Traces

‘Traces’ is one of the featured works in ‘Island Performance’, a cross-disciplinary project that explores how techno-art can be translated into choreographic and visual forms. Developed as a site-based collaboration on the Matsu Islands, the project reinterprets Taiwan’s coastal and historical landscapes through performance and real-time image generation.

Premiered as part of the exhibition ‘Diffusion Couple of Art and Technology’ at the Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, ‘Traces’ contemplates the porous boundary between engineering and the humanities—where systems, bodies, and meaning dissolve into one another through motion.

The work centers on the interaction between a dancer and a pre-programmed robotic arm. Their gestures were captured and translated into dynamic visual patterns, forming a stage backdrop that mirrors the dancer like a digital double. This counterpoint amplifies the tension between body, machine, and environment, extending movement into image.

The work was directed by Jeff Hsieh, with choreography co-created by Yeh Yu-hsuan and robotic motion developed by the National Cheng Kung University robotics team. The interactive animated visual system was designed and produced by YEN TING CHO Studio. In the performance’s climax, a real-time sensor detected the dancer’s live movement, generating reactive visuals. In this convergence of choreography, code, and space, meaning emerged through presence, resonance, and mutual responsiveness.

 

Award | 2025 Future Tech Award, TW