Inscribed Portraits

Tattoos seem to be evolving from subculture to popular culture, becoming a form of bodily expression continually redefined, one that may point to the exercise of bodily autonomy while also carrying traces of emotional, relational, or collective identities.

Taking tattoo culture as a point of departure, I conduct interviews and documentary filming to interweave and render visible polyphonic narratives among contemporary youth, shaped through self-identity, memory, and the pursuit of distinctiveness.

(This project was commissioned for the exhibition I Believe It Anyway.)

2021 I Believe It Anyway

Sin Pin Pier Art Space, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Curated by Wang Chen-Wei.

Photo by LIN Pei-Yao.

Exhibition view (filmed and edited by LIN Pei-Yao)

Exhibition interview (produced by Sin Pin Pier Art Space)

Credits

Participants
Yi-Heng Lee, Ko-Ting, Huimin Hou, Chen Yu-Ching, Ruby Peng, Fu Yang, Liao Yi-Ching, June-De Liao, Stacy Chiang, Hsiao Ruei-Yu

Production
Program Host: LIN Pei-Yao
Interviewer, videographer and editor: LIN Pei-Yao
Pre-Production Consultant: a_hong_ta2

Exhibition Support
Installation Assistance: Wang Yu-Cih, Wang Chen-Wei, Liu An-Chieh, Ben

Organization & Support Organizer: Sin Pin Pier Art Space Sponsor: Ministry of Cultural

2021 I Believe It Anyway

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