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"Zone" incorporates solo dance performance and transforms a Line Chatbot into a real-time interactive medium, allowing participants to engage in conversations with the chatbot to access different audio and image files within the space. Through this interactive experience, the aim is to explore the relationship between digital avatars and societal collective awareness. The choices and responses of participants also represent individual expressions or silences when confronted with social issues and ethical decisions, thus revealing the invisible landscapes within society.
Such an interactive experience seeks to provoke deeper reflections on the relationship between the individual and society. Participants, through conversations and interactions with their digital counterparts, can observe their minds and choices when facing the society.
Conceived as a collaborative curated by Anna Burd, Artistic Director of the Israeli Rollo Art Project, and Yi-Wei Keng, Theatre Advisor at the National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying), this online curation project brings together artists from Taiwan and Israel. The project revolves around the themes of "Here" and "There," with the artists divided into two groups tasked with creating continuous artworks within a 24-hour time frame.
At the core of Rollo's curatorial values is the aspiration to foster meaningful artistic connections among artists from diverse backgrounds. The time-limited nature of the Rollo project adds an element of unpredictability, allowing artists to engage with each other's work with heightened objectivity due to the compressed timeline.
This particular work attempts to unravel the threads of contemporary boredom and emptiness during the pandemic, using elements of Taiwanese pop culture. In a society inundated with LED signals, loneliness is likened to an old melancholic ballad, unfolding over the course of a single day.
"The Wall" is composed of fragmented pieces, revealed from a wall, only ambiguous and elusive glimpses. It thrives in mistakes and finds liberation in misunderstandings.Through the view of a disabled social media influencer with a million followers, we peer into the lives of family bullied on the border between two nations, where daily existence revolves around passport inspections.
As a pastry chef from the West and a traditional pastry artisan from the East come together, their relationship crumbles, forcing every family member to make choices about their own belonging.
Through various surreal fragments, "The Wall" explores the impenetrable barriers between government and individuals; the divide between the virtual world and reality; the tension between the society and those with disabilities; the boundary between fantasy and reality; and the unbreakable walls that exist between human beings.
"Juicy Berry Studio" is a collective aimed at bringing creators from various fields who explore core societal issues based on their own backgrounds and the zeitgeist, with the vision of different communities. They use various art forms and media to engage with the public and discuss diverse topics within society. The creative works and activities through this collective extend beyond just the realm of theater, technology, dance, visual arts, and film, among others.
Described as "spicy," they aim to produce passionate and high-energy pieces that stimulate the senses and challenge the audience's perception of the world. With "cooperation" as a fundamental principle, they continue to collaborate with artists from the "Strawberry Generation," maintaining a creative synergy. Their hope is to keep discussing and challenging contemporary thoughts and aesthetics for future generations.
"Strawberry Generation" is a new term used in Taiwan, often referring to the Taiwanese born after the 1990s (or in 1981 or later). It is believed that they are "easily bruised like strawberries," meaning that they are perceived as unable to withstand pressures or endure heavy workloads and strenuous efforts like previous generations, typically used when referring to young people.
Tzu-Chieh (b. 1994) is a theater director based in Taipei, Taiwan. He is the founder and director of Juicy Berry Studio. He has a strong interest in collaborating with various art forms and cultures. Through his work with different mediums, he engages in dialogue with society and explores the contradictions, and conflicts of contemporary life.
Using "ethnicity" as a creative approach, he explores contemporary social phenomena through theater. He recently began an experiment to incorporate technology and visual elements into his theater works and applied everyday technological objects to create interactive experiences that discuss the individuality of the majority.