On this island, we feel the flow of mountains and seas, and create colors we believe in through the touch of our hands.
With light, shadow, and sound, “Taiwan Spectrum” becomes a sensory journey that spans geography, history, culture, and contemporary art.

Taiwan’s unique geography and shifting history have nurtured a strong cultural resilience. Ｗith the confluence of many forces, this resilience has merged and transformed into the inclusiveness, hybridity, and adaptability distinctive to the Taiwanese people. Through art, our artists express the resilience and regenerative power of culture, taking on the shared inheritance from a volatile past with the present they both celebrate and seek to surmount. “Taiwan Spectrum” reflects the evolution of Taiwanese visual art, offering a microcosm of the fusion, creativity, and renewal that define Taiwan’s culture. The exhibition spans three interconnected spaces, showcasing visual art, craft, and sound. Each area reflects unique cultural phenomena, encouraging audiences to engage with Taiwan through multiple senses. As sound, color, and light converge, visitors experience the dynamic vitality and creative spirit of this island’s culture.

The people of Taiwan excel at making art that crosses boundaries. Amid the onrush of cultural evolution, they continually push the limits of media, weaving literature, film, tech-infused dance, and VR performance into unprecedented artistic marvels. From print to images, from theater to virtual reality, they embrace technology with a uniquely fluid mindset. Their narratives are reborn through these intersections, creating a vibrant cultural language.

This exhibition traces the evolution of media art in Taiwan, showing how cross-disciplinary experimentation has continually expanded the boundaries of artistic expression. Literature becomes the soul of visual storytelling. Theater and dance merge with sensing technologies and immersive environments, transforming the body into a brushstroke within the digital world. VR and new media performances open entirely new dimensions of sensory experience, bringing stories directly into viewers’ bodily consciousness.

In spaces where image, sound, and interactive environments intertwine, audiences will experience firsthand how Taiwanese culture has reinterpreted itself across different eras, and how cross-disciplinary creativity is shaping the art of tomorrow.

This is an exhibition about integrated innovation, where Taiwanese creators engage in a dialogue between technology and art, redefining the norms of culture between the real and the virtual. Imagination becomes an inexhaustible creative force.

The energy of the Taiwanese people is dynamic and fluid, a cohesive force that ignites infinite possilbilities when people come together. In the markets, the cries of vendors rise and fall, the aroma of food from street stalls mingling with the hum of conversation, weaving the truest rhythm of everyday life. In temple squares, parade troupes surge and swirl, Taiwanese opera takes the stage with great fanfare, and glove puppets dance in the play of light and shadow, each vigorous shows a spectacle where faith and entertainment compete and coexist. In classrooms, students exchange hopes for the future, discussing issues on society, technology, and culture, where the clash of ideas lays out new possibilities. In the parks, the elderly practice tai chi, children chase and play, and street musicians offer impromptu performances. This rich tapestry of mingling and blending is the flavor of Taiwan.

On this island, every gathering becomes an act of creation, every exchange a moment of transformation. Whether it’s the pounding drums of parade troupes in the streets or vibrant debates in alleyways, this uniquely Taiwanese energy drives cultural evolution and renewal. Through performances, markets, literature, and music, this exhibition captures these moments of vibrant gathering, allowing visitors to experience how Taiwan’s cultural energy ignites boundless possibilities across spaces of faith, social life, and learning. It reveals the island’s most original, dynamic, and genuine cultural pulse.

Taiwanese people have a magical ability to turn reality into play. They excel at piecing together creativity within limitations, inventing their own rules and ways to play, transforming the quotidian blandness into a collective adventure that everyone can join. This “power of play” is not just a cultural attitude but also a form of collective creativity: flexible, spontaneous, willing to take risks and constantly recombining. It’s the driving force that keeps Taiwanese culture vibrant and evolving.

“The Power of Play” transforms the entire city of Osaka into a cultural playground. It charts hybrid real-and-virtual routes connecting VS. art space in Umeda, city districts, and sound hubs. Using mobile devices, digital guides, and online maps, participants embark on a cultural adventure to explore Taiwanese sensibilities across the city. As they visit landmarks, try local foods, attend exhibitions, and experience performances, they gradually “become Taiwanese,” unlocking new perspectives on Taiwanese culture. Each mission is a micro cultural action: it might be a phrase in a dialect, a distinctive sound, a performance at a local market, or a chance encounter on a street corner. This stage-less, participatory theater invites audiences to roam the city and experience how Taiwanese culture lives within every detail and hidden corner.