Hsiang Lin Wang
Fermata II, Hsiang Lin Wang’s sound installation, fills the courtyard garden with music that flickers in and out—like memory, never fully complete. Stillness and absence shape the experience, like an echo just out of reach.
Inspired by Richard Wagner’s opera Parsifal (1882), Wang blends fragments of music from the opera with street sounds and classical elements. In this work, yearning is not for something tangible, but for what is lost, forgotten, or unresolved. The artist conceived Fermata II as a quiet space to think about the connections between memory, music, and emotion.
Wang explores “cryptomnesia”—the feeling of a new idea that’s actually a forgotten memory. Her work invites reflection through stillness, presence, and sound.
B2, No.31
Fermata II, 2025, Multi-channel Sound Installation, 18 min, Dimensions variable. Arrangement & Sound Design: WANG Hsiang Lin, Sound Technology Integration: Mothra Productions, Sound Field Design: Feng Chih Ming, Preliminary Research: Bo Yi Shen, Plant Coordination: Wen Artstudio. Playback time: Scheduled every hour and half-hour daily. Courtesy of the artist. Commissioned by Taipei Biennial 2025 and National Culture and Arts Foundation.
Fermata II, 2025, Multi-channel Sound Installation, 18 min, Dimensions variable. Arrangement & Sound Design: WANG Hsiang Lin, Sound Technology Integration: Mothra Productions, Sound Field Design: Feng Chih Ming, Preliminary Research: Bo Yi Shen, Plant Coordination: Wen Artstudio. Playback time: Scheduled every hour and half-hour daily. Courtesy of the artist. Commissioned by Taipei Biennial 2025 and National Culture and Arts Foundation.
