Tsai & Yoshikawa were invited by Asian Cultural Council for DA-AI Art Festival during the two-month artist in residency in Hsin-Chu Prefecture, in Taiwan.

Tsai and Yoshikawa created a site-specific art installation Origin of the Secret in a lifeless abandoned concrete building. The inner part of the installation is assembled from locally sourced small colourful objects: baskets, toys, netting. The outer shell of the creature-like installation is constructed from over 700 magnifying glasses. As the viewer moves around the sculpture, the patterns through the magnifying lens change and distort. Thus, the self-illuminated giant creature in a dark room appears to have awakened and come alive via human interaction with the installation.

Origin of The Secret, 2007
Magnifying glass, found objects, wood
220 x 360 x 320 cm