suzueri, Shih Ya Tien

The opening party for the exhibition 'Put'em in a Box - Book Launch + Exhibition' 5 July - 14 July, 2025  at gift_lab Kiyosumi Shirakawa

Tall and Mini Concert by Shih Ya Tien + suzueri 

"Put 'em in a Box" is an urban research sound art project initiated in 2023 by curator Shih Ya Tien. https://soundboxes.net/en
Throughout the project, five sound artists based in different cities—Taipei, Tainan, Tokyo, Perth, and Helsinki—together with the curator, exchanged text scores and field recordings from their local environments to develop site-responsive artworks.
To date, the project has toured Sonic Sensory Lab, Taipei Music Center (Taipei, 2023), Cool Change Contemporary (Perth, 2024), and Waley Art (Taipei, 2024).
Now in its third year, the project archive has been compiled into an artist book, scheduled for publication this summer.
For the upcoming exhibition in collaboration with gift_lab, we will present small-scale works by the five participating artists alongside the launch of the artist book.
At the opening event on Saturday, July 5, curator Shih Ya Tien will give an overview of the project, followed by a mini live performance led by suzueri.

Shih Ya Tien is an independent curator and editor based in Taipei. Her research focuses on revealing the intertwined relationship between the external environment and exhibition space within curatorial practice. Through transferring discursive power, she intends to examine how curating, as a mechanism, a proposition, or a platform can contribute to discourse among fields of culture, art and the environment. 
She holds an MFA degree in Curating from Goldsmiths, University of London and a BA degree in Chinese Literature from National Tsing Hua University. She works between institutions, studios, and artists, presenting projects in varied medium internationally. Her recent granted curatorial project includes Treasure Hill History and Culture Permanent Exhibition“Resonating Sound”(2021), Latin America X Taiwan Exchange Program “A Game between Borders”(2021), TheCube Project Space “Eavesdropping on the Wind and Cloud” Broadcast(2020).

suzueri (Elico Suzuki) is a Tokyo based sound artist, improviser. She plays and exhibits circuitous and restless performances and installations using pianos and found objects combined with self-made instruments.Her recent interests have centred on the exploration of the gaps and narrative aspects between the communication and interaction of instruments and particular embodiments.https://suzueri.org