Seniors from the TNUA Department of New Media Art presented their graduation exhibition in a dynamic way, having a moving stage crisscross the streets of Taipei for a week in mid-April to break the limitations of art presentation.
The students' art was shown on the walls of displays installed on the New Media Cruiser, a truck that shuttled around the city from April 10 to 16 – the first time that any exhibition has ever been presented in this way in Taiwan.
The project was motivated by the students' pursuit of an effective form of art. Using "speed" – a core value of this generation – as the motif of their research, they studied how art could exceed the limitations of presentation in galleries, and how it could face the crowds and even communicate with the city.
They invited the art director of the New Media Cruiser Institute and more than 40 authorities from different fields – such as physiology, behaviorism, psychology, technology, information and urban development – to work as a group.
The collaboration resulted in the installation of four creations on the walls of the New Media Cruiser. The exhibits included video installations, sculptures and interactive art.
The students who were involved in the project said they hope such a form of presentation can not only allow them to read the city, but also maximize the power of art by going directly into society in a dynamic way.