TNUA and the Quanta Arts Foundation (QAF) will
jointly launch “Transfuture,” a program highlighting the
marriage of arts and technology in September 2010.
The arts festival will be a showcase of the possibilities
of how sounds, theatre, dance and technology could
combine to transcend all existing forms of arts. QAF,
the baby of Taiwan-based high-tech industry guru Mr.
Barry Lam, chairman of Quanta Computer, was formally
unveiled on January 20 at his company’s R&D headquarters.
QAF’s board of directors is formed by renowned
figures in the world of arts: TNUA President Prof. Ju,
Tzong-Ching; Prof. Lin Hwai-min; Prof. Chu-Wey Liu;
Prof. Stan Lai; Prof. Ku-Fang Lin; and violinist Mr. NaiYuan
Hu.
Mr. Lam remarked that 2010 is Year One for cloud
computing, in which he can see the possibilities of collaboration
between arts and technology. Arts can reach
more people more easily through the power of technology,
enriching and bettering society, he said.
TNUA has over the years produced many outstanding
artists who use technology as their media of expression.
QAF offers a platform to consolidate artists’ creativity
and enterprises’ technological expertise to achieve
breakthroughs in the expressions of arts.
This year’s joint project, “Transfuture,” by TNUA and
QAF will be headed by Mr. Jun-Jieh Wang, chief director
of TNUA’s Center for Art and Technology.
The project will see Quanta’s R&D personnel conduct
lab experiments in a long-term partnership for integrating
arts and technology. With Taiwan having just adopted
a new law promoting cultural and creative industries,
Prof. Ju said cultural and creative industries will definitely
generate another economic boom for Taiwan.
Taiwan already has a huge pool of talent and resources,
and all it needs is a platform and an opportunity for
it to shine, Prof. Ju said, adding the TNUA-QAF “Transfuture”
project is a perfect example of such a platform
that incorporates Taiwan’s most important industrial and
cultural assets.