16th Gwangju Biennale Taiwan Pavilion
Instance Dungeons: Gray Zone

Exhibition Period│ 2026/09/05-11/15
Venue│ National Asian Culture Center (ACC), Gwangju, Korea

展覽簡介 Exhibition Introduction∣

位於第一島鏈的臺灣，長期處於地緣政治「灰色地帶」的凝視之中。本次「無限副本：灰色地帶」奠基於國立臺灣美術館的展覽「無限副本與瞄準器」 （Instance Dungeons and Sights），在新冷戰格局的全球動盪下，進一步將視角深潛入臺灣複雜的歷史政治脈絡與戰略位置。

在此，展覽將「副本」的概念隱喻化，視其為全球權力博弈下不斷重演、交織的歷史與衝突空間。展出作品直面臺灣的政治敘事與集體記憶，藉由檔案的解構與再造，同時從跨國遷徙與地緣博弈出發，釋放被逐漸極化的意識形態與冷戰體制壓抑的歷史幽靈。

面對當代灰色地帶中無形的資訊戰與認知作戰，藝術家深入拆解日常生活如何被政治技術與監控機制悄然操控，探討個體在這些地緣政治「副本」中的能動性。本展藉由藝術的反身性，在失速的歷史洪流中，為臺灣重新校準面向世界與未來的批判座標。

Situated in the First Island Chain, Taiwan has long been subjected to the geopolitical gaze as a “gray zone.” Built upon NTMoFA’s exhibition Instance Dungeons and Sights, the project Instance Dungeons: Gray Zone delves deep into Taiwan’s tangled historico-political context and its geostrategic significance amid the global turmoil of the New Cold War structure.

Here, the project metaphorizes the concept of the “instance dungeon,” framing it as an arena where histories and conflicts endlessly recur and intertwine within global power dynamics. The exhibited works directly confront Taiwan’s political narratives and collective memories. Adopting the perspectives of transnational migration and geopolitical maneuvering while deconstructing and reconstituting archives, these works unleash the specters of history that have been suppressed by increasingly polarized ideologies and the Cold War system.

Faced with covert information operations and cognitive warfare in today’s grayzone environment, the participating artists meticulously unveil how daily life is subtly manipulated by political technologies and surveillance mechanisms, thereby examining individual agency in these geopolitical “instances.” Harnessing the reflexivity of art, the project recalibrates Taiwan’s critical coordinates vis-à-vis the world and the future within the relentless flux of history.

策展人Curator∣
陳湘汶、林曉瑜 CHEN Hsiang-Wen, LIN Hsiao-Yu

藝術家Artists∣
張紋瑄 CHANG Wen-Hsuan 
鄭先喻 CHENG Hsien-Yu 
鄭亭亭 Ting-Ting CHENG
許哲瑜＆陳琬尹 HSU Che-Yu & CHEN Wan-Yin
阮柏遠 JUAN Po-Yuan
李亦凡 LI Yi-Fan
林瑜亮 LIN Yu-Liang
蘇匯宇 SU Hui-Yu

This exhibition participates in the Gwangju Biennale Pavilion Project under the name Taiwan Pavilion. Despite the many difficulties and challenges encountered along the way, the exhibition has been made possible through the generous support and assistance of numerous organizations and individuals. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Culture, the Taipei Mission in Korea, Busan Office, as well as artists and curators in Taiwan and abroad for their solidarity and support. We would also like to extend our special thanks to:

臺灣當代文化實驗場(C-Lab) Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab
駐韓國台北代表部釜山辦事處 Taipei Mission in Korea, Busan Office
吳達坤 WU Dar-Kuen
卞彌婁 BYUN Miru
Heon Ki Jeong

Special thanks to the following for their solidarity and support for the Taiwan Pavilion:

Ho Tzu Nyen, Artistic Director of the 16th Gwangju Biennale, and the curatorial team
Gwangju Minjok Art Association and all artist signatories
Participating artists and curators of the 16th Gwangju Biennale who signed in solidarity with the Taiwan Pavilion

Bhenji Ra (Artist, Main Exhibition)
Byungjun Jwon (Artist, Main Exhibition)
CAMP (Artist, Main Exhibition)
Daisuke Kosugi (Artist, Main Exhibition)
E Roon Kang (Artist, Main Exhibition)
Geumhyung Jeong (Artist, Main Exhibition)
Hwayeon Nam (Artist, Main Exhibition)
Ken Sasaki (Artist, Main Exhibition)
Kiri Dalena (Artist, Main Exhibition)
Melvin Moti (Artist, Main Exhibition)
Mona Benyamin (Artist, Main Exhibition)
Park Chan-kyong (Artist, Main Exhibition)
Rafik Greiss (Artist, Main Exhibition)
RYU Hankil (Artist, Main Exhibition)
Sohrab Hura (Artist, Main Exhibition)
Gahee Park (Curator, Main Exhibition)
Heidrun Holzfeind (Artist, ASAKUSA Pavilion)
Mika Maruyama (Curator, ASAKUSA Pavilion)
Mariko Mikami (Curator, ASAKUSA Pavilion)
Miwa Negoro (Curator, ASAKUSA Pavilion)
정현기 (Curator, France Pavilion)
Jang Pa (Artist, IVAE Pavilion: Gwangju Theatre)
Dew Kim (Artist, Italian Pavilion)
Johan Gustavsson (Curator, 1646 Pavilion)
Clara Pallí Monguilod (Curator, 1646 Pavilion)
Julien Vinet (Artist, Malta Pavilion)
Moon Hyun Jeoung (Curator, Malta Pavilion)
Norbert Francis Attard (Artist, Malta Pavilion)
Yeesookyoung (Artist, Polish Pavilion)
Sheung Yiu (Artist, Stateless Pavilion)
Kim Hankyul (Artist, UCCN Pavilion)
Soojoung Kim (Art Worker, UCCN Pavilion)
Mijoo Park (Art Worker, International Curator Course)
Huang Yi-Min 黃逸民 (Artist, Koganecho Pavilion)
Chen Yen-Yi 陳妍伊 (Artist, Koganecho Pavilion)