NTU Arts Festival "DECOmposer" Unveiled: Interpreting Civic Science and Ecology
The 31st National Taiwan University Arts Festival, themed "DECOmposer," opened, using art to interpret and discuss ecological controversies like "window strike." Planned by students, it aims to foster public understanding and participation in environmental protection, drawing parallels with biological decomposers.
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(Central News Agency reporter Chen Chih-chung, Taipei, 9th) The 31st National Taiwan University Arts Festival, planned by a student team, has opened. Under the theme "DECOmposer," it attempts to interpret and explore ecological controversies such as "window strike" through art.
National Taiwan University announced today in a press release that this year's Arts Festival is led by Liu Yu-heng and Chang Chia-an, students from the Department of Life Sciences, as chief organizers, and guided by Professor Shih Ching-fei from the Graduate Institute of Art History. It starts from the civic science and ecological issues surrounding National Taiwan University and reinterprets life stories from an artistic perspective.
The theme for this year, "DECOmposer," is derived from a biological term. The planning team points out that "decomposers" are not just processors at the end of life; they also play a role in helping organisms return to the natural cycle and allowing life to continue. At the same time, decomposers can regulate the physical and chemical factors of microhabitats, silently changing temperature, gas composition, and nutrient cycles.
The team noted that there is a group of people in the world who, when faced with fallen lives, choose to record the stories and traces of life in a rational and scientific way. This rational and objective perspective becomes a driving force for changing the ecological environment, continuing the meaning of wild animal life, just like decomposers.
The National Taiwan University Arts Festival has created dedicated exhibition spaces for four major issues: window strikes, roadkill, domestic animal killings (by cats and dogs), and native fish species, hoping to move beyond human-centered emotional transmission and see the plight of wild animals and plants.
For example, the issue of "window strike," where birds collide with glass and suffer casualties, has received increasing attention in recent years. People have begun to think about how to improve it through methods such as printing, mixed materials, and shading. The National Taiwan University Arts Festival has specially planned the "Window Strike Memorial," inviting children from nearby Ming Chuan Elementary School and Wen Lin Elementary School to jointly paint sculptures, combine workshops, and create "Wings of Protection" window decals to improve the problem of wild birds hitting glass, allowing more people to participate.
National Taiwan University President Chen Wen-chang stated in his opening speech last night that it is very meaningful for the planning team to take the origin and journey of animal life as an artistic theme. When viewing the Arts Festival exhibitions, one can learn about various events that occur throughout an animal's life, from birth to death, through specimens, and behind them are a series of stories. He hopes that through these exhibitions, humans can cherish animals more. (Edited by Li Heng-shan) 1150509
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(Central News Agency reporter Chen Chih-chung, Taipei, 9th) The 31st National Taiwan University Arts Festival, planned by a student team, has opened. Under the theme "DECOmposer," it attempts to interpret and explore ecological controversies such as "window strike" through art.
National Taiwan University announced today in a press release that this year's Arts Festival is led by Liu Yu-heng and Chang Chia-an, students from the Department of Life Sciences, as chief organizers, and guided by Professor Shih Ching-fei from the Graduate Institute of Art History. It starts from the civic science and ecological issues surrounding National Taiwan University and reinterprets life stories from an artistic perspective.
The theme for this year, "DECOmposer," is derived from a biological term. The planning team points out that "decomposers" are not just processors at the end of life; they also play a role in helping organisms return to the natural cycle and allowing life to continue. At the same time, decomposers can regulate the physical and chemical factors of microhabitats, silently changing temperature, gas composition, and nutrient cycles.
The team noted that there is a group of people in the world who, when faced with fallen lives, choose to record the stories and traces of life in a rational and scientific way. This rational and objective perspective becomes a driving force for changing the ecological environment, continuing the meaning of wild animal life, just like decomposers.
The National Taiwan University Arts Festival has created dedicated exhibition spaces for four major issues: window strikes, roadkill, domestic animal killings (by cats and dogs), and native fish species, hoping to move beyond human-centered emotional transmission and see the plight of wild animals and plants.
For example, the issue of "window strike," where birds collide with glass and suffer casualties, has received increasing attention in recent years. People have begun to think about how to improve it through methods such as printing, mixed materials, and shading. The National Taiwan University Arts Festival has specially planned the "Window Strike Memorial," inviting children from nearby Ming Chuan Elementary School and Wen Lin Elementary School to jointly paint sculptures, combine workshops, and create "Wings of Protection" window decals to improve the problem of wild birds hitting glass, allowing more people to participate.
National Taiwan University President Chen Wen-chang stated in his opening speech last night that it is very meaningful for the planning team to take the origin and journey of animal life as an artistic theme. When viewing the Arts Festival exhibitions, one can learn about various events that occur throughout an animal's life, from birth to death, through specimens, and behind them are a series of stories. He hopes that through these exhibitions, humans can cherish animals more. (Edited by Li Heng-shan) 1150509
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