《＃籠罩下的巨大哀愁 》A Dark Cloud of Sorrow Looms Over

A place where millions of people live alone together— the city.

During the busy and constant labor all day and night, we have fewer opportunities to talk to ourselves. The sudden epidemic has opened a door to calm our hearts and let us rethink our relationship with the world.

In the 1970s, urbanism rises in Taiwan, bidding farewell to the landscape of an agricultural society. In addition to skyscrapers, the meaning of the city also produces a certain kind of violent acceleration on our bodies. Before we could face all kinds of unpleasant questions, we quickly escape with the acceleration.

The city seems to be bustling and lively, but in fact it’s a series of stranger encounters unexpectedly. Trying to accompany each other is reduced to their
own mumbling with obscure social distance. They trying to escape from restlessness and distress for a short time; rising the conflict between governance practice and the sense of freedom. The closed, lonely cycle of labor faintly affects the changes of modern cities, and so on.

The people who live here are trying to learn how to coexist with it.

In A Dark Cloud of Sorrow Looms Over, we invite eight artists. The age difference between them is about 20 years old. We are trying to figure out in this big era,how people among different age groups to re-understand and break through the urban conditions of survival and change.



幾百萬人一起孤獨生活的地方-------都市。


沒日沒夜的繁忙，不斷勞動的過程中我們少了與自己對話的機會，突如其來的疫情，像開啟了一扇靜心的大門，反思我們與世界之間的關係。


1970年代台灣興起都市主義，揮別過往的農業景觀，其意義除了建築摩天高樓外，不外乎產生某種劇烈加速度於我們的身體，各種不適的提問還未面對，就隨著加速度快步的逃逸。


城市貌似繁華熱鬧卻只是意外地與一切陌異、他者的肉身遭逢；試圖相伴卻淪為各自的喃喃自語、不成文的特殊社交距離；嘗試短暫逃離不安及困頓的慾望；興起的治理實踐與自由意識的衝突；在封閉與寂寥的循環勞動，隱隱牽動著現代化城市的變遷等......


生存於此的人們，正試圖學習如何與它共存。

「籠罩下的巨大哀愁」一展邀請八位藝術家，之間年紀落差20來歲，我們試圖整出一個大時代下不同年齡層中，面對生存與變動的都市景況是如何重新理解及突破。


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《籠罩下的巨大哀愁》展覽資訊
展覽日期｜2021/08/07(Sat.) ─ 09/12(Sun.)
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MONSTER TAIPEI INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY全球網路抽選活動
Monster Taipei x A Lei x Yesart Gallery - Agogo & Amigo

Monster Taipei在2016年邀請台灣藝術家－阿咧 (A-Lei) 與日本藝術家中村萌 (Moe Nakamura) 於當年的台北國際玩具創作大展「展中展」聯合展出一場華麗的「土木進行曲」，當時的首度合作受到熱烈迴響，現今兩位藝術家在國際藝術舞台上持續大放異彩，時間回到今年，阿咧受椿畫廊邀請，即將與中村萌及其他七位日本藝術家共同於東京椿畫廊聯合展出，展覽資訊：SPES（拉丁文:希望之意）-9 Artists Group Exhibition- 19 June－ 10 July, 2021

這次 Monster Taipei 與友好單位 Yesart Gallery 意識畫廊繼阿咧首件搪膠作品大象多多後，再次攜手合作推出－”Agogo & Amigo”，並由香港 How2work 團隊製作操刀下，趣味感十足的 Agogo 和小夥伴 Amigo 搪膠作品就此誕生！

實體呈現的造型與細節近似還原了阿咧每件陶塑原作中極具療癒姿態的手感，作品包裝上特別開版手工製作，讓每對狗狗們配有獨棟景觀豪宅，包裝俏皮的粉色外牆皆有印刷阿咧童趣的插畫，絕對值得珍藏！雙犬去年 TTF 搶先曝光隨即引發高度詢問，現在正式超萌吸睛登場！

此件作品將採用全球線上抽選寄送方式販售，想入手的朋友們請繼續查看以下抽選資訊。

抽選販售商品：Agogo & Amigo
藝術家: 阿咧 A-Lei
材質: Vinyl Toy
Limited Edition of 250
Monster Taipei x Yesart Gallery 共同出品
售價: NT.5980/set
尺寸: Agogo: 11cm (H) , Amigo: 7.5cm (H)
*每件作品皆為手工上色 ，顏色呈現略有不同，請以實品為準。

抽選表單填寫時間：
2021/06/19(六) 20:00 ~ 2021/06/22(二) 20:00

抽選表單連結：
https://forms.gle/wqh9CRa2W1Fvmegz8

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5.中選者付款及取貨方式
(1) 台灣地區中選者 : 提供上海商銀帳戶匯款郵寄。 (運費$80)
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In 2016, Monster Taipei invited Taiwanese artist A-Lei and Japanese artist Moe Nakamura to co-exhibition during the Taipei Toy Festival. The two artists continue to shine on the international art scene.
This year, A-Lei is invited by Tsubaki Gallery to exhibit with Moe Nakamura and seven other Japanese artists at Tsubaki Gallery in Tokyo.
Exhibition information: SPES (Latin: Meaning of Hope)
9 Artists Group Exhibition- 19 June - 10 July, 2021

After A-Lei’ s first Designer vinyl work "大象多多 DoDo", Monster Taipei and Yesart Gallery have co-work again recently, producing by Hong Kong How2work team, and the interesting vinyl work “Agogo and Amigo” was born!

The appearance and details approximately re-appears the touch of A-Lei's original pottery sculpture and the healing feeling.
The packaging work is specially hand-made, so that each pair of dogs come with a family landscape mansion. The playful pink walls are all printed with illustrations of A-Lei’s childishness, which are definitely worth collecting! The first TTF exposure of "Agogo & Amigo" last year immediately triggered high levels of asking, and now it is officially released!

"Agogo & Amigo" will be sold by global online lottery delivery, please continue to check the following information.

Lottery merchandise : Agogo & Amigo
Artist : A-Lei
Material : Vinyl Toy
Limited Edition : 250 sets
Presented : Monster Taipei x Yesart Gallery
Price : NT.5980/set
Size : Agogo: 11cm(H), Amigo: 7.5cm(H)
*Each work is hand-painted, and the color is slightly different, please refer to the actual product.

lottery form filling time：
2021/06/19(SAT.) 20:00 ~ 2021/06/22(TUE.) 20:00

Sales rules:
1. This art work is sold by global online lottery. Friends who want to participate in the lottery, please fill out the Google form by your Google account. Each account is limited to one time only. If you fill in the information repeatedly or fill in the information incompletely, you will be directly disqualified from the lottery. .

2. Please fill in the form within the opening hours, overtime filing will not be accepted.

3. The lottery will be randomly selected using a computer random number program. The results of the lottery will be notified on 2021/06/24(THU) by SMS and e-mail before 21:00. Those who lost the chance will not be notified.

4. Winners of the lottery need to complete the payment within three days 2021/06/27(SUN) after receiving the notification. If they didn't complete the payment within the time limit, the purchase qualification will be directly cancelled and be included in the permanent blacklist. Please confirm whether able to pay within the specified time before participating in the lottery.

5. Way of purchase
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(2) Winners from Overseas : Only PayPal payment is available (additional 5% PayPal handling fee is required). Depending on the region, the shipping amount will be estimated separately, and the shipping amount will be attached to the notification.

6. The recipient and address on the lottery form cannot be changed, and those who wish to change will be regard as giving up the qualification.

7. Application for lottery will be deemed to have agreed to the above rules, Monster Taipei reserves the right to final sales and modification.

MONSTER TAIPEI INTERNATIONAL INC.

如果你覺得人生沒有意義，或許是因為它正等著你賦予它意義。

Perhaps the reason you think life has no meaning is that it's waiting for you to give meaning to it.

靈魂急轉彎 (Soul), 2020
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故事敘述一位中學音樂老師Joe Gardner，原本過著不太順遂的人生，也覺得離自己的夢想越來越遠。某天好不容易他得到了千載難逢的機會能夠一展長才，卻意外地跌入了下水道裡陷入昏迷，靈魂則來到了一個神奇的空間。原本注定要死的他因為不甘心，想盡辦法要回到人間，卻陰錯陽差地和另外一個不肯投胎的靈魂『22』一起復活：22佔據了Joe的身體，而Joe則附身在了一隻貓上。而劇情就環繞在Joe和22試圖修正一切，以及在過程中他們各自對於『生命』與『死亡』所獲得的不同體悟。

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