YOUNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES
100 FORTUNES
2018Original text and music soundtrack, 20 mins
Art Space I, Plaza
METAFORTUNE
2018
Original text and music soundtrack, 13 mins 36 secs
Art Space II, 2F

YOUNG-HAE
CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES (YHCHI) creates text-based animations using large black
texts and specific fonts usually against a plain background and highly rhythmic
music. Their concise use of text, often humorous yet sarcastic, ensures that
each frame consists of only a few large words that are perfectly synchronized
with the fast-paced music; the overall effect is so overbearing that it can be
sometimes difficult to follow.
YHCHI has created an outdoor installation for the first time as one of commissioned works for this exhibition. 100 FORTUNES and METAFORTUNE are works initiated by the Taiwanese custom of temple visiting and poe divination, which involves throwing crescent-shaped wooden blocks and noting their position on the ground to decipher one’s fortune. This traditional cultural phenomenon is a form of therapy; some consider it to be far more effective than going to an expensive therapist. The artists are inspired by this custom and created these works to explore our anxiety or fear of the future as well as our desire for guidance that will lead to the right path.
YHCHI has created an outdoor installation for the first time as one of commissioned works for this exhibition. 100 FORTUNES and METAFORTUNE are works initiated by the Taiwanese custom of temple visiting and poe divination, which involves throwing crescent-shaped wooden blocks and noting their position on the ground to decipher one’s fortune. This traditional cultural phenomenon is a form of therapy; some consider it to be far more effective than going to an expensive therapist. The artists are inspired by this custom and created these works to explore our anxiety or fear of the future as well as our desire for guidance that will lead to the right path.