2019 Taoyuan Land Art Festival—New City-scape

The Fresh Taste of Rice

Have a bite of rice and savor the fresh taste that only you and I know. Here, you can enjoy a historical old military camp, early-autumn breezes, the sound of rice hulls, the memories of Taiwan people, and the simple, pleasant taste of rice and tea.Slow Island Theatre Groupe established in Taoyuan,Taiwan 2008, Slow Island Theatre Group wishes people who live in the island – Taiwan, would slow down their steps with artistic beau-ties. Slow Island Theatre Group has been invited to 2010 Taipei Arts Festival. The company plans to work with outstanding artists from Taiwan and all over the world, to create experi-mental and interesting theatre work together.

Amazing Sea Sparkles

In the 1970s, many Matsu Island natives moved to Taoyuan. Today, the Bade District has become the administrative district housing the most Matsu Island natives in the main island of Taiwan. The different lifestyles of these new residents are Taoyuan’s precious assets. Matsu Island natives are familiar with sea sparkles and are not used to seeing dark seas at night. Accordingly, they made symbolic lights at the Taoyuan Land Art Festival to introduce to the public Matsu Islands’ most beautiful coastline scenery. 

The Mid-Autumn Festival

Adventurers of Dainan

The Dainan Forest Park was previously a military camp featuring buildings such as ammunition depots and pillboxes. Thus, it evokes a strong military ambiance. For this event, objects used by military police are designed into stages that visitors must complete. There are five stages in total, and visitors are awarded a medal for every stage they complete. After collecting all five medals, visitors can win a gift from the Taoyuan Land Art Festival.

Fermented Tofu in Military Dependents’ Villages

The smell and taste of congee combined with fermented tofu are mouthwatering, wonderful memories shared by people living in military dependents’ villages. Such smell and taste are something they have cherished since childhood. Let’s reproduce such smell and taste by making and tasting fermented tofu ourselves!

Green War

Discovering Beetles

Chat Room ： WASHING 

Moving Land Art

Vanguard Rifle Drill TeamMulti-X Theatre Company， Formosa Circus Art and Acrojou

Inspired by the Danan military police camp, “Moving Land Art” invites famous domestic and international performing groups (e.g., Multi-X Theatre Company, Formosa Circus Art, Acrojou, and Hankuang Honor Guard) to connect art and landscapes together via mimes, parkour, circus shows, juggling, and dances. Visitors are invited to come see these performances in the Danan Forest and revel in the beauty of its landscapes.The performances will start from the north entrance of the Danan Forest Park and are expected to pass by the central passageway, water square, ammunition depot, and south square. 

Dainan Forest Light： Projection Mapping Show for the 2019 Taoyuan Land Art Festival

Agi Chen Studio

By integrating music, lighting, projection, and interactive AR devices, “Dainan Forest Light” is a 200-meter-long light theatre set up in a forest environment. The show’s protagonist is a Black-naped Oriole, an endangered bird species with less than 200 individuals left in Taiwan. In the story, when the bird visited Dainan Forest Park in search of new habitats, she encounters and befriends many amicable animals and plants that sing and dance with her in unison. Surrounded by flora and fauna, this show invites the audi-ence to listen to the sound of the forest and perceive the mystery and energy of life in Nature, which manifest the locale’s unique geographical feature as well as its distinc-tive ecological experience. As the spectators immerse them-selves in sound and colorful light, we hope this feast of technology and art will bring people together to cherish the precious ecosystem in Dainan Forest Park and co-create a whole new landscape for the neighborhood of Bade, Taoyuan.

4D Animation Theater – Forest of Stories  

Tellingtent

4D Animation Theater – Forest of Stories is exhibited by the cooperation of 2019 Land Art Festival and Tellingtent. With Taoyuan original animation and panoramic screens which surround audience, a theatrical storyteller relates the story with virtual reality technique and theatrical digital devices such as sound, lighting, fog, and vibrating. We are trying to create an immersive, imaginative, innovative, and interactive experience in theater. As such, children’s imagination can fly up to sky and over forest, to see Taoyuan’s brand-new landscape and enjoy this unique experience ever. 

The Reindeer Forest presents a fascinating mural lit at night. For this performance, unique lighting technology, a happy parade, and natural materials are combined to amaze the audience.

This performance will introduce songs including “Rain Showers,” “Vajra-King Jeweled Sword,” and “Surging Forward” to dazzle the audience’s senses.

This performance introduces classical ballet, folk dances, and creative dances to show the charm of the various types of dances.

Poe divination is a ritual of faith that usually popular in the traditionalsociety among the Chinese. Throwing poe （Cast Moon Blocks） is a divination toolthat used by secular people to seek instruction with the Gods. Two in a pair,three-dimensional crescent shape, separated. Curved surface known as “Yin”,whereas the flat surface known as “Yang”. In Hakka, Taiwan, the throwing poe is also known as Bwa Bwei. People prayfor safety, seek for advice, answers or instructions from God by using Bwa Bwei.This kind of ritual has become a traditional for the Taiwanese and Hakka’s aswell.

Let us travel around the world with Dorothy and search for passion, wisdom, forgiveness, and sincerity to enrich our lives.

Jay liked magic very much when he was a child, because of his lack of ability, he was often ridiculed and bullied by his classmates, which led him to dislike school! He almost gave up his dream of learning magic!      After knowing this, Grandma gave him a magical bottle. Jay didn't expect this magic bottle to speak! It will help him solve the problem. One day, he often bullied his big wolf classmates and was sent to the new transfer student.  Jay not only took the courage to help the big wolf, but also became a good friend with him! Unexpectedly, when he grew up, he became a powerful magician "Mr. Bottle".

For this performance, the performers will perform popular musicals including Visional Train, Happy Xylophone, and Mamma Mia!              

For this performance, classic jazz songs and pop music are united to introduce to the audience powerful music from the 1930s to the 1940s.

This performance shows a charming ghost walking down the street in a graceful manner similar to that of an elf spreading its wings and spinning at a white concert; the performance presents a combination of theater, stilts, music, fire, dances, and metals and “interacts” with its audience up close and personal.

The Long T’an Philharmonic Orchestra is a colorful and unique orchestra and delivers performances designed using classic and local cultural art to demonstrate the vitality of music.

For this performance, self-composed Hakka songs and world-class Latin music will be presented to show music that is unique, passionate, touching, and emotionally enriching.

O-Kai Singers

For this performance, music of varying styles will be performed, including classic Portuguese jazz song Mas que Nada and Atayal love songs.

For this performance, traditional operas, dancers, pop culture, and the theme of the 2019 Taoyuan Land Art Festival are blended together to provide its audience with an art and dance-oriented “feast.”

This performance will introduce various Chinese musical instruments including erhu, traditional Chinese luogu, Middle East drums, djembes, Himalaya bowls, and Jew’s harps to educate the audience about musical instruments used around the world.

“The Legend of the East – Let’s Rock ’n Roll” features a performance type and style that differ from those of Chai Found Music’s previous performances. For this performance, rock and roll and electronic elements are merged together and dazzling dances as well as light and sound effects are displayed.

Hongseong County Dance Troupe

For this event, the Hongseong County Dance Troupe will perform classic, traditional South Korean dances in Danan Forest Park to show the audience local, traditional South Korean dances, introducing them to a unique dance-viewing experience

On a Mid-Autumn Festival afternoon, the Taipei Male Singers will deliver an a cappella performance to provide its audience with a diverse and special audio experience.

Skyline Jazz Band

Skyline Jazz Band will incorporate new concepts, techniques, features, and music elements from around the world in its jazz music to offer its audience enriching music this summer.

Taiwan Bamboo Orchestra，TBO

The Taiwan Bamboo Orchestra will play bamboo-based musical instruments such as recorders, sheng, and xiao in the Danan Forest Park. In addition, it will combine traditional and innovative music together to create music that is unique to Taiwanese bamboo-based musical instruments.

Imagination and Construction of New City-Scape 

Many thousands of years ago, ancient people made visual images in caves with rock wall as easel depicting the mysterious stories and hallucination. In the 20th century, modern people consider the earth as canvas or medium to endow artistic creation with various reflections on natural environment. It seems the soul of nature has constantly been aroused by human thoughts and art undertakings, bringing out the new dialogue between nature and artificiality. As a result, contemporary art map is constituted with the essential part of land art. Based on the imagination and invention of “New City-Scape”, 2019 Taoyuan Land Art Festival sets up the display platform and international exchange associated with land art. How can people, in light of the past experience, think outside the box of time and space, re-examine the new concept between man and environment, and create the new harmonious landscape of nature, culture and life? And how can people reverse the nature going toward inevitable extremes or architecture approaching to ruin by guarding precious moments and advancing toward the unpredictable future? The forum, conceived with the symbiosis concept of human and natural environment, invites six presenters from five Asian countries to agitate dialogues and exchanges on their own landscape imagination, perspective and introspection.

Two subtopics are designed in this forum: 

Topic 1: Art as the Diverse Lure / Art x Construction x Deduction
The section focuses on the experience sharing of practices from different regions. Issues as how to motivate the development of nature and culture in specific fields through art charms to summon the present of historical memories and the past to be forgotten; how to explore the construction force of communion between places and humanities in contemporary art scenes; land as art is a kind of unnatural interference or nurtural infiltration for the environment.

Topic 2: Land as the Ideal Future / Landscape x Future x Creation
The section explores the new relationship among human, environment and the earth. Questions as how to construct various new context of flowing landscapes in the good future through transformation of symbiosis and reinvention; how to infuse more trusts and concerns into the current environment with our true gaze and reflexive introspection; how to depend mutually for existence and harmony among art, architecture and environment; how to cross beyond the divide between the rural-on-nature and urban-on-architecture in order for expanded forces among government and community.   

Nature, Human Culture, and History: A New Perspective on the Environment

Artist： Joan POMERO, YANG Soo-In and Sonja VORDERMAIER 

Moderator： LIU Chu-Lan  Director， Taoyuan Museum of Fine Arts

Local and Foreign Regions: The World Displayed in Art

Artist： LAI Jun T.,ĐÀM Đăng Lại and Tan Wee-Lit 

Moderator： SHIH Jui-Jen Creative Director,G9 Creative Park

Old Places, New Scenery: Local Artists’ Interpretation of Landscapes

Artist： LAI Tian-Ming,TU Wei-Cheng,LIU Chia-Wei and HU Chin-Hsiang

Moderator： PAN Yuki Director,MOCA Taipei

Artist： PAN Tein-Yi,FANG Wei,HUNG Chih-Yuan,LIN Yu-Cheng,HSU May 

Moderator： CHEN Li-Yu Chairperson/Dept. of Interior Design Director/Creative Design Center

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