TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Lina Lapelyte’s “Study of Slope (aka The Mutes),” featuring 14 self-described tone-deaf Taiwanese amateurs in a garden of wild plants, will wrap up the 14th Taipei Biennial on March 28-29 at Taipei Fine Arts Museum.

A TFAM press release said the Lithuanian artist-composer’s Taiwan premiere pulls lyrics from Sean Ashton to question unperformed actions and the collective voice. Performers were chosen from nearly 350 domestic applicants who shared singing videos and stories. 

The six sessions — at 10:30 a.m., 1 p.m., and 3:30 p.m. each day — will fill the museum’s south entrance garden, inviting viewers to join improvisational countdowns. 

The Spanish needle plants for the performance are often viewed as weeds, though they have anti‑inflammatory and anti‑hyperglycemic properties. In the context of the work, the plants represent undervalued things.

Berlin curators Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath gathered 150 works by 72 artists from 37 cities for the Biennial, including 34 new commissions alongside 30 TFAM pieces. 

The five-month run drew nearly 330,000 visitors — pushing TFAM past 1 million visitors in 2025 — and earned rave reviews as one of Asia’s top shows. It also offered 300-plus school tours and six “Roaming the Horizon” talks on history, sound, and worldviews.

TFAM Director Loh Li-chen (羅麗雞) thanked supporters for another success. “By bringing together these works from a diverse group of artists, our aim has been to explore the inner power that drives us both personally and collectively.”