Musquiqui Chihying: A Life of Navigation

Musquiqui Chihying: A Life of Navigation is running at the Hayward Gallery until Sunday 18 October, with the Taiwanese artist bringing together four of his works in the HENI Project Space. It's a multimedia show that pulls from installation, video, photography and sculptural objects, all held together by a performative thread.

The exhibition opens with some of his earlier, quirkier attempts at navigation. One of them is an inflatable decoy of his father's Toyota Corolla E100, which the elder Chihying used to reserve a parking spot in car-clogged Taipei. From there, the show moves into more recent territory, including The Jog (2014), The Toyota (2015) and The Gamer (2026). It casts a playful but critical eye on artificial intelligence and gaming culture, and the rising tension between manual labour and automation.

Chihying's practice is described as imaginative, idiosyncratic and quietly provocative. His humour runs alongside a steady societal critique: he explores the strange, ingenious ways people navigate busy, high-stress urban lives and the impact of modern technology on contemporary social structures. The show also draws on his interest in unpacking the colonial attitudes at the centre of the pursuit of technological advancement.

It's presented as part of the RC Foundation Project Space Exhibition Series, with support from the RC Foundation, Taiwan (R.O.C.) and the Ministry of Culture, Taiwan (R.O.C.). You'll find it in the HENI Project Space within the Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX. Entry is free and no ticket is required, and it runs until 18 October.