New Media

2018

Length:50.3 x Width:38.2 x Height:8.6 (cm)

相框畫心尺寸:36.3x24.3，全尺寸:相框:37.5x26.4x3.8,盒:50.3x38.2x8.6

Su Hui-Yu (b. 1976, Taipei) received his MFA in Fine Arts from Taipei National University of the Arts in 2003. His practice, supported by the Ministry of Culture’s artist-in-residence grants and the Asia Cultural Council’s Yageo Tech-Art Award, spans video, photography, and installation. Su was awarded the 17th Taishin Arts Award in Visual Arts. His works often explore how mass media shapes the body, daily life, and ideology. In recent years, he has turned toward postwar cinema history, developing a unique method of “re-filming” (or “re-enactment”) to reconstruct cinematic gaps and forgotten moments.
The Glamorous Boys of Tang (1985, Chiu Kang-Chien) reexamines a landmark yet underexplored film by poet and playwright Chiu Kang-Chien (1940-2013)—his directorial debut. Starring Yang Fan (1943-), Doze Niu (1966-), and Pat Ha (1965-), the film featured cinematography by noted Taiwanese photographer Chang Chao-Tang (1943-2024), who also co-designed the sets with Hong Kong artist Mak Hien-Ngai (1951-1994). Poets Guan Guan (1929-2021) and Wu Nien-Jen (1952-) made cameo appearances. The film was an ambitious attempt to challenge Taiwan’s cinematic taboos with its avant-garde visuals and daring narrative, but limitations in budget and production conditions meant it never fully realized Chiu’s vision. Su Hui-Yu’s work reconstructs and reimagines the missing elements of the original, based on archival research and artistic interpretation. Through this act of cinematic resurrection, Su not only gives form to what the film could have been but also opens up a broader critique of postwar Taiwanese film history—its silences, omissions, and censorship-driven constraints. The result is both homage and intervention, shedding light on the aesthetic and political fissures of a bygone cinematic moment.

Accession number:20200100070