Lin Chi-Wei is a transdisciplinary artist with academic training in French literature, cultural anthropology, and media art. In the early ’90s he was among the founders of the noise band ZSLO and responsible for programming various alternative art festivals. Simultaneously, he explored religious music and sacred art, especially Templar sculpture and Taoist rituals. These experiences, combined with his activity in the field of noise performance and electronic musical composition, have generated critical perspectives on contemporary artistic practices.
Yuè Ji 樂記 is a multidisciplinary project curated by Freya Chou, born from personal experience and developed as a broader reflection on ritual, mourning and the harmonizing power of music and sound.
Inspired by Chinese funerary artifacts from the Han and Tang dynasties, part of the MAO collections, the project includes a limited edition vinyl of 300 copies, accompanied by a release and participatory performance by artist Lin Chi-Wei.
The performance, presented on November 1st, 2025 at MAO on the occasion of the inauguration of the Contemporary Expression programme and as part of the Night of Contemporary Arts, investigated the transformative potential of collective sound creation, actively involving the public invited to read aloud the sound scores inscribed on a long score tape, contributing to the formation of a real polyphonic “sound machine”. The work has been hosted in prestigious institutions, such as the Tate Modern in London, the Center Pompidou in Paris, and the Venice and Shanghai Biennale.
The album contains three tracks: Everything You Want Less Time by James Hoff, taken from his autobiographical album Shadows Lifted from Invisible Hands (2024); Previously Owned, unreleased by DJ sniff; and the recording of the Tape Music performance performed in 2007 in Paris.
This publication presents itself as an editorial transposition of the project, with great attention to the rites and ceremonies of Taiwanese culture and with an introduction by Freya Chou, in addition to the three unpublished texts by the artists and an in-depth profile on Tape Music, accessible at MAO via a dedicated QR code.
