Touch the glaze: Light Tube at C-LAB
Hsiangfu Chen's porcelain tubes light up when a finger meets the conductive glaze; at C-LAB's Along the Path of Light until October 11.
By Look Three Small editors · C-LAB, Taipei
Light Tube
Hsiangfu Chen (陳湘馥) · 2025
Image courtesy of Hsiangfu Chen, via C-LAB exhibition handbook · Editorial use
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The glaze is the switch: work 08 on C7's first floor, free, six minutes from Zhongxiao Fuxing MRT.
Hsiangfu Chen's ceramic tubes hang at different heights, their warm light catching narrow strips of glaze. The photograph makes me want to look along each surface before reaching for it.
Light Tube (2025) is touch-responsive: a finger on the conductive glaze lights the LED inside. Chen developed it at the European Ceramic Work Centre in the Netherlands through repeated electrical tests and firings of thin-walled porcelain. I like that the glaze is the interface.
The work appears in Along the Path of Light, C-LAB's exhibition of work developed during overseas residencies. The show closes Sunday, October 11, 2026. Admission is free, 11:00–18:00. Find Light Tube at number 08 on C7 Art Space III's first floor. The wider show also uses C7's outdoor Container Unit and C5 Art Space I's Gray Box. The organizer's map and bilingual handbook help you find the works across the site.
Get there
Public transport
Zhongxiao Fuxing MRT Exit 2: follow Zhongxiao East Road to Lane 248, then walk toward Ren'ai Road; C-LAB gives about six minutes to its east entrance. Light Tube is number 08 on C7's first floor.
Sources
- C-LAB: Along the Path of Light ↗ — Dates, hours, venues and free admission (Chinese)
- C-LAB: Along the Path of Light (English) ↗ — Exhibition details in English
- Bilingual exhibition handbook ↗ — Site map (printed pp. 4–5); Light Tube text and image (printed pp. 28–29)
- C-LAB: Visit ↗ — Transport, site map and opening hours
- Along the Path of Light: guided tours ↗ — Tour times, meeting point and registration