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Activities

Invited workshops

‘‘Shadowing the shadow’’
The performance titled SHADOWING THE SHADOW aims to explore several thought-provoking questions: What is hidden before and after light and shadow? What do these elements represent? What deeper meanings or insights can we gain by examining the unseen aspects of our experiences? It is precisely these transitions and gaps that enhance the beauty and anticipation associated with light, shadow, and the images they create. Much like the most significant influences in life, these elements often remain invisible—like shadows or ghostly figures. By following these elusive aspects, we can piece together clues about our experiences and the events surrounding us
Performing Artist: Yu-Hsien Wu
Technical support : Hao-Jen Chiang
Project coordinator: Wen-Shu Lai
‘‘Suspiria’’
If humans truly possess a soul, where would it reside? What color would it be? How could it be seen? Artist Chiang Hao-Jen believes that the soul is akin to air filling the body; it resides beneath the skin, taking on the same shape as the body itself. This makes it challenging to detect directly with the naked eye unless one can capture a fleeting moment of its escape. This work primarily focuses on calculating the difference between two successive frames, capturing and emphasizing moving objects to create a psychedelic afterimage that resembles the outline of a soul. By using multiple consecutive frames, the artist achieves visual persistence. Through the lens, the color of the overflowing soul changes accordingly. Additionally, the creator incorporates improvisation, coordinating with the projection screen to generate an infinitely elongated effect and unpredictable interactions, as well as altering the colors of the costumes to symbolize different psychological aspects.
Technical support : Yu-Hsien Wu
Project coordinator: Wen-Shu Lai
Music: Thom Yorke
Prof. Wendy Wen-Shu Lai
Yu-Hsien Wu
Hao-Jen Chiang
Wen-Shu Lai is a professor at the Institute of Applied Arts and serves as the Dean of the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University. She leads the Interrogative transArt Lab and is a researcher at the International Center for Cultural Studies. Through her artistic practice, research, and teaching, she explores themes related to history, memory, and human experience.
A choreographer and performer trained in street dance—including locking, popping, hip hop—and informed by cross-disciplinary practices such as flamenco, Butoh, and BJJ. She moves between street dance and contemporary theatre, developing a performance language that transcends traditional forms and challenges historically male-dominated structures. She treats dance as a site of critical practice, using the body to confront urgent questions of culture, gender, and social power.
Hao-Jen Chiang graduated from the Department of Computer Science and is currently pursuing a master’s degree at the Institute of Applied Arts, both at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University. His practice has evolved from early music and writing toward real-time computation, embodied experience, and philosophical inquiry.

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to the Archaeological Museum of Rhodes
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