Supported by the Ministry of Culture, the 2023 Taiwan International Light Festival (TILF) will be held at the outdoor area of the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts (NTMoFA) in Taichung from Dec. 3, 2022, to Feb. 5, 2023.
The opening ceremony on Dec. 3 was attended by Deputy Minister of Culture Hsiao Tsung-huang (蕭宗煌), NTMoFA director Liao Jen-i (廖仁義), curators Yeh Ting-hao (葉廷皓) and Chiu Chi-yung (邱誌永), participating artists, and other guests. International artists from the US, Japan, and Ukraine greeted Taiwanese audiences through pre-recorded videos.
At the ceremony, Deputy Minister Hsiao stated that NTMoFA founded Digiark (數位藝術方舟) in 2007, which is the first unit in Taiwan to promote technology and art. He also mentioned that TILF was originally held as part of the Taiwan Lantern Festival in Taichung in 2020, and later became a form of independent exhibition through the efforts of NTMoFA.
NTMoFA director Liao said that the museum is a base supported by MOC to promote technology and art. At this year's festival, six groups of Taiwanese artists and three groups of foreign artists will bring several brilliant audio-visual performances to Taiwanese audiences.
At its fourth edition, the 2023 TILF adopts the theme of "Scenery of Dataflow" to discuss how data have become the foundation for supporting and driving artistic creation throughout the development of contemporary tech art, introducing fluidity and diversity into art exhibitions and performances. The festival features six Taiwanese artists/art groups, including Wang Lien-Cheng (王連晟), Chang Hsin-yu (張欣語), Tsai Yi-ting (蔡宜婷), Tsai Ning (蔡寧), 2ENTER (貳進) and 404N. F, and three international artists/art groups, namely, Zachary Lieberman from the US; Shunichi Kasahara (笠原俊一), Kezzardrix (神田竜) , and Satoru Higa (比嘉了) from Japan; and Spain/Ukrainian artist Iury Lech— in collaboration with local artist Wu Ping-sheng (吳秉聖).