• Sarah Jane Pell BOOM! exhibition 2007 TNUA Photo © Chris Fulham 2010
  • Hydrophilia installation 2007 TNUA Photo © Chris Fulham 2010
  • UnderCurrent installation BOOM! exhibition 2007 TNUA Photo © Chris Fulham 2010
  • Revolutions BOOM! exhibition 2007 TNUA Photo © Chris Fulham 2010
  • Installation view BOOM! exhibition 2007 TNUA Photo © Chris Fulham 2010

BOOM! // An Interplay of Fast & Frozen Permutations in New Media, Taiwan 2007

"Australian artist Sarah Jane Pell combined her hobby of scuba diving with her art to explore the physical and mental strengths of the human body in the ocean. Using breathing apparatus, Pell performed in her own work, undergoing a spiritual journey as she adapted to challenging extreme environments."

Lin Pey-chwen

Taiwan-Australian New Media Festival Exhibition

TNUA International Exhibition Hall, Taipei 28 May - 9 Jun 2007
Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei 15 Jun - 8 Jul 2007

Exhibition Curators: Eleanor Gates-Stuart, Lin, Pey Chwen. Co-Curators: Chen, Chih-Cheng, Yang, Wen-Chi, Hao-Chiang, Yuan, Goang-Ming, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts. Artists from Australia: Eleanor Gates-Stuart, Alexandra Gillespie, Sarah Jane Pell, Lucien Leon, Kathleen Ryan, Mayria Kalachova, Marian Drew, Jason Nelson, Joanne Jakovich, Ché Baker, Rachel Peachy & Paul Mosig, Christopher Fulham. Artists from Taiwan: Fang, Yen-Hsaing, Wang, Chung-Kun, Wang, Hui-Ying, Wang, Fu-Jui, C.Jay Shih, Lin, Yu-Sheng, Lin, Kun-Ying, Lin, Pey Chwen, Lin, Hao-Chiang, Yuan, Goang-Ming, Koa, Hsuan-Jan, Chang, Kuo-Chih, Dean-E Mei, Chen, Yen-Hsaing, Chen, Chi-Chien, Chen, Chih-Cheng, Chen, Chang-Chih, Chen, Hsin-Yuan, Chen, Chu-Yin, Chen, Wan-Yen, Teo, Ya-Lun, Tseng, Yu-Chuan/Lee, Chia-Hsiang, Huang, Po-Chih, C. J. Yeh, Sappho, Loh/Monbaza, Chang, Su, Yu-Xian. Directors: Ministry of Education, Council for Cultural Affairs, Executive Yuan, Australian Commerce and Industry Office. Sponsors: National Taiwan University of the Arts, Australian National University. Co-Sponsors: Australian Griffith University, Tainan National University of the Arts, Taipei National University of the Arts

Australia-Taiwan New Media Festival

Professional Visits
TEIPEI MOUNTAIN

Teipei Mountain, 2007 Video Stills Sarah Jane Pell

2007 International New Media Arts Festival

Chief Planner of Art Festival: Professor Huang, Kuang-Nan. Convener: Vice President Chang, Wan-Yun. Executors: College of Design, College of Fine Art, department of Multimedia and Animation Arts, Department of Fine Arts, Graduate School of Plastic Arts, Department of Visual Communication Design, Museum of Arts of NTUA, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei National University of the Arts, Cultural Division Taipei Economic Cultural Office in Australia Professional Visits - Shih Chien University, Shih Hsin University, Taipei National University of the Arts, Tainan National University of the Arts, Kun Shan University, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology Civic Functions - Celebrating Australia-Taiwan New Media Art Exchanges Reception, Australia Commerce and Industry Office, Taipei 29 May 2007 and the National Palace Museum, Taipei.

Sarah Jane Pell, Tainan National University for the Arts. Photo © Chris Fulham 2007 Sarah Jane Pell, Jason Nelson. Tainan National University for the Arts. Photo © Chris Fulham 2007 Sarah Jane Pell, Tainan National University of Arts, TW 2007. Photo Chris Fulham. Aria Jason Nelson

Sarah Jane Pell
Taiwan 2007

Boom! Australian-Taiwan New Media Exhibition TNWA Photos © Chris Fulham 2007

Weblinks

Curator, Eleanor Gates-Stuart

Taipei National University of Arts, Kuandu Musuem of Fine Art

Sarah Jane Pell, Tainan National University for the Arts. Photo © Chris Fulham 2007 Sarah Jane Pell, Jason Nelson. Tainan National University for the Arts. Photo © Chris Fulham 2007

Media

Hai Chen, Micro + Playground, Taiwan digital art and information center, Taipei Television

Taiwan Journal, Projecting the Underwater World as Art, The News @ Depth, Divenews.com, 4 July 2007

Shih, Sandra, Taiwan-Australian cooperation creates new species of art, Taiwan Journal Vol. XXIV, No. 25, 29 June 2007

Chun-Te, Lin, United Daily News, 2 June 2007

Acknowledgement

Edith Cowan University, Western Australia, The Australian Industry and Commerce Office, Taipei, Australian National University and National Taiwan University of Arts