Mt. Jade is singing joyfully

Mt. Jade is singing joyfully transforms Beethoven’s Ode to Joy into a visual structure through the form of Mt. Jade (Yushan), Taiwan’s highest mountain.

Color functions as musical pitch, while the mountain contours become pathways through which the melody unfolds. Musical time is translated into pictorial space, allowing a sequence normally heard moment by moment to become visible within a single composition.

The mountain is not merely a landscape or backdrop; it acts as the structural framework of the work. By bringing a globally recognized melody into a distinctly Taiwanese geography, the painting creates a dialogue between universal human aspiration and cultural place.

The work asks how sound can remain present after it has been transformed into color, rhythm, and spatial movement. https://youtu.be/viUqWnmssuY