National Taiwan University (NTU) and the University of Tokyo jointly unveiled their second experimental exhibition in Taipei yesterday in an effort to further exchanges between the two schools and promote education and research.
Titled Forms and Forces, the second of a three-part mobile museum exhibition series features natural and artificial objects, with replicas of the world’s biggest bird’s egg and the largest gold nugget among other items on display.
“Forms and forces are constantly acting together in a complex way within time and space,” University of Tokyo museum director Yoshiaki Nishino told an opening ceremony.
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The aepyornis egg, also known as the elephant bird egg, is like a small universe in itself, Nishino said. The 33cm-tall egg is set on a wooden pillar and is the centerpiece of the show.
Nishino, the main curator of the show, said he has been planning the exhibition for many years and is happy and grateful to finally see the results.
To convey the concept that the relationship between objects goes beyond nature, culture, categories, composition or source, descriptions of each exhibit are short, as “forms cannot be captured by language, but are only perceivable to the eye,” he said.
The show, held in the NTU library, will run through March 18 and is open to the public.
A third series is scheduled to begin within the first half of next year, NTU officials said.
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