Curatorial statement
Radical breakthrough—moving forward in the post-pandemic era
Since 2010, going to see the Close to YOU International Performing Object Festival with everyone has become a romantic “orange date” for us. Touring with the guide through allies, witnessing the experimental practice of objects and puppet theatres, as if it was a journey to the land of puppetry. Close to YOU International Performing Object Festival used to hold its programs at the venues in our daily lives, turning a living space into a character, a text or a stage. We wonder, would the relationship between human beings and objects be more open and flexible if we jump out of those living spaces? In addition to animating and operating, is there more to be found in terms of the use of puppets? In the 9th edition this year, the Festival continues to explore the relationship between human beings and objects while putting an emphasis on space. The venue planning of 3 areas are extended into 3 different types of spaces - daily-life space, online space and neutral space. With this innovative concept, we hope to push objects/puppets forward in the post pandemic era, and to realize the idea of making the Festival an experimental platform.
Pei-Yu Shih
Reserve the Area - Qingguang Area
Premiere
15-16 Oct, 2022, Qing Guang Area, Taipei City
20mins / performance
Halfway Scenery
►Taiwan
►Peng Hao-Chin, Yang Yen-Shu, Lee Yen, Chen Shou-Yu
►Object ＆ Puppet ►Mandarin
►FreeS Art Space
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►Taiwan
►Hsueh Mei-Hua, Chen Yi-Chin
►Object & Body ►non verbal
►Tatung University Chih-Sheng Memorial Hall
be Aged
►Taiwan
►Shih Pei-Yu, Carrie Ou, Yu Huan-Fu
►Video & Object ►non verbal
►HOWSHOW Space
Reserve the Booth - CloudTheatre Taiwan
Premiere
17-20 Oct, 2022, CloudTheatre Taiwan, Online
《TheTube》
TheTube
►The Netherlands
►TAMTAM objektentheater
Marije van der Sande
Gérard Schiphorst
►Object animation, Theatrical installation ►non verbal
►15 mins
Old things have passed away?
►Taiwan
►Wu, Hsiu-Ho
►Video ►non verbal
►18 mins
BADADA
►Israel
►Shay Persil
►Puppet, Object ►non verbal
►15 mins
Video Call Practise - the Video
►Taiwan, Japan
►Lin, Zi-Heng, Wu, I-Ting, Chiu, Chui-Lung
►Video ►Mandarin
►20 mins
Reserve the Building - Cloud Gate Theatre
Premiere
22-23 Oct, 2022, Cloud Gate Theatre
Video Call Practise
►Taiwan, Japan
►Lin, Zi-Heng, Wu, I-Ting, Chiu, Chui-Lung
►Video & Live ►Mandarin
►20 mins
The Unknown
►Taiwan
►Tien Tan
►Solo & Lecture & Participatory ►Mandarin
►30 mins
The Universe in a box
►Taiwan
►David Liu, Alexander Lee
►Video & Object & Live ►Mandarin
►25 mins
Translate Yo-Yo, Father and Son
►Taiwan
►Yang Yuan-Ching, Yu Huan-Fu
►Object theater & Circus ►Mandarin
►15 mins
COCOON
►Taiwan
►Yu Meng-Ju
►String Puppet ＆ Object ►non verbal
►10 mins
Uncle Calder's。Circus
►Taiwan
►Lu Chung-Chen, Wang Tung-Hao
►Immersive & Video ►Mandarin
►30 mins
Accident
►Taiwan
►Huang AiAi
►Installation & Live ►Mandarin
►20 mins
Frankenstein's cardboard box
►Taiwan
►Raintree Chan
►Installation & Participatory ►non verbal
Flesh
►Taiwan
►Cheng Chia-Yin, Liang Mong-Han
►Installation
Close, to you. Festival Look Back
►Video
TEAM
Curator/Shih Pei-Yu
Producer/Cordelia Yang
Executive Producer/Spring Chen
Marketing Consultant/Lu Chung-Wei
Marketing Coordinator/ Syu Zi-Jia
Maketing Assistant/Lily Chen
Front-End Developer /Weslee Chuang
Back-End Engineer/ Stanoo Chang
Ticketing Coordinator/Stella Shen
Visual Art Designer/Raintree Cha
Designer/Robert Lin
Translator/Lyu Chia-Yu
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