in conversation with Julian Ross

Exemplary of this was his first solo exhibition in The Netherlands, The Cinema of Séance, that took place at 1646 in 2021. This exhibition engaged with taboos of the past and present while exploring the mechanism of oppression and liberation tied to Taiwanese cultural values. Su examined the borders of bodies, sexuality, along with the entanglement of socio-political conduct and prohibition. The artist paved the way for the possibility of reviewing and supplementing history with his reflective practice, ”re-shooting” of early Taiwanese experimental films.

For his residency event at 1646, Su went into conversation with curator, writer and researcher Julian Ross. Most interesting in connection to Su’s thematic is Julian’s ongoing research on Japanese expanded cinema. His main interests lie with artists’ moving image, asian cinema, film installation and performance, video art, and world cinema. Since his PhD dissertation on Japanese expanded cinema, Julian’s research has led to several curatorial projects, notably in collaboration with the Eye Filmmuseum (Amsterdam), MoMA (New York), Tate Modern (London), the International Film Festival (Rotterdam), and many more. Julian’s research is a historical study that proposes to not only internationalise the study of expanded cinema but also to consider the local critical discourse of the period as a contribution.