Event Recap
This time at the Roni Horn opening talk, Roni herself came to the venue and had a live chat with Jenny Yeh, Executive Director of the Foundation, sharing her work selection, presentation, and life experiences in Taiwan these days.
“I've been following Roni's sculpture for a long time,” said Jenny Yeh, executive director of the foundation, “until the Venice Biennale 2019, Roni exhibited this glass sculpture at the Pinault Collection, and it was really moving to see the glass sculpture strewn across the floor, which seemed to resonate with my heart. As strong as he looks and seems so weak, I think Roni interprets this hard and soft thing very well. Roni has specially selected the black work this time to address the sculpture of our Foundation, which has never been exhibited in any public place. It is Roni's own collection. I am especially grateful to Roni for all the displays this time, apart from his own selection, the arrangement, height and all the The lights are what she personally teaches us every day to make the most perfect representation of this exhibition.”
Regarding the selection of works on display, Roni herself said: “My idea is to expand on the two works I have collected, in fact there are a lot of ideas about water, like the text of White Dickinson and everything, it has to do with water. I know that water can be seen everywhere, it's even a mirror of everything, especially the problem of climate change today, so water is an important element for me.”
Roni also shared the interesting process of making glass sculptures in particular: “When making these glass sculptures, it's actually done in a casting way, so a lot of the pieces have little imperfections, but they're very special. When making these sculptures, it is by casting molds, the glass itself is a very cold thing, you have to raise the temperature to a certain height, then slowly pour it into the mold, the whole process determines the drying time according to the size of the mold, and finally, when the temperature of the glass gradually decreases, you have to cut the glass, It will leave a small mark.” At the end of the talk, Roni also made special mention of the issues of identity and the female gender in her work, which she believes does not necessarily have to distinguish between male and female, or to have a head or title, just like the name Roni, in English it is a genderless name. Roni tries to reduce gender differences in her work, incorporating the beauty of female counterparts into each sculpture.
