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Blossom TWOgether
LIN Mun-Lee
Taiwan NOW is a transnational cooperation and exchange project with art at its core.

While undergoing constant fusion and innovation, the creation and performance of art are essentially the culmination of human civilization, transcending the barriers of borders, races, ethnic groups and even languages. From the past to the present, from tradition to the future, the diverse natural ecology and cultural ecology interweave to create the unique and abundant cultural landscape of Taiwan today.

Taiwan NOW, as its name implies, aims to present Taiwan in the now. It tells the rich and eclectic stories of Taiwan through the unique vocabulary of artists and creators in the context of art and culture to shape an impressionable imagery of Taiwan and create new values for Taiwan. At the same time, Taiwan NOW is also a cross-border cooperation and exchange project. Taiwan and Japan have had frequent interactions and connections in the long sweep of history. In recent years, the two have deepened their friendship with each other in the challenging times. The dialogues and collaboration of artistic creation allow us to Blossom TWOgether. We believe that a truly successful exchange is more than just a one-way communication of “who I am”, but more importantly, a mutual understanding and respect, a deeper co-creation and co-production of connecting and sharing of “who we are”.
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Producer Dr.LIN Mun-Lee
Producer
LIN Mun-Lee
Holding a doctor’s degree in education from the University of Tokyo, LIN Mun-Lee is currently the Chairperson of The National Culture and Arts Foundation (NCAF) and an emeritus professor at the Department of Arts and Design, National Taipei University of Education. Dedicating her career in furthering art education, she has engaged in deepening the research of Taiwan’s art history, facilitating international curatorial exhibitions, and promoting corporate involvement in art during her tenure as the Director of Taipei Fine Arts Museum and National Palace Museum and during her terms as NCAF Chairperson. In 2011, she secured the establishment of the Museum of NTUE (MoNTUE) at the National Taipei University of Education, where she has long been teaching, and continued to promote cross-disciplinary and experimental exhibition projects under the concept of new-form art museum, organizing groundbreaking cultural exchange activities.
AT A GLANCE
Blossom TWOgether underscores the core concept and spirit of Taiwan NOW. Through in-depth dialogues and collaboration of artistic creation that's more in line with the post-COVID era, this project is assembled into a compelling stage for arts and performances through cyber-physical integration, multi-location simultaneous performances, and "releasing the source code". Taiwan NOW has three venues:
TOKYO
With Marunouchi in Tokyo as the nexus, programs featured include the design exhibition Fictional Garden: TAIWAN HOUSE at GOOD DESIGN Marunouchi; a large-scale art installation Untitled Gathering (Tokyo 2020) and the opening special performance Floating Flowers at the KITTE atrium; and performance art Our Labyrinth at JP Tower Museum INTERMEDIATHEQUE.
VIRTUAL
Highlighting curatorial contents without the spatiotemporal constraints, the physical performances in Taiwan and Japan are linked on the cloud. Human Flower, an extension of the main visual design, greets visitors in the Virtual Atrium and leads them to the Virtual Concert: People of Taiwan; Virtual Theater: Roaming Transmigration; and Virtual Cinema: Taiwan Wave.
KAOHSIUNG
At the outdoor plaza of Weiwuying in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, a spectacular performance of Cyr wheel Be An Extraordinary Ordinary Person gets the program rolling. This is followed by the world debut of Aphrodite Orchid, a flagship Taiwanese opera co-produced by Taiwanese and Japanese artists, as the grand finale.
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CURATORIAL COORDINATION
Taiwan and Japan have a long history of relationship with intimate exchanges in society, politics, economy, and even art and culture. In recent years, the importance of cultural exchange for mutual understanding has been deeply recognized by both sides through various opportunities. The Taiwan NOW ArtsFest aims to continue to deepen the benevolent and harmonious relationship between Taiwan and Japan through the reciprocity of diverse, comprehensive and unique cultural values. Taiwan NOW intends to add to Japan's understanding of Taiwan's colorful food and lifestyle culture, as well as to both sides' understanding of contemporary Taiwanese art. Most of the works and programs are founded on the idea of co-creation and co-production, which are expected to contribute to a more profound appreciation of Taiwan’s culture and turn a new chapter of cultural exchange. The multi-faceted programs encompass visual arts, performing arts, music, and design. Having undergone several postponements and adjustments, a cross-disciplinary cloud venue has been added to create possibilities of future artistic expression through a new form in the virtual world, reaching out to Japan and the world.

At the invitation of the Ministry of Culture, LIN Mun-Lee, chairperson of the National Culture and Arts Foundation, serves as the Producer of Taiwan NOW, with Cultural Taiwan Foundation as the organizer. In Japan, the Asia NOW Executive Committee represented by Culture Vision Japan is the co-organizer.
Supervisor
Ministry of Culture
Organizer
The Cultural Taiwan Foundation
Co-organizer
Culture Vision Japan Foundation Inc.
Cooperation
National Culture and Arts Foundation
台北駐日経済文化代表処
@bravo.Kaohsiung
National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying)
JP Tower Museum Intermediatheque
Japan Institute of Design Promotion
ligare
eslite
Sponsor
JNTO
Special Thanks
noiz architects
Supervisor: Ministry of Culture | Organizer: The Cultural Taiwan Foundation | Co-organizer: Asia NOW Executive Committee (represented by Culture Vision Japan Foundation Inc.)
Producer: Chairperson of the National Culture and Arts Foundation, LIN Mun-Lee

Cooperation: National Culture and Arts Foundation, Taipei Economic and Culture Representative Office in Japan & Taiwan, The University Museum, the University of Tokyo, JP Tower Museum INTERMEDIATHEQUE, Japan Institute of Design Promotion OMY Area Management Association (Ligare), Kaohsiung City, Weiwuying National Performing Arts Center | Sponsor: Japan National Tourism Organization(JNTO) | Special thanks: NOIZ Architects

Taiwan NOW TEAM & PARTNERS
Project Office - Project Consultant: Cheryl LAI, Executive Secretary: Yu FANG, Project Manager: Jia-Chi WU, Project Assistant: Yi-Ying TSAI, Marketing Assistant: Eiko CHANG | Japan Representative: N&A inc. | Japan PR Team: VISIONGRAPH Inc., PR KOMBINAT INC. | Tokyo Venue Management: DO CREATION Co. Ltd. | Key Visual Design: JL DESIGN | Web Design: Onion Design Associates | Media Partner: VERSE | Translator & Editor: ChenRan Lily IKEDA, Mu-Ju TSAN, Yurika ABE, Jason LEE