In the summer of 2012, lyricist Yung-Feng Chung visited Dun Ren Psychiatric Hospital in Yuanlin and was surprised to find no iron bars, unpleasant odors, or unsettling noises. The patients lived leisurely lives and were treated with respect. During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, he and composer Shiuan Chang revisited the hospital to learn how Dun Ren Hospital centers around patients, refining an internal support system through daily morning reflections and reviews. Inspired by this, Shiuan Chang composed a series of music, including folk songs and children’s songs, designed to connect with the patients’ memories, provide them comfort, and also document the composer’s ongoing internal dialogue and psychophysical reconstruction. The album’s name “Earthing” is derived from Dunren Hospital’s principle of “settling the earth and being humane”, and was released recently. The album is released on its official website, and steaming services such as Spotify and Apple Music  Invited by Shiuan Chang, Wu Chi-Tsung took on the role of art director for the album. He was captivated by the myriad perspectives unfolding at every turn, as well as by the depiction of contemporary ethos and the psychological landscape of modern life woven into the music. Through the familiar acts of “tearing” and “kneading” in his artistic process, Chi-Tsung embodies the narrative perspective of “Earthing.” He metaphorically navigates life’s twists and turns and confronts its myriad challenges within the folded pages, utilizing a “visualized” textual arrangement to delve into life’s mysteries. 在2012年夏天，詞作家鍾永豐訪問位於員林的敦仁精神專科醫院時，驚訝地發現那裡沒有鐵窗、異味或令人緊張的聲音，病友們生活閒適而受到尊重。至2020年疫情期間，他與作曲家張玹再度拜訪，學習醫院如何以病友為中心改進支持系統。張玹受此啟發，創作了一系列曲目，包括民謠和兒歌，這些音樂旨在與病友的記憶產生聯繫，為他們帶來慰藉，亦紀錄作曲家自我的持續內在對話與身心重建。專輯名稱取自敦仁醫院「安土敦乎仁」的宗旨，並於近期上線專輯官網與Spotify，Apple Music等平台。 吳季璁受張玹之邀，擔綱專輯的藝術設計，他驚艷於樂音中所揭示當代精神樣貌與現代生活的心理狀態敘述。吳季璁透過在他創作《氰山集》等作品時已諳熟於心的「撕」與「揉」動作，作為敘述《安土》的視角，他在摺頁中模擬面對生活的波折與重重考驗，以「視覺化」文字排序敘述探索生命中的未知。  

  After the thirteenth Taishin Arts Award winning piece “Long River”, choreographer Wen-Chung Lin presents the hydrodynamics research of dancing body again. “Panta Rhei” still has Lin’s peculiar attempt to integrate Eastern and Western dance vocabulary, while narrates the philosophy of “everything flows” at the same time. It’s a vibrant dance accompanying vicissitudes and introspection with the passage of time. Performance dates June 4, 2016, 19:30 June 5, 2016, 14:30 Venue City Stage (No. 25, Section 3, Taipei, Taiwan) Tickets NTCH Ticketing System For more ticket discount information, please contact WCdance +886 2 28913306     在時間的長河中，身體，總是流變不居。 我們踏入，或者不踏入，同一條河流。萬物消散，沒有什麼是堅定不移的。 世事流轉，沒有什麼是恆久不變的。 身體的湍流形變，歌頌時間的不斷流逝。 人，不能兩次踏進同一條河流；流變，是身體唯一的真理。 編舞家林文中繼第十三屆台新藝術獎年度得獎作品《長河》之後，再次呈現身體的流體力學研究。《流變》中依舊保有著林文中特有的東西方舞蹈語彙的整合企圖，同時敘述「變者恆變」的身體思維，寫意的舞蹈中帶有時光流逝的滄桑與自省。 演出日期 2016年06月04日 19：30 2016年06月05日 14：30 演出地點 臺北市藝文推廣處城市舞台 ( 台北市八德路三段25號 ) 購票 兩廳院售票系統 更多購票優惠請洽林文中舞團：02-28913306

  Set design by Wu Chi-Tsung   9.13 (Sun) 16:00 – 16:55 9.14 (Mon) 20:00 – 20:55 * *Artist Talk   As a choreographer and dancer, Su Wen-chi has thought through the fundamentals of choreography, which she regards the frontier of dance. Leading her own dance company YiLab., Su contemplates on how the stage connects sensory and interpretative faculties of the body. This investigation begins with unbroken concentration on the body and the space.   In Off the Map, Su seeks visceral understanding of the interior of the body through external clues. By juxtaposing space and senses, she maps out the trajectories of inner monologue through bodily movements precisely in order to transgress their parameters. The body becomes the vehicle for transition to a different dimension of presence.   source: Opening Festival

Première suisse / Création 2012 Durée : 55′ Set design by Wu Chi-Tsung Version française du texte remis le soir du spectacle FR    Wen-Chi Su est la révélation du moment. Cette jeune chorégraphe fait partie de la nouvelle génération d’artistes taïwanais qui déboule sur les scènes européennes. C’est dire qu’une halte à La Bâtie devenait nécessaire. Depuis quelques années, elle développe des formes expérimentales mêlant danse et nouveaux médias, miroir d’un monde oscillant entre tradition et modernité. Dans Off the Map, Wen-Chi Su évolue seule sur une scène brillante, où son corps se reflète dans un subtil jeu de lumières, tandis que parvient à nos oreilles une bande-son murmurée. Lenteur et précision sont les maîtres-mots de ce solo pour un corps pétri de muscles saillants ; le plateau déforme la réalité, devenant un espace virtuel instable et flottant. La vulnérabilité de l’être éclate, avec délicatesse et habileté. L’humain est ainsi ; ce n’est pas trop de le dire.   EN    Young Taiwanese choreographer Wen-Chi Su is a rising contemporary star. In Off the Map, she dances alone in a subtle play of lights, her body reflected on the sparkling stage. Reality is transformed into a virtual, unsteady and weightless space. A wonderfully delicate solo.   source: La Bâtie—Festival de Genève

17.07 | FRI | 20:00 18.07 | SAT | 20:00 ΚALAMATA DANCE ΜΕGΑRΟΝ – STUDIO Length: 60′ Set design by Wu Chi-Tsung Profoundly poetic and of hypnotic beauty, the performance Off the Map creates a space for contemplation in which viewers are invited to get away from their sense of time and reality for a while and get in touch with their inner self.   In a setting reminiscent of the immaterial light of dawn and every so often changing into sky, clouds, sea, or night, the female body is moving slowly, precisely and steadily. There is a constant whisper mapping perhaps her inner monologue – probably what motivates her body to go “off the map”. Her body: embodying all the history of Far-Eastern physicality and its characteristic profound spirituality; yet, a contemporary body in a mediated environment. A body vulnerable yet vigorous, incorporating all the fragility of the human in a fluid, ever-changing post-industrial world: a metaphor for the human condition today.   Wen-Chi Su belongs to a younger generation of Taiwanese, and broadly Far-Eastern artists, who grew up in a society torn between the pervading influence of tradition and the rapid growth of technology, consequently opening up to the Western way of living. These two contradictory facets are united in her work in a purely organic and poetic way. As dance and technology do. In fact, her own career testifies to that: She studied New Media Art in Taipei and went on to get a PhD in Drama, Theatre and Performance at the University of Roehampton, London. She has been showing her work since 2001 in many countries in the East and West, gradually earning her place in major festivals. In 2005, she founded YiLab, an experimental group of new media and performance artists, her vehicle for creating pieces which explore the relationship between the body and new media, and combine dance and performance with installation art and technology.   Concept/Choreography/Dancer: Wen-Chi Su Text: Man-Nung Chou Sound Design: Fu-Jui Wang Stage Design: Chi-Tsung Wu Lighting Design: Jan Maertens Lights Assistant: Po-Hsin Liu, Yi-Chin Chang New Media Technical Associate:…