Meals The food is good, the weather is nice, what are you up to?

《Meals The food is good, the weather is nice, what are you up to?》

Author: Sera Yu-Wen CHEN Ting-Ting CHENG Anna EHRENSTEIN HSU Che-Yu Yipei Lee LI Kuei-Pi Dawid LIFTINGER Esther Yi-Chun LIN Kuo-Wei LIN Pei-Ying LIN Evamaria SCHALLER Arne SCHMITT Maria WILDEIS)

Publication year: 2023

Language: English / Chinese

Size: 195mm×132mm×20mm

Hardcover

Content
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This artist book, which includes Kuo-Wei Lin, a featured artist at KIKA, compiles essays and conversations between fifteen European and Taiwanese artists on subjects such as history, media, aesthetics and methodology. Three projects in the book include: recent correspondence between Taiwanese and European artists (LETTER EXCHANGE CLUB), exotic recipes inspired by ingredients from Albania, Germany, Austria, and Taiwan (COOKING AS A METHOD), and atypical interactions between artists and weather experts (WEATHER FORECAST CLUB).

✦Kunsthaus NRW ---> Temporary Gallery Cologne ---> Taipei International Book Fair ---> Taipei International Artist Village ---> Xiaoliuqiu ---> Kaohsiung Museum of Literature ✦

Author: Artists
Sera Yu-Wen CHEN
Ting-Ting CHENG
Anna EHRENSTEIN
HSU Che-Yu
Yipei Lee
LI Kuei-Pi
Dawid LIFTINGER
Esther Yi-Chun LIN
Kuo-Wei LIN
Pei-Ying LIN
Evamaria SCHALLER
Arne SCHMITT
Maria WILDEIS
WU Chuan-Lun
Wan-Yin CHEN

A unique artist book has been released featuring Kuo-Wei Lin, an artist who exhibited at KIKA contemporary art space.
This book features essays and discussions by 15 artists from Europe and Taiwan on the themes of history, media, aesthetics, and methodology. It also features three projects: "LETTER EXCHANGE CLUB," a correspondence between Taiwanese and European artists; "COOKING AS A METHOD," which explores the creative process through recipes inspired by ingredients from each country; and "WEATHER FORECAST CLUB," a dialogue between artists and meteorologists.

Is it an art book? Or an artist book? Can it be called an artist book just because an artist has made it? What is the definition of an art book?
Certainly, the participating artists knew that they would be creating the book, but how did the division of roles outside of the book's production change?
Decentralization of power and ensuring transparency played a key role in this international communication involving around 20 artists from Europe and Taiwan, who delved deeply into themes such as history, media, aesthetics and methodology, intersecting with their own experiences.
—— Li Yipei / 2023