WHAT
The artist (b. 1971) from Taiwan pursues a practice that plays with tension, the everyday and personal encounters across multiple mediums. His artworks directly negotiate with the architecture of the gallery space by presenting a series of site-specific installations and interventions. His playful style features minimalism that highlights details and connections within the space, creating an engaging experience that resonates with the viewer’s body and presence.

WHY
The site-specific installations explore the relationship between actor, observer, and architecture while reflecting on the limitations and potentials of an exhibition. Named after Morgana King’s song ‘It’s a quiet thing’ from the 1960s, the exhibition aims to explore the possibility of noises and entropic elements, and of being free from them. For example, Lai transforms the 2nd floor space into the figure of a mosquito through a series of spatial interventions. By leaving the space entirely to the insect, the artist explores the boundary between quietness and noise, and the fear and sensitivity that little nuisances like mosquitoes can amplify.