Reserve the Area - A. Qingguang Area
Socializing became something we are unfamiliar with after the pandemic. We want to go back to the street just like before and feel the energy again. Reserve Qingguang Area right now to explore the new locations for this year’s Close to You Festival.
Tips: A Guide Map will be provided for your tour.
This area includes 3 real-life programs (20-30 mins each) taking place around Qingguang Market. Festival Guide Map available for the tour.
Lin 1： Halfway Scenery →→ ∀∅⊧∞ →→ be Aged
Lin 2： ∀∅⊧∞ →→ be Aged →→ Halfway Scenery
Lin 3： be Aged →→ Halfway Scenery →→ ∀∅⊧∞
Oct.15 sat.11:00.15:00.19:00
Oct.16 sun. 11:00.15:00
price tickets are NT.1200 each.
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Halfway Scenery
►Peng Hao-Chin, Yang Yen-Shu, Lee Yen, Chen Shou-Yu
►Object ＆ Puppet ►Mandarin
►FreeS Art Space（B1, NO. 82, SEC. 3, XINSHENG N. RD., ZHONGSHAN DIST., TAIPEI CITY）
"Are people of your generation afraid to dream big?"
"The dreams that your generation have are vulnerable, aren't they?"
Dream, a motivation that brings you goals and hopes for the future, or a delusion that traps you in endless efforts to success. Is it the end of the dream or the awakening moment waiting ahead when you are turning middle-age?
Excavate traces that time leaves around you and only to find a wasteland. Yet we still try to get a taste of life as we dig deep.
What have we experienced in a seemingly empty space where possibilities are boundless?
What do we see there? Is everything alright when we close our eyes?
Peng Hao-Chin
A freelance actor, performer, middle-aged man with a young heart. Peng has extensive experience in theatre and has participated in various productions. This is his first time creating a work with puppets and objects, using elements of soil to propose a question about his age.
Yang Yen-Shu
Specialized in performing art, new to object theatre. Yang enjoys discovering herself and bringing people together with art. During the making of her object theatre debut, she learnt ceramic skills and the elements of wind, fire and water. She has also built up a better understanding of middle age and the fading of life.
Lee Yen
2003 Graduated from National Kaohsiung Normal University with a BA in Fine Arts
2010 Now Taiwan Haibizi/Japan Yasen no Tsuki Tent Theatre, Script Translator and Stage Designer
2014 野草叢劇社 Outside the law, Stage Designer
2018 Ryuseioh Ryu Our Flowers/Future City in Tokyo, Stage Designer
2018 Ryuseioh Ryu 8 Pieces - Dance to Hungarian Music in Taiwan, Stage Designer
2018-2019 Resident Member of Sleep No Playground Storytelling Apron, Story Weavers
Chen Shou-Yu
From Chiayi
∀∅⊧∞
►Hsueh Mei-Hua, Chen Yi-Chin
►Object & Body ►non verbal
►Tatung University Chih-Sheng Memorial Hall（No. 40, Sec. 3, Zhongshan N. Rd., Zhongshan Dist., Taipei City）
An untitled letter came from afar. Although some things have already happened, although memories are always distorted, the flesh filters through every corner in search, since the soul escaped. Words to be folded and unfolded, a journey to recollect and reconstruct the fragmented life. Inspired by Poland author Olga Tokarczuk’s picture book Zgubiona dusza, this program blends objects and bodies together in response to the calling from the very beginning mind.
Hsueh Mei-Hua
Hsueh is a seasoned puppeteer, playwright of toy theatres and puppet theatres from Taiwan. She established Toy Theater and initiated the action art program Bring the Puppets to Your Home. She was selected by the Cloud Gate Dance Theatre as part of its “Wanderers Project” to study puppetry at the STSI art college in Surakarta, Indonesia. Her recent works include Harmony in a Meal, To Be Confirmed, Puppets Meet Ceramic Art.
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Yi-Chin Chen
Graduated from National Taiwan University of Arts with a BA in Dance, Chen works as a performer and individual creator. She is a core member of Les Petites Choses Production. In 2021, Chen was invited by Creators’ Cradle Circuit to attend the Low Fat Art Fes (Thailand) and Performing Arts Festival (Tokyo) for virtual artist residency programs. She had joined multiple projects as a dancer for Les Petites Choses Production, The Double Theatre and Taipei Dance Circle.
be Aged
►Shih Pei-Yu, Carrie Ou, Yu Huan-Fu
►Video & Object ►non verbal
►HOWSHOW Space（No. 36, Ln. 84, Sec. 3, Xinsheng N. Rd., Zhongshan Dist., Taipei City）
Liberating the sense of body intimacy through visual perception, observing the body to re-understand and rediscover yourself.
A big difference lies in the appearance between a younger body and a middle-aged body that has been in use for many years. How do you describe being middle-aged? The answer is complex. While it may not be 100% pessimistic, it could be a chance to regain the body intimacy after a thoughtful reflection on age.
Throughout the history of human beings, the young bodies are often praised in classical Western arts. What stories can a body tell if we get rid of the old concept?
Shih Pei-Yu
From 2000 to 2004, Shih had been working as a puppet designer and collaborating with many Taiwanese theatres. In 2004, she founded Flying Group Theatre which specializes in using light and shadow in its productions. With space, objects and puppets as its main medium, the Theatre aims to introduce objects/puppets into various fields of performing arts.
Carrie Ou
Majored in fine arts in university when he started to create video works. Since mid-1990, he has been devoted to numerous projects including video art, documentary and cross-genre theatre.He recently participated in dance, modern puppet theatre, Taiwanese glove puppetry with various roles such as visual artist and video creator. He has also been invited to international transdisciplinary art projects.
Yu Huan-Fu
Yu is an experienced theatre writer, director and music designer with a MA degree in Sociology from Soochow University. His work Tiantai Frog was premiered in 1998. Yu has been working with Sun-Shier Dance Theatre since 2000 and was invited to Korea for crossover performances in 2010. In 2014, he collaborated with Chang Hsiu-Ping on the choreography for Ethics. His directorial and stage design work The Prince from Golden Bough Theatre was nominated by Taishin Arts Award in the same year. PAR Magazine describes his music as “Always involves an unique ambience that brings the dancing piece to another level.