A Catalog in Blue is inspired by the light and shadow of fluorescence. More than just a collection of blue-toned and negative light-space visuals, it is a blueprint that brings together a decade of the artist’s creative journey.
Hsieh Yu-Cheng has long explored the "cartography of screens" as a conceptual framework. Using materials such as fluorescent paint, blacklight tubes, and UV light, he creates space-based works that revolve around optical illusions and examine how light shapes our experience of images. This book features visual documentation of 40 works, critical essays, working notes titled Method, and the Firefly series — printed works made with fluorescent ink.
Hsieh Yu-Cheng is an artist based in Taiwan whose practice includes light and spatial installations. His work focuses on how the illusionary mechanisms of images construct the meaning and reality of viewing. In his fluorescent spatial installations, he frequently reconstructs sites of "illusion", exploring sensation and cognition to understand the internal states of phenomena and reflecting on the contradictions of self-identity and belonging. Recently, he has expanded his concepts into site-specific works that encompass space, landscape, and participatory projects.