Taichung Fiber Arts Museum launches its “And Then—Conversations with  the Collection” (「然後：回應典藏品的七個問句」) art creation project this year. For the second installment, renowned Japanese ikebana artist Yuji Ueno(上野雄次) was specially invited to Taiwan. In mid-December, he conducted an on-site collaborative creation activity in the museum lobby, inviting museum volunteers and the public to jointly complete the 10-meter-tall large-scale installation “Lines and Pulses”. The Cultural Affairs Bureau warmly welcomes the public to visit the museum and experience the work in person.

The Cultural Affairs Bureau stated that, in order to position the Fiber Arts Museum’s collection at the core and reinterpret it through cross-disciplinary creative practices to generate innovative perspectives, the art creation program “And Then—Conversations with  the Collection”  will be launched starting in 2025. Curated by international fiber artist Yang Wei-Lin(楊偉林), the program will successively invite seven cross-disciplinary artists from Taiwan and abroad to engage in dialogue with the museum’s collection and create site-specific works tailored to the museum’s public spaces. The program will continue through 2026. In addition to paying tribute to pioneering artists, it also echoes the SDGs principles of sustainability through its use of materials, circular thinking, and local participation, while integrating and connecting with Taichung Top 100 Cultural Bases.

The Fiber Arts Museum noted that the “And Then” art creation program was launched in September this year. The inaugural project invited Chang Hao-Fu(張皓福), head chef of TU PANG Restaurant in Taichung, which has been awarded the Michelin Green Star, to create the installation work “Intertidal Grass Feast” (「潮間草宴」)in the museum’s main hall, inspired by “Sea,”(「海」) a classic work by Taiwanese fiber art pioneer Lou Jing-Wei(婁經緯).

The second installment features a large-scale installation titled “Lines and Pulses”(「線與脈」), created by Japanese ikebana artist Yuji Ueno. This also marks his first collaboration with a public museum in Taiwan through an on-site co-creation approach. During the creative period, many museum volunteers and members of the public seized this rare opportunity to participate in the co-creation process and ikebana art lectures, generating an enthusiastic response.

Yuji Ueno said that the Earth nurtures all living things to grow, and even in the tiniest worlds, one can still see the beautifully shaped myriad phenomena of nature. The large-scale installation piece "Lines and Pulses," created specifically for the Fiber Arts Museum, is inspired by the museum’s collection work—Liu Xiaoyu’s"Inner Forest."(劉曉瑜「內在森林」) The exhibition coincides with festive seasons such as Christmas, New Year, and Lunar New Year, symbolizing moments of family connection and love. This piece primarily uses bamboo and horsetail plants to represent the structure and texture of leaf veins. Although these two materials differ in size, both share the structural characteristic of "nodes," and the heart-shaped leaf design conveys an intuitive image and concept of "love."

The Fiber Arts Museum announced that the collaborative art installation “Lines and Pulses” will be on display in the museum's first-floor lobby from today until March 1, 2026. Due to the extended exhibition period, the artwork's color will gradually shift from ‘green’ to “tea brown” over time, subtly conveying the creative concept of “the balance of all things in the universe” while allowing visitors to experience the passage of time. Currently, the Fiber Arts Museum is also hosting “Woven Traditions: The Taiwan–Japan Rush Grass Culture Exhibition” (「午蓆．好天氣：台日藺文化編織展」)and the “8th Taichung Fiber Creation Award Exhibition”(「台中市第八屆纖維創作獎作品展」).Detailed event information can be found on the official website (https://mofia.taichung.gov.tw/) or Facebook fan  page page(https://www.facebook.com/mofiataichung).