The mission statement of New Taipei City Art Museum is to create a museum of the people, using art to drive innovation and animation in the city, transforming Yingge, where the museum is located into a unique art village. In this context, “Light Up x New Taipei City” represents the coming together and exchange of artistic energy, lighting up New Taipei and Yingge.
The program featured 13 art institute operators or curators and local shop owners in Yingge or local artisans who shared their vision for the future of the museum and experiences putting down roots in the community.
Unit 1.Imagining the Museum of the Future
EP1.Openness – Equality – Participation: The 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa in Japan
Guest ─ Jut Art Museum Director Huang Shan-shan
EP3.Equal rights and Speaking Out - National Museum of the American Indian
Guest ─ Dimension Endowment Of Art CEO Hsiung Peng-chu
EP5.The Coexistence and Symbiosis of Art Institutions and Independent Organizations - Ars Electronica x STWST
Guest ─ Dimension Plus Creative Director Escher Tsai
EP7.Heritage, Protecting and Promoting – Li Mei-shu Memorial Gallery
Guest ─ Art historian and curator Pai Hsueh-lan
EP10.Leaders in Innovating Cross-disciplinary Art - Pompidou Centre
Guest ─ National Taiwan University of Arts President Chen Chih-cheng
EP11.The Connection between Art, Technology and Society - Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media
Guest ─ Taipei Fine Arts Museum Director Wang Jun-jieh
Unit 2.New Paradigm of Local Growth and Development
EP2.Local Living Aesthetics - Da Qian Art Co.
Guest ─ Da Qian Art Co. founder Peter Kuo
EP4.Generations of Persevering in Ceramic Tradition and Innovation x Combined with a Local Platform – Tai Hwa Pottery
Guest ─ Tai Hwa Pottery Executive Assistant to Chairman Lu Chia-wei
EP6.A Sense of Calling to Pass on Tradition and Change – The Shu’s Pottery
Guest ─ The Shu’s Pottery COO Steve Hsu
EP8.Transforming an Old House Next to a Railway Line x a Lively New Space Headed by Six Artisans – Huo Fang
Guest ─ Huo Fang Co-founder Yang Ching-ling
EP9.Right Vessels for Tea x The Ceramic Way of Life – Lin’s Ceramics Studio
Guest ─ Lin’s Ceramics Studio Founder Lin Jung-kuo
EP12.Grassroots Power of the Rock and Roll Spirit – Summer HOUSE
Guest ─ Summer HOUSE owner Chen Chi-hung x Artist Chen Chia-hung