WSD2017 (World Stage Design), jointly organized by the Taiwan Association of Theatre Technology (TATT) and TNUA, will take place at TNUA from July 1 to 9.
Since its launch in 2005, the quadrennial WSD has been the world's only event featuring competitions and exhibitions dedicated wholly to theatre design. The first edition was held in Toronto, followed by Seoul in 2009, and Cardiff in 2013, and it is now coming to Taipei. Since
2013, WSD has been held along with Scenofest.
It is a cross-boundary event of the world of theatre and an international exchange platform, open to all stagedesigners around the world.
For the 2017 event, the organizers have received a total of 660 entries from designers from 52 countries, and the WSD jury has selected 180 of them: 120 entries for the WSD2017 Professional Designers Exhibition and 60entries for the WSD2017 Emerging Designers Exhibition.
The 180 designs to be displayed at WSD2017 at TNUA's Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts (KdMoFA) are from more than 150 designers across 36 countries. From Taiwan, 37
entries from 31 designers are among the selected entries – the most from a single country at this year's event.
Of the selected entries from Taiwan, 21 teachers, students and alumni from TNUA's Department of Theatrical Deign and Technology account for 25.
WSD2017 Scenofest is expected to be a feast offering more than 100 performances of theatre, music and dance.And there will also be almost 50 talks and workshops.
For more information, please visit the official website of WSD2017: www.wsd2017.com