「2020年台灣月-超・台灣」
台港文化交流，超越想像極限
光華新聞文化中心舉辦第十五屆「台灣月」活動 (Taiwan Arts Festival) ，以「超・台灣」為主題，策辦類型豐富的藝文活動，展現台港文化交流超越框架、追尋超越的藝文創造力，活動將於10月9日至11月22日舉行。
光華新聞文化中心代理主任盧筱萱表示：今年正好是台灣月第十五周年 是回望過去，邁向未來的一年。面對疫情的衝擊，我們希望用藝術的力量給大家打氣，齊心超越困境。今年主視覺設計用彩蛋的概念，代表祝福與希望，每個節目就是一顆彩蛋，打開來都會有不同的驚喜。台港文化交流的無限可能，正是其迷人之處。
台北經濟文化辦事處也為「台灣月」十五歲獻上溫暖祝福，並表示台灣月每年都帶來精彩的文化活動是台港文化友好的見證，歡迎大家呼朋引伴體驗超乎想像的台灣文化。
今年的台灣月透過電影、劇場、新媒體、設計、音樂、文學、漫畫等多樣活動，體現尊重傳統與創新前衛的超越精神，並用創意超越空間與想像的邊界。
與香港藝術中心合作策辦香港首個王童回顧影展，選映七部描繪台灣歷史人文的經典作品，甫獲得金馬獎終身成就獎的王童導演將會在大師班親自分享電影背後的故事；台灣首個兼具古典與現代舞內涵的新古典舞團，將帶來代表作《客風•漂鳥之歌》，以「共生」為題訴說族群遷徙漂流的生命經歷，舞出客家藝術文化無限大的多元面向。
與進念．二十面體合作邀請張艾嘉、嚴俊傑、焦元溥聯手打造音樂、文字、光影交融的鋼琴獨奏曖魅說書《魅》，去年在台灣演出即大獲好評，今年重新打造香港版，更備受注目期待。
與微波國際新媒體藝術節聯手策劃台灣專題，由方序中、吳仲倫、鄺佳玲、趙浩權共同創作的《生死牆》，探索藝術在社會上的角色，透過超媒體互動、聲音視覺的多元媒材，讓觀眾穿梭於故事之中，思考生命的價值。屢獲國際大獎肯定的台灣科技藝術先鋒陶亞倫，也將帶來最新帶有濃厚的哲學辯証的虛擬實境作品。而香港藝術家毛灼然與林欣傑於openground策劃設計展覽，讓台灣與香港的新銳設計師深入交流兩地藝文設計的美學風格。
西九文化區將邀請台灣爵士好手謝明諺、李世揚與香港音樂家葉志聰、朱肇階將以線上即興合奏挑動大眾對爵士音樂的認知。
台灣味職人文化學堂邀請台灣大地原色洪晧倫、手手文創姜文中、文化銀行與心象工作室透過展覽、文化職人系列影片及DIY體驗，讓香港大眾感受台灣職人精神及手作的溫度。
此外，台灣數位漫畫展與台灣文化內容策進院、CCC創作集、臺灣漫畫基地、香港動漫聯會合作，以「聖地巡禮」為概念介紹台灣優秀原創漫畫藝術家及其作品，邀請香港朋友隨時隨地都能展開漫遊台灣的二次元文化之旅。
2020台灣月的線上節目發布會於9月30日公布，有獎徵答活動同步起跑，活動至10月8日，歡迎在香港的民眾踴躍分享參與，有機會獲得台灣月與印花樂聯名限量版精美防疫包。
「2020台灣月」最新活動訊息請瀏覽光華新聞文化中心網站 (http://hk.taiwan.culture.tw)或Facebook專頁查詢。
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2020 Taiwan Arts Festival・Ciao! Taiwan
Taiwan-Hong Kong Cultural Exchanges Transcending the Limits of Imagination
The Kwang Hwa Information and Culture Center proudly present the 15th Taiwan Arts Festival – “Ciao! Taiwan”. Scheduled to run from October 9 to November 22, this year’s Taiwan Arts Festival presents a rich programme of arts and cultural activities showcasing the transcendent creativity born out of Taiwan and Hong Kong’s cultural exchanges.
Linda Lu, the Acting Director of the Kwang Hwa Information and Culture Center, says: “This year is the 15th anniversary of Taiwan Arts Festival. It is a year for looking back at the past and towards the future. Facing the impact of the pandemic, we hope to use the power of the arts to cheer everybody up and overcome obstacles together. This year’s key visual design utilizes the Easter egg concept to represent blessings and hope; each event, like an Easter egg, opens up a different surprise. Their charm lies in precisely the infinite possibilities of Taiwan-Hong Kong cultural exchanges.”
The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) also sends Taiwan Arts Festival its warm blessings to celebrate this 15th birthday, noting that the exciting cultural activities brought by the Taiwan Arts Festival every year are a testament to the cultural friendship between Taiwan and Hong Kong. TECO also welcomes everyone to bring their friends and family to experience Taiwanese culture that goes beyond the imagination.
Through diverse activities featuring film, theatre, new media, design, music, literature, and comics, this year’s Taiwan Arts Festival channels a spirit of transcendence that respects traditions as well as avant-garde innovation, utilizing creativity to transcend the boundaries of space and imagination.
Together with the Hong Kong Arts Centre, we present Hong Kong’s first ever film retrospective of Taiwanese filmmaker Wang Toon, featuring seven of his classic films depicting Taiwanese history and humanity. Having just been honored with the Golden Horse Lifetime Achievement Award, director Wang will also be conducting a masterclass to share the stories behind his films.
Taiwan’s first neoclassical dance troupe that combines both classical and modern dance will be bringing their signature performance, The Drifting Fate of Hakka, a story of ethnic migration and diaspora told through the theme of “co-existence” that will convey the infinite diversity of Hakka arts culture.
In a joint project with Hong Kong’s Zuni Icosahedron, we have invited Sylvia Chang, Yen Chun-chieh and Chiao Yuan-pu to co-create Piano Solo Storytelling Spirits, a moving performance fusing music, literature, poetry, light and shadow. This new Hong Kong version of the performance was crafted following the show’s highly acclaimed run in Taiwan last year.
In collaboration with the Microwave International New Media Arts Festival, we have developed a special Taiwan-themed storytelling project entitled “About Life & Death”. Co-produced by Joe Fang , Wu Chung-lun, Joel Kwong and Edward Chiu, the project utilizes interactive hypermedia and audiovisual multimedia to help audiences shuttle through the various stories as they ponder the value of life. International award winner and Taiwanese technology art pioneer Tao Ya-lun will also be bringing his latest philosophical virtual reality work. And Hong Kong artists Javin Mo and Keith Lam will head to openground design portal, where they will facilitate a deep exchange between cutting-edge designers from Taiwan and Hong Kong on the aesthetics styles of their respective art designs.
Meanwhile, the West Kowloon Cultural District will be inviting elite Taiwanese jazz artists Hsieh Min-yen and Lee Shih-yang and Hong Kong musicians Mike Yip and Daniel Chu for an impromptu online jam session that will challenge the audience’s perception of jazz music.
Additionally, Craftsmanship in Taiwan Way has invited Taiwan’s natural pigment artist Hung Hao-lun, Hands founder John Chiang, the Bank of Culture, and Mental Image to give Hongkongers a greater appreciation of Taiwan’s traditional crafts through exhibition, videos and DIY workshops.
Lastly, the Taiwan Creative Content Agency, Taiwan Comic Base, Creative Comic Collective (CCC), and Hong Kong Comics & Animation Federation Limited have joined forces to deliver a Taiwanese digital comic exhibition based on the “holy land pilgrimage” concept, inviting our Hong Kong friends to get to know Taiwan’s outstanding original comic artists and their works through a 2D cultural tour of Taiwan that can be embarked on anywhere, anytime.
2020 Taiwan Arts Festival’s online programme announcement will stream live on September 30. A prize giveaway competition will also kick off at the same time and run until October 8. Hong Kong residents are invited to participate for the chance to win a Taiwan Arts Festival/inBloom limited edition pandemic prevention gift pack.
For the latest information on the 2020 Taiwan Arts Festival, please visit the Kwang Hwa Information and Culture Center website (http://hk.taiwan.culture.tw) or official Facebook page (@khicc).
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