“The artist seeks contact with his intuitive sense of the gods, but in order to create his work, he cannot stay in this seductive and incorporeal realm. He must return to the material world in order to do his work. It’s the artist’s responsibility to balance mystical communication and the labor of creation.”
— Patti Smith, Just Kids
Director Kubrick weaves subtle yet immense symbolism throughout The Shining. The father’s homosexual tendencies, the mother’s violent isolation, Danny’s psychic powers, and the political conspiracy theories regarding the Apollo space program derived from the film—the devil is in the details here. We accumulate all sorts of nodes in life, even if we doubt the veracity of our memories and never speak of them. Kubrick uses symbolism effectively in chronicling each segment of his life, much like each stroke of the brush contains the deepest secrets of an artist. Like the Great Duke of Qi, the reading of art is a voluntary process of ensnarement, as viewers seek to connect their own life with the work in front of them.
At Art Taipei 2017, YIRI ARTS has constructed an Overlook Hotel. With The Shining as an overarching theme, we invite viewers to visit our Hotel, in search of memories yet to be fully developed.
Participating Artists:
Chen Yun, Cheng Hsien-Yu, Chiu Cheng-Hong, Chiu Huai-Hsuan, Lai Wei-Yu, Lee Han-Ching, Ning Sen, Shih Yung-Chung, Sun Pei-Mao, Daniel Sueiras Fanjul, Guim Tió Zarraluki, Hanna Ilczyszyn, Kyle Montgomery, Nobuhiko Terasawa, Tomoko Hasuwa, Xevi Solà, Yuichi Hirako
