Topic || Cultural Equity and Artistic Performance: An Experimental Collaborative Project between Tokyo University of the Arts and Taipei National University of the Arts Speaker || Yu-Che Hsiao, Ling-Yi Tseng, Chen-Yi Tan, Pei-Hsin Wu (Graduate Students, Institute of Museum Studies) Moderator || Ming-Chin Chiang (Graduate Institute of Architecture and Cultural Heritage) Date & Time || 12:30-13:30, 2025/12/22 Venue || 4/F, Research Building, TNUA Quota of people || 30 Closing date for entries || From now to 2025/12/19 23:59 Link for entries || https://forms.gle/Y7nWn1kPNDG4Rbv38 *Notification email will be sent before the event.
The Sixth Brown Bag Forum of the College of Cultural Resources, TNNUA (Academic Year 114, Semester 1) will be held on Monday, December 22, from 12:30 to 13:30, at the Cultural Resources Reading Room on the 4th floor of the Research Building.
The forum, titled “Cultural Equity and Artistic Performance: An Experimental Collaborative Project between Tokyo University of the Arts and Taipei National University of the Arts,” will be presented by Yu-Che Hsiao, Ling-Yi Tseng, Chen-Yi Tan, and Pei-Hsin Wu, graduate students from the Institute of Museum Studies, and moderated by Director Ming-Chin Chiang of the Graduate Institute of Architecture and Cultural Heritage.
As contemporary art increasingly adopts diverse approaches to addressing social issues, perspectives that engage with local contexts and culture have gradually become commonplace. In this experimental project, eight students from Tokyo University of the Arts and the Institute of Museum Studies at TNNUA formed four teams. Under guided collaboration, how did they work together across cultural and disciplinary differences to complete exhibition projects within a limited timeframe? How did these encounters spark new artistic approaches to cultural equity, exhibition themes, and creative media?
The teams adopted a collaborative model resembling an “artist–artist manager” relationship. The four TNNUA museum studies students were not merely local guides; instead, they acted as co-creators, participating in topic selection, fieldwork planning, and the conceptualization of exhibition media and methods. Through close dialogue with their partners, they explored multiple possibilities for both themes and artistic creation.
Throughout these collaborations, what did we experience, how did we interpret those experiences, and how did we integrate our own cultural understandings into cross-cultural creative practices? These shared reflections collectively shaped the spirit of this experimental collaboration.
Whether you are interested in how art engages with cultural equity, locality, and cross-cultural exchange, or simply wish to revisit and reflect on this project together with us, we hope to present not only individual artworks, but also the stories behind them—direct, lived, and deeply human.
All are warmly welcome to attend.
