Synopsis

Labay’s keynote is followed by the screening of “裹山 Dungku Asang” — an indigenous phrase meaning “a place that has been traversed and will be returned to”. Dungku Asang is also the focus of a documentary directed by Tommaso Muzzi. This film follows the Bunun people in Jhuosi Township and their work in a serpentinite marble quarry.

In 2021, Labay initiated The Dungku Asang Art Project at this location. Along with 10 weavers from various parts of Taiwan, Labay employed traditional weaving techniques to wrap and heal the wounds of the mountain forest, aiming to restore the damaged environment of the mine.

About Labay Eyong (Lin Gieh-wen)

Born to a Truku father and Han Chinese mother, Labay is a contemporary weaver and installation artist from Taiwan. She traverses between the modern and the ancient, attempting to strike a balance between the two through artistic creation, and speaks of power through gentleness, while exploring self-development through traditional Truku weaving. Her practice engages in metal work, soft sculpture, installation, video, writing, public art, and curating, with which she endeavors in promoting contemporary indigenous weaving. One of her projects “Bubu’s Closet” (2008), inspired by her grandmother’s closet, won the top prize of the Hometown Entrepreneur Program.

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