The Cultural Affairs Bureau of Taichung City Government is holding “A Fantasy Journey Beginning in Tun District: 2026 Technology and Interdisciplinary Arts Special Exhibition” at Tun District Art Center from June 27 to August 9, 2026, with the opening ceremony held on June 28. Curated by Professor Chih-Yung Chiu, the exhibition brings together technology art teams from different generations to present 11 works. Through diverse media such as interactive installations, AI generation, cyanotype printing, and sound translation, the exhibition centers on “fantasy” and “local history and culture”, transforming the venue into a fantastical time-space hub that connects the past and the future.
Chun-Fu Shih, Deputy Director-General of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, said Tun District Art Center has in recent years worked to bring technology into the field of art while deepening the value of original local IP. The Center previously invited playwright Meng-Huan Lin and screenwriter Chi-Tao Wu to create the original story script “A Fantasy Journey of the Wufeng Lin Family”. For this exhibition, Chih-Yung Chiu, Yu-Fang Wang, and Chih-En Wu were specially invited to collaborate across disciplines on the digital translation of the script, creating the new work “The Courtyard Before the Play Begins”. The art team used 3D printing technology to recreate miniature historical scenes such as the Grand Flower Hall, allowing visitors to play the role of puppeteers and trigger sounds on site. Through concrete sensory interaction, the work breaks down the viewing distance between audiences and history, leading families to jointly restore and return to a moment in history. The special exhibition also thanks the Wufeng Lin Family Gongbaodi Art Center Association for its support and assistance, enabling the exhibition to look back on Taichung’s local stories.
Curator Chih-Yung Chiu said the curatorial theme of “A Fantasy Journey Beginning in Tun District” is planned around three core ideas: connecting with the local community, creating relaxed interaction with audiences, and encouraging care for oneself and the environment. The exhibition includes the translation of local texts and participation by Taichung artists, accessible interactive experiences using buttons and light sensors, and ecological concern conveyed through woodpeckers and fictional creatures. Visitors are welcome to come and slowly appreciate the beauty of technology art.
The Cultural Affairs Bureau further explained that, in addition to deepening local history and culture, the exhibition uses artificial intelligence and various technology-based media to explore the crisis of authenticity and human imagination in the age of algorithms. Yi-Lin Chang’s “Speculative Natural History: Bio Nature X Computational Species Project” Series 01 presents AI-generated fictional biological specimens and evolutionary lineages, challenging viewers’ trust in authoritative information. Video artist Kuang-Ho Chang uses AI images in the “Animal Artists” series, in which animals play the roles of artisans with both absurdity and realism, gently deconstructing contemporary systems of viewing. Tsung-Lun Huang’s works “Annie”, “David”, and “Little David” further hybridize mechanical installations with heterogeneous materials such as tortoise plastron and deer antler used in Chinese medicine, constructing a state of life that moves beyond technology. Young creators Jui-Hsuan Tung and Tzu-Hsuan Yeh’s “Stealing Hoops” uses the childhood ring toss game as a metaphor to reflect on the psychological shackles of today’s younger generation.
The special exhibition also offers reflections on everyday environments, time, and individual memory. Shu-Min Chang’s “The Bright Room Project” uses the classical cyanotype process as a developer for time, continuously capturing the light and shadow of the space and the afterimages of viewers over nearly 1,000 hours of the exhibition period, turning abstract time into tangible traces. “!heard,!seen,!done”, co-created by Chun-Huang Lin, Yun-Chun Lin, Chi-Hung Huang, and Chieh-Yin Tai, translates the sounds of everyday life around Tun District into the flickering frequencies of light, guiding viewers to hear long-overlooked daily sounds again through the surface play of light and darkness. Pou-Ching Tsai’s “Vibrating at an Altitude of 2,000 Meters” begins with a woodpecker specimen, follows the memories of the specimen’s life back into the mountains and forests, and sets up a mechanical installation that imitates pecking sounds, allowing the sound to echo once again between the forest and the exhibition space.
Tun District Art Center said the exhibition presents an in-depth dialogue between technology and cultural heritage, and has received support from companies including Juting Machinery Co., Ltd. and Mulin Marketing Co., Ltd. for related public welfare projects in technology and interdisciplinary arts. During the exhibition, two parent-child interactive outreach workshops, “The Little Airplane That Can Run” and “Future Creature Guide”, have been specially planned, with registration opening on June 30, along with several educational guided tours. Visitors who complete a questionnaire during the exhibition may redeem a limited-edition gift. For detailed event information and registration methods, please visit the official website or Facebook page of Tun District Art Center. (https://www.facebook.com/ttdac).