Old City, New Art: The Sparkling Young Taoyuan
2018.09.14-2019.09.30
The 2018 Taoyuan Land Art Festival (TLAF) will be held from Sept. 14 to Sept. 30, 2018 at Yangmei/Fugang, Zhongli/Laojie Creek, and the Blue Pond Park. The festival will introduce the theme of “Old City, New Art: The Sparkling Young Taoyuan” and emulate the three major foci (e.g., “awakening local culture,” “driving community practices,” and “building art foundations”) and four major values (e.g., “community participation,” “local characteristics,” “environmental sustainability,” and “circular economy”) of the TLAF. In addition, the festival will combine art and space to facilitate human–environment interaction and will present traditional old streets and new emerging cities to visitors. Visitors will be invited to depart from the Fugang Railway Art Park, walk along the Zhongli Laojie Creek, and arrive at the Blue Pond Park to enjoy mesmerizing aqua theater performances. The goal is to utilize art to teach visitors, in a step-by-step manner, about Taoyuan, allowing them to witness the past, present, and future of the city. The TLAF will feature 51 artwork, 33 themed activities, two international parade exchanges, 14 aqua theater performances, and over 146 events including workshops and international art exchanges. The TLAF will comprise three exhibition areas, which will be “Walking between Yangmei and Fugang,” “Appreciating the Zhongli Laojie Creek,” and “Embracing the Zhongli Blue Pond Park.” Each exhibition area will contain its own exclusive art activities: In “Walking between Yangmei and Fugang,” Fugang residents will be guided to build “memory tracks” and recreate memory using public art. In “Appreciating the Zhongli Laojie Creek,” busy Zhongli streets and street corners will be examined using new aesthetic perspectives and local stories will be reinterpreted. In “Embracing the Zhongli Blue Pond Park,” large-scale art creation will be combined with new, “tailor-made” aqua theaters to accentuate the clear, crystalline Blue Pond Park. These new art methods will be used to create and fulfill new dreams. The goals of the 2018 TLAF are to imbue aesthetic sense in the minds of the public, transform the city of Taoyuan, and make Taoyuan an “art museum without walls.”
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