About TAIA

With the aim of broadening the landscape of the arts industry, TAIA was founded by Serina Chen, who has received recognition from the European Festivals Association as the head of festivals for her outstanding work in festival curation. In 1998, TAIA established the first ever Taipei Arts Festival, which was followed by another successful year in 1999, creating a new benchmark for large-scale international festivals. TAIA continued on to organize Taipei International Arts Festival, becoming an important platform for the performing arts and international cultural exchange. In the following years, TAIA hosted the World Music Festival, the Taiwan Dance Workshop Festival, the Olympia Earth Games, the Arts Wonderland at Festival in the Square, and the World Theater Masters Academy, etc., each providing an integration space for cultural exchange, introductions to innovative and multidisciplinary world-class art, and inspiration for creative cultures of all origins to interact. Then with the completion of the Performing Arts Fair, TAIA also fulfilled the dream of establishing a large-scale performing arts market, becoming a nexus for exchange between the international and domestic arts.

Having achieved the goal of establishing an international platform, TAIA set its sights on actively developing its own productions. This new objective gave birth to Image in Motion Theater Company (IMT), with a focus on multimedia theater, and the creation of Not a Love Story, @Dream, and Chanceformation of Life, etc. These productions focused on bringing multimedia technology into the performing arts, and originating a new type of technology infused performance. In 2011, IMT went a step further by utilizing interactive technology in an improvisational performance, cooperating with the Industrial Technology Research Institute to realize Fantasy Warp. Then in 2014, IMT introduced science and technology into the realm of children’s musical by creating the 3D multimedia fantasy musical, Franz and Friends’ Voyage Undersea.

Over the years TAIA has collaborated with Wonders of Art in producing large-scale musicals and elaborate outdoor productions with the mission of creating a new type of interactive performance experience, developing and promoting new forms of performance art, and actively bringing artistic creation to the international community. In 2002, the classic painting Night Revels of Han Xizai, which was housed in the Palace Museum in Beijing, was brought to life in a live performance with music and dancing. In 2007, The Feast of Han Xizai was performed in the Hall of Great Supremacy Square, using immersive theater to present Night Revels of Han Xizai. TAIA was the first local performing group to perform in the Palace Museum in Beijing in 500 years. Then in 2006, TAIA created the Chinese musical masterpiece In Love with Carmen starring Taiwanese pop star A-mei. 2010 marks the year TAIA and Wonders of Art were invited to produce the thematic show of the World Expo Shanghai 2010, Window of the City, a large-scale performance spectacle with unique audio and visual effects. Window of the City was performed more than 500 times in 184 days to more than one million audience members, who marveled at the outstanding fusion of humanity, technology, and art, and won the accolades of viewers the world over. Finally in 2017, Taiwan’s third national theatre, the National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Wei Wu Ying) opened its doors to the fanfare of TAIA’s outdoor audiovisual lights show, The First Seeds: Memories of the Banyan Trees, the largest performance of its kind in Asia. In five days, more than 250,000 were able to experience the wonders of this innovative performance.

TAIA has continuously put forth its best efforts to give art and artists a spotlight on the international stage. In 2016, TAIA was commissioned by the Taipei City government as the master planner and producer of the Taipei Summer Universiade Cultural Events, and put together over 20 different kinds and over 200 performances. The result of these events was a successful integration of sports and the arts industries in a cross-disciplinary masterpiece. TAIA’s founder, Serina Chen, also continues to advocate for the establishment of cultural policy and support for research on various cultural and creative industries, as in the case of the planning of Songshan Cultural and Creative Park and Huashan 1914 Creative Park. Together with other arts enthusiasts, TAIA will continue to promote cultural forums, establish networks for art exhibitions, host seminars for art professionals, work for consensus on the integration of the cultural environment and the arts development, and work hard for the improvement of the arts ecosystem.

 

台北藝術推廣協會 簡介

以開啟華人藝術新視野為宗旨的台北藝術推廣協會，由被歐洲藝術節聯盟推舉為世界最佳策展人之一的陳琪女士，於1998年辦理首屆台北藝術節之際而創辦，繼1999年持續辦理台北藝術節後，成功地樹立了台灣大型藝術節慶的國際規格，之後持續主辦國際城市藝術節，成為台灣表演藝術與國際交流的最重要平臺。並首創舉辦「台灣世界音樂節」、「台灣國際舞蹈營」、「原野奧林匹亞」、「兩廳院廣場藝術節」及「世界劇人學苑」等，整合各項國際文化交流活動、引進世界級前瞻多元的藝術及跨界性節慶活動，並帶動台灣創意文化多元合作創作的風潮。其策劃執行之「全國表演藝術博覽會」，亦實現台灣大型表演藝術市集的夢想，也建立起台灣與國際藝術行銷交流的平臺。

在建構起台灣與國際藝術交流的平台後，協會開始積極發展本身的藝術創作。成立「影舞集表演印象團」，專注於多媒體劇場，創作《非愛情故事》、《@夢》、《隨之變-風花雪月》等，將科技影像技術帶入台灣表演藝術界，創造新媒體劇場的新標竿。2011年為將科技互動實踐於劇場創作，協會與工研院創意中心合作，製作互動多媒體劇場《奇幻迷宮》。2014年則將親子歌舞劇帶進入科技藝術領域，製作出3D奇幻多媒體歌舞劇《海底歷險記》。近年來協會結合「奇觀藝術創作群」，將大型音樂劇、戶外奇景式策展製作，整合製作嶄新的互動體驗表演，開拓及推展新型態表演藝術，以實際行動將藝術創作推廣至國際市場。

協會至始至終為將藝術團隊與藝術家推上國際舞台不遺餘力，2016年受台北市政府之委託，擔任2017台北世大運系列文化活動之總策畫及執行單位，為世大運規畫及辦理二十多項近兩百多場的各類前導及推廣展演，成功的將藝術與運動跨產業結合。也持續主持推動多項文化創意產業相關研究計畫，如華山及松菸文創園區之規劃，並與藝術界熱心人士共同推動文化性論壇、建立展演網路、舉辦專業領域的學習與研討觀摩，達到整合文化環境與藝術發展的共識，持續為健全藝術生態而努力。