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Songs from Hill and Land: Daisy Yang (楊斯云) Solo Exhibition
Songs from Hill and Land: Daisy Yang (楊斯云) Solo Exhibition
☉ Exhibition Information
2026.3.7 Sat. ~ 2026.4.13 Mon.
Good Underground (好地下) Art Space | B1, No. 37, Jieyue St., Hualien (花蓮) City
Every Fri, Sat, Sun, Mon | 12:00 ─ 20:00
Opening Reception and Seminar | 2026.3.7 Sat. 14:00-16:00
☉ Curatorial Statement
Text / Curator Luo Hui-yu (羅惠瑜) 2026.2.10
《Songs from Hill and Land》 originates from artist Daisy Yang (楊斯云)'s photography project traveling back and forth to Nepal for nearly ten years. It is not a one-time task or short-term residency, but a process that requires repeatedly returning to the site to slowly build trust. People leave, construction sites change, cities transform; many things happen without warning, and one can only accumulate trust by returning to the site again and again.
Daisy Yang (楊斯云) was born in Taiwan (臺灣) and immigrated to Canada at the age of twelve. She has long focused on the tension between mobility, labor, and identity, and views filming as a collaborative work completed with the subject. 《Songs from Hill and Land》 is her first solo exhibition in Taiwan (臺灣).
She started from a documentary perspective on labor and human rights, but this project gradually moved toward a more difficult and realistic question: when filming cannot "not intervene," how can photography become a form of respect, cooperation, and response? In front of the lens, these young laborers are not just objects to be watched; they also choose how they want to be seen and what kind of posture they want to leave behind.
The exhibition uses three types of imagery to let us see how young workers present themselves in different situations: staged portraits, social media images, and a small number of precious old family photos. The video of the early series 《The Becoming》 will also be played in the exhibition hall as a contrast. These images do not rush to conclude on "true/untrue," but lead viewers to think: in a fluid, restricted, and even ignored life, how does imagery become a way of imagination and self-positioning?
Staged portraits are the core of the exhibition—they step into the frame through discussion and cooperation, briefly becoming the protagonists of their own stories; social media images come with filters, stickers, and poses, like a projection of the future; while the occasional old family photos are rare but heavy, reminding us that some memories will be treasured for a long time and viewed repeatedly, and time will leave marks on the photos.
《Songs from Hill and Land》 lets us understand that filming is not "what the photographer says goes," but a relationship of slowly approaching and understanding each other. The exhibition invites viewers to see those who are often quickly classified as "laborers" anew through the comparison and connection of images—they are also imagining, longing, and trying hard to adjust their position in the world; when many things are not decided by themselves, at least in front of the lens, they can still leave their own appearance.
☉ Exhibition Activities
Seminar ➀ | 2026.3.7 Sat. 14:30-16:00
Speakers: Daisy Yang (楊斯云) (Artist), Luo Hui-yu (羅惠瑜) (Curator)
Seminar ➁ | 2026.4.12 Sun. 14:00-16:00
Speakers: Daisy Yang (楊斯云) (Artist), Chen Chia-chi (陳佳琦) (Photography History Researcher)
Photography Workshop | 2026.3.14 & 3.15 14:00-17:00
Workshop Theme: The Challenge of Portraiture
Registration: https://forms.gle/F7UXd9V6kYKReGmu9
☉ Artist Biography
Daisy Yang (楊斯云)
Daisy Yang (楊斯云) was born in Taipei (台北) and moved to Canada after graduating from elementary school. In 2012, she completed the "Human Rights and Photography" course co-organized by New York University and the Magnum Foundation, and has since focused on long-form creative works in humanistic photography. Her work focuses on social structures, population migration, and the intersection of identity and recognition, using her own cross-cultural immigrant experience as an observation point.
From 2015 to 2018, Daisy Yang (楊斯云) launched a study on masculinity and power construction in Nepal, and completed her first series of works 《The Becoming》, which was lectured and exhibited at Lightbox in Taipei (台北) in 2023. In 2024, she returned to Nepal to cooperate with young laborers, exploring the gaze, the subject's autonomy, and the multiple facets of truth and essence in identity definition through the juxtaposition of staged portraits and social media images. Her latest series 《Songs from Hill and Land》 was exhibited at the Jakarta International Photography Festival in 2025.
In recent years, she has also traveled through the mountains of British Columbia, Canada, as a mushroom forager, continuing to reflect on the deep connection between colonial history and the natural world.
Artist Website | https://www.daisyyang.com/
☉ Exhibition Information
2026.3.7 Sat. ~ 2026.4.13 Mon.
Good Underground (好地下) Art Space | B1, No. 37, Jieyue St., Hualien (花蓮) City
Every Fri, Sat, Sun, Mon | 12:00 ─ 20:00
Opening Reception and Seminar | 2026.3.7 Sat. 14:00-16:00
☉ Curatorial Statement
Text / Curator Luo Hui-yu (羅惠瑜) 2026.2.10
《Songs from Hill and Land》 originates from artist Daisy Yang (楊斯云)'s photography project traveling back and forth to Nepal for nearly ten years. It is not a one-time task or short-term residency, but a process that requires repeatedly returning to the site to slowly build trust. People leave, construction sites change, cities transform; many things happen without warning, and one can only accumulate trust by returning to the site again and again.
Daisy Yang (楊斯云) was born in Taiwan (臺灣) and immigrated to Canada at the age of twelve. She has long focused on the tension between mobility, labor, and identity, and views filming as a collaborative work completed with the subject. 《Songs from Hill and Land》 is her first solo exhibition in Taiwan (臺灣).
She started from a documentary perspective on labor and human rights, but this project gradually moved toward a more difficult and realistic question: when filming cannot "not intervene," how can photography become a form of respect, cooperation, and response? In front of the lens, these young laborers are not just objects to be watched; they also choose how they want to be seen and what kind of posture they want to leave behind.
The exhibition uses three types of imagery to let us see how young workers present themselves in different situations: staged portraits, social media images, and a small number of precious old family photos. The video of the early series 《The Becoming》 will also be played in the exhibition hall as a contrast. These images do not rush to conclude on "true/untrue," but lead viewers to think: in a fluid, restricted, and even ignored life, how does imagery become a way of imagination and self-positioning?
Staged portraits are the core of the exhibition—they step into the frame through discussion and cooperation, briefly becoming the protagonists of their own stories; social media images come with filters, stickers, and poses, like a projection of the future; while the occasional old family photos are rare but heavy, reminding us that some memories will be treasured for a long time and viewed repeatedly, and time will leave marks on the photos.
《Songs from Hill and Land》 lets us understand that filming is not "what the photographer says goes," but a relationship of slowly approaching and understanding each other. The exhibition invites viewers to see those who are often quickly classified as "laborers" anew through the comparison and connection of images—they are also imagining, longing, and trying hard to adjust their position in the world; when many things are not decided by themselves, at least in front of the lens, they can still leave their own appearance.
☉ Exhibition Activities
Seminar ➀ | 2026.3.7 Sat. 14:30-16:00
Speakers: Daisy Yang (楊斯云) (Artist), Luo Hui-yu (羅惠瑜) (Curator)
Seminar ➁ | 2026.4.12 Sun. 14:00-16:00
Speakers: Daisy Yang (楊斯云) (Artist), Chen Chia-chi (陳佳琦) (Photography History Researcher)
Photography Workshop | 2026.3.14 & 3.15 14:00-17:00
Workshop Theme: The Challenge of Portraiture
Registration: https://forms.gle/F7UXd9V6kYKReGmu9
☉ Artist Biography
Daisy Yang (楊斯云)
Daisy Yang (楊斯云) was born in Taipei (台北) and moved to Canada after graduating from elementary school. In 2012, she completed the "Human Rights and Photography" course co-organized by New York University and the Magnum Foundation, and has since focused on long-form creative works in humanistic photography. Her work focuses on social structures, population migration, and the intersection of identity and recognition, using her own cross-cultural immigrant experience as an observation point.
From 2015 to 2018, Daisy Yang (楊斯云) launched a study on masculinity and power construction in Nepal, and completed her first series of works 《The Becoming》, which was lectured and exhibited at Lightbox in Taipei (台北) in 2023. In 2024, she returned to Nepal to cooperate with young laborers, exploring the gaze, the subject's autonomy, and the multiple facets of truth and essence in identity definition through the juxtaposition of staged portraits and social media images. Her latest series 《Songs from Hill and Land》 was exhibited at the Jakarta International Photography Festival in 2025.
In recent years, she has also traveled through the mountains of British Columbia, Canada, as a mushroom forager, continuing to reflect on the deep connection between colonial history and the natural world.
Artist Website | https://www.daisyyang.com/
Event Details
- 2026-03-07 — 好地下藝術空間