Attachment: STAGE-HD http://vimeo.com/30615457 STAGE-Slidesshow http://vimeo.com/38577205 About STAGE Performing groups in the form of cabarets, song and dance ensembles have been around Taiwan since the 1970s, making regular appearances in all sorts of occasions—from weddings, funerals to festivities. Stage trucks, the subject of this photo series, are mobile “carriers” exploited by the said performing groups, molding the collective memory of the Taiwanese people. Hoping to display the other worldly scenes diffusing colors, totems, lights, and the ambience between the stage trucks and the surrounding, and visually re-creating the dreamy and colorful feel, I decided to set the universal time for shooting at sunset evenings, using only 4x5 color reversal films. As for the presentation of the STAGE series—mostly a no man’s landscape incorporating the surrounding environment—I want to bring out the presence of stage trucks, of their existence in the plebeian society, a strong contrast against the reality indescribable beyond words, while seeking to break away from the visual expression and form of traditional documentary approach by trending towards a new angled contemporary mode that seamlessly integrates environmental portraits, visual grouping and category construction. *The present collection is selected from the STAGE series between 2006 and 2011. STAGE Written / Photography by Shen Chao-Liang Hardcover：172pages (First Edition 1400 copies) Product Dimensions：Line Screen(s): 600 4C Process. 27x29cm ISBN：9789574183654 Date：2011.10.10 Language：Chinese / English / Japanese Publisher：Shen Chao-Liang / Taiwan Distributor : AKI Gallery Tel: 886-2-2599-1171 Fax: 886-2-2599-1061 www.akigallery.com.tw E-mail: aki.taiwan@akigallery.com.tw