"Taike Fantasy - Shy Gong Solo Exhibition" is Shy Gong’s first exhibition after a period of silence in the past few years. The artwork is an installation consisting of nine two-dimensional images. The digital painting style is combined with moving lights and mechanical sensor devices, which is an extension from the artist’s past large-scale street installations. Shy Gong uses a comical and satirical approach to portray the bitter-sweetness in the Taiwanese society, and the presentation is bestowed with a sense of vibrancy and perhaps, a sense of life!

Shy Gong’s digital images are constructed based on geometric structures, and they evolve, transform, and morph like amoebas, whereby vitality and colors are added into the otherwise sensible and logical mathematical shapes and forms. A world that is constructed based on pure knowledge is a form of logically existence, and it is a quest for the truth in the universe and also a way to become closer to God. The concept could be compared to Bach’s Fugata, where a perfect piece of music is created with harmony and balance; as life exists in a boisterous setting, desires and worries are also interwoven together in sensual ways.

“In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light, and there was light.”
Genesis

Light, the symbol of the origin of the universe, is where time and space in the cosmos began. On the other hand, light, as it flickers and flutters, reflects the multiple emotions, desires, and vivacities in the mundane world.

Light, let there be light; since the beginning of Shy Gong’s creative journey, his works have always been full of the element of light. The question proposed is that is the sense of energy the most basic form of beauty, and is this a universal and common way to present beauty? Movements; Shy Gong’s previous performance artworks have been transformed into a force of energy for this artistic creation, and now he has used interactive installations with sensors to give the artworks sensual vitality.