TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Tao Art presents "Endless Life Cycles," the first solo exhibition in Taiwan by Japanese contemporary artist Miyajima Tatsuo.
On view from Wednesday to Feb. 7, the show brings together 12 significant works created over the past five years, offering a profound exploration of life, time, and existence.
Miyajima is internationally acclaimed for his LED digital installation. His practice is fundamentally rooted in Buddhist philosophy and guided by three core principles: “Keep changing,” “connect with everything,” and “continue forever.”
His works use numbers that continuously count down from nine to one. Crucially, the number “0,” which represents the zero point of death and rebirth, is always absent. This deliberate omission visualizes the Buddhist concept of reincarnation and the ceaseless flow of life.
The exhibition features two major works created or adapted for the space, highlighting the artist's focus on collective humanity and local context:
“Counter Window” is a site-specific installation designed for the gallery’s tea room. It uses LCD film-coated glass to overlay the ceaselessly counting numbers with views of the Taipei cityscape. This blend of abstract digital time and real-world views prompts viewers to contemplate their position within the infinite cosmic loop.
“360 Lives” is a newly commissioned, monumental LED installation composed of multiple digital units, each flickering at a different speed and with a different color. This array represents the immense diversity and interconnectedness of global life, directly addressing Miyajima’s enduring core theme of life and death.
The presentation also includes the “Counter Fragile” series, which uses cloud-like tangles of wiring to explore existence. Through light, shadow, and reflection, "Endless Life Cycles" invites the audience into a deeply immersive and contemplative dialogue with the world.
The exhibition runs in parallel with Miyajima’s first institutional solo exhibition in Taiwan, "Tatsuo Miyajima: Human Lives as Collective Experience," at the Asia University Museum of Modern Art in Taichung.
