationally renowned artists, such as David Hockney, Bill Viola, Joel Peter Witkin, Xu Bing, Liu Xiaodong, Yang Liping, ye Jintian, etc.

|Information|

Title: Another Approach
Medium: Single-channel video,20’16”,color,stereo,2024
Size:4k,3840 x 2160
Creation Year: 2024

|Exhibition history|

Solo exhibition
2010 “For Yura, Nenad And You” , Mo!Relax Café, Taipei, Taiwan.
2011 “24H photography exhibition in Nangang Self Mansion elevator” , Nangang Self Mansion elevator, Taipei, Taiwan.
2013 “photo documentary records publication of GenioDanceGroup in Taoyuan junior high school” , Taoyuan junior high school, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
2016 “Boney Look” , Wandering Photography space, Taipei, Taiwan.
2017 “Boney Look” , RUGU space, Beijing, China.
2017 “Boney Look” , We Love Apartment, Tainan, Taiwan.
2020 “Yu-Chi Li : The Roots ‒ Everything is hanging. ” , MOCA, Taipei, Taiwan.
2022 “Thread of Life ‒ The Stories of Women with Living Cancer“,Taipei Nanshan Plaza Exhibition Center,Taipei, Taiwan.

Group Exhibition
2010 “lattice savor”, AVAT, Taipei, Taiwan.
2010 “Lomo Life” , Mr. Wu art space, Taichung, Taiwan.
2011 “The Big Shoot 2010”, MOCA, Taipei, Taiwan.
2011 “EPSON My Story” , Sincere Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan.
2011 “GEISAI” , huashan1914, Taipei, Taiwan.
2012 “Fun Street”, MOCA, Taipei, Taiwan.
2013 “New・Image” , TIVAC, Taipei, Taiwan.
2013 “What A Fandom: JAPAN”, Fantasy Theatre, Taipei, Taiwan.
2014 “Curiosity”, DDC, Beijing, China.
2014 “Man skating Dragon Boat” , Dongguan Municipal People's Government,
Guangdong, China.
2016 “TIVAC Taipei Art Photo Expo Exhibition” , Huashan1914, Taipei, Taiwan.
2017 “Wonder Fotoday Expo exhibition, Huashan1914” , Taipei, Taiwan.
2017 “The second session Young Artist group exhibition” , Bo Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan.
2018 “The 12th competition of Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Photography Competition” , Shin Kong Mitsukoshi, Taipei, Taiwan.
2019 “Wanjia Lantern New Year Art Project” , Beijing, China.
2019 “Wonder Fotoday Expo exhibition” , Huashan1914, Taipei, Taiwan.
2019 “Text prerequisite” , Onfoto Studio, Taipei, Taiwan.
2019 “Summer Contemporary Photography and Video Salon Exhibition” , Taipei
Collection Trading Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
2019 “Female Visual Writing in Contemporary Society” , Dali International
Photography Festival, Dali, China.
2019 “ABC Shanghai Art Book Fair” , Shanghai, China.
2019 “Monologue” , Wonder Foto Day Present,G.Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan.
2020 “Female Visual Writing in Contemporary Society” ,UTAU,Hangzhou,China.
2020 “Film Flow” ,Moom Bookshop,Taipei, Taiwan.
2020 “Da weltet die Welt” ,Jinan International Biennale,Shandong,China.
2021 “2021 National Art Exhibition R.O.C” ,National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung,Taiwan.
2021 “2020 Young Portfolio Acquisition” ,Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Yamanashi,Japan.
2021 “SONAR PROJECT 3” ,Fish Art Center,Taipei, Taiwan.
2021 “2021 Taoyuan Fine Arts Exhibition” ,Department Of Cultural Affairs, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
2022 “Adventure Time” ,Avocado,Taipei, Taiwan.
2022 “ONE ART Taipei 2022” , THE SHERWOOD TAIPEI,Taipei, Taiwan.
2022 “ONE ART Taipei 2022” , THE SHERWOOD TAIPEI,Taipei, Taiwan.
2022 “Keelung Ghost Festival” ,Heping Island Park,Keelung,Taiwan.
2023 “The Shadow of Metaphor: Chasing Light, Shadows, and Alternative
Meanings” ,National Center of Photography and Images ,Taipei, Taiwan.

Awards
2011 “The Big Shoot 2010” , selected, MOCA.
2011 “Epson My Story” , selected, Sincere Art Gallery.
2013 “New・Image” , selected, TIVAC.
2016 “TIVAC Photography Award” , jury Prize, TIVAC.
2018 “SKM International Photography Contest” , selected, SKM.
2019 “Wonder Fotoday Expo exhibition” , jury Prize, Wonder Fotoday.
2021 “2021 National Art Exhibition R.O.C” , selected, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, selected.
2021 “2021 Taoyuan Fine Arts Exhibition” , Taoyuan Museum Of Fine Arts, Special Award of the Year.
2021 “2021 Taoyuan Fine Arts Exhibition” , Taoyuan Museum Of Fine Arts, Photography And Video Art Honorable Mention Award.
2023 ARFF Around International Film Festival Berlin,Finalist.
2023 ARFFAround International Film Festival Berlin,Best Director.
2023 Tokyo Lift-Off Film Festival 2023,selected.

Collection
2020 《Raw》, 2020 Young Portfolio Collection, kmopa, Yamanashi, Japan.
2020 《Milk》, Art Bank Taiwan Collection, Taipei, Taiwan.
2021 《Raw》,Taoyuan Fine Arts Exhibition Special Award of the Year Collection, Taoyuan Museum Of Fine Arts, Taoyuan, Taiwan.

Artist Residency
2020 “2021 Ghost Festival Exhibition” ,Keelung For A Walk,Keelung,Taiwan.

Performance、Film Cooperation
2019 “Zero-Sum 2020”art project, Mʼs Room, Beijing, China.
2021 “Lilyʼs Gift” Microcinema,Estée Lauder Companies x TVBS, Taipei, Taiwan.
2021 “DarlingMother:Diplopia” ,LING Presents, Taipei, Taiwan.
2023 “YPAM - Dassit” , Dynamo Management, Yokohama , Japan.

Artforum Seminar
2021 《Download a witchtopia》,1839 Gallery,Taipei,Taiwan.

Report
2016 “Yu-Chi Li:Within the limited scope, make comments on the respondents” ,
Chip Foto-Video, China.
2016 “Yu-Chi Li:Weird prudence, a reconstruction of basic vision ” , Rugu Space, China.
2019 “Yu-Chi Li:I donʼt want to get away from life, and itʼs impossible to get away
from life” , Haijie Vision, China.
2019 “Gaze at it, it is empty; looking back, it is at a loss” , Mʼs studio, China.
2020 “Artists are people who want to be inhuman” , Haijie Vision, China.
2020 “Yu-Chi Li : The Roots ‒ Everything is hanging” , SOFA TALKS Ams House, China.
2020 “Naked inner inquiry” , The Reporter, Taiwan.

Other
2015 Magazine “Art289” Chief Photographer, NanFang Daily Newspaper Group Co.,Ltd., China.

2024 Video Sandbox III: Another Approach , photo at ALIEN Art Centre © ALIEN Art, photo at ALIEN Art Centre © ALIEN Art

2024 Video Sandbox III: Another Approach , photo at ALIEN Art Centre © ALIEN Art, photo at ALIEN Art Centre © ALIEN Art

2024 Video Sandbox III: Another Approach , photo at ALIEN Art Centre © ALIEN Art, photo at ALIEN Art Centre © ALIEN Art

2024 Video Sandbox III: Another Approach , photo at ALIEN Art Centre © ALIEN Art, photo at ALIEN Art Centre © ALIEN Art

2024 Video Sandbox III: Another Approach , photo at ALIEN Art Centre © ALIEN Art, photo at ALIEN Art Centre © ALIEN Art

2024 Video Sandbox III: Another Approach , photo at ALIEN Art Centre © ALIEN Art, photo at ALIEN Art Centre © ALIEN Art

2024 Video Sandbox III: Another Approach , photo at ALIEN Art Centre © ALIEN Art, photo at ALIEN Art Centre © ALIEN Art

2024 Video Sandbox III: Another Approach , photo at ALIEN Art Centre © ALIEN Art, photo at ALIEN Art Centre © ALIEN Art