Tale of Tales: Recontextualizing the Sugar Industry's History in Taiwan and Japan through Interdisciplinary Art

Research | 2024 (Paper accepted)

Paper accepted to SIGGRAPH Asia 2024.

Explore the intertwined histories of Taiwan and Japan’s sugar industries through sound, imagery, and performance.
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Abstract

This paper explores an interdisciplinary art project centered on the history of the sugar industry in Taiwan and Japan. The project integrates sound, imagery, and performance installations to create an immersive experience. Central to the study is Tale of Tales, the musical component of two interconnected works, Another Capital Beneath the Waves and Crystal Seeding, which blend electronic music with historical soundscapes and traditional performances. The project employs newly designed instruments, real-time electronic music, and immersive audio, recontextualizing traditional elements such as Taiwanese glove puppetry and Japanese Bunraku music, offering a rich, multi-layered historical and cultural experience.

Author: Tak-Cheung Hui and Yu-Chia Kuo

ACM Reference Format:
Tak-Cheung Hui and Yu-Chia Kuo. 2024. “Tale of Tales: Interdisciplinary Art at the Intersection of Music, History, Sugar, and Technology.” In SIGGRAPH Asia 2024 Art Papers. SA ’24. New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3680530.3695449

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