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Jan Cheng Elementary School, the city-class heritage in Taipei city, was built for Japanese’s primary education in Japanese-Occupied Period. In 1945 it was changed into government’s office until 1994, within the trend of preserve and reuse of monumental buildings , and the city government offices has replaced, Jan Cheng Elementary School was transformed into an art museum mainly shows the contemporary arts. The Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei (MOCA Taipei) was the first “contemporary art museum” and the first BOT case of monumental building transformed into museum, has its value on Taiwanese contemporary arts, the development of integration of cultural heritage and resources. Contemporary art now has coming into a diversified development through the changes of art forms and aesthetic experiences. The approaches and ways to present arts which was unable to be seen in the pass, has been brought into the museum now. But as the contemporary art are still developing and hard to give an accurate definition, being a “contemporary art museum” has confront a situation of how to show the art works with its hardware. Even if it can successfully shows the norms, it still may face the dilemma of catching the latest art developments. Compares to other museums which was built to show the arts, MOCA Taipei was protected by related laws because the status of being a monument. It had to reach the professional standards of museums, show the contemporary arts, and solve the practical problems and restrictions which was more complex and strict. Based on these, thesis here tried to discuss the related topics towards the background of MOCA Taipei, the contemporary arts and its exhibition halls. Sampled with the author interviewed the special exhibition 2012 in MOKA Taipei, discussed the interactions when contemporary arts placed into Jan Cheng Elementary School, the effects and adaptive when monuments transformed into museums. In the end to find the myth of the concepts and the possibilities of solutions.
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