Bat Feast Lab - Performance
Initiating a dialogue between art and biology, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic, Taipei Arts Festival seeks to address the present and future boundary between speculative design, performance and science as forms of representation and discourses for our increasingly complex times.
Referencing the legendary Manchu-Han Imperial Banquet of exotic dishes, Kuang-Yi Ku, a dentist-turned-bioartist, invites fellow scientists, artists and animal experts to convene a forum-feast, taking the bat as central subject.
Together, they set up a lab to generate multiple perspectives: be it to discuss the controversies in ecological issues, cultural prejudices and racism, food ethics and tech cultures, or to host culinary workshops to experiment with innovation, design and performative relations.
Welcome to a highly participatory and discursive program, where it takes super curiosity, courage and care to engage in the lab process. Come discover the possibility of co-creating a new form of knowledge production and experience. No formal attire required at this dazzling Bat Feast Lab!
Referencing the legendary Manchu-Han Imperial Banquet of exotic dishes, Kuang-Yi Ku, a dentist-turned-bioartist, invites fellow scientists, artists and animal experts to convene a forum-feast, taking the bat as central subject.
Together, they set up a lab to generate multiple perspectives: be it to discuss the controversies in ecological issues, cultural prejudices and racism, food ethics and tech cultures, or to host culinary workshops to experiment with innovation, design and performative relations.
Welcome to a highly participatory and discursive program, where it takes super curiosity, courage and care to engage in the lab process. Come discover the possibility of co-creating a new form of knowledge production and experience. No formal attire required at this dazzling Bat Feast Lab!
Credits:
Concept: Kuang-Yi Ku
Dramaturgy: Huang Ding-Yun
Scientist of Bats Ecology: Chou Cheng-Han
Scientist of Tissue Engineering: Sun Wei-Lun
Visual Design: Robert Charles Johnson
Food Design: Adelaide Lala Tam
3D Model: Liu Zhao-Wei, Huang Hong-Xiang
Production Management: Chen Chun-Ting
Associate Production: Tu Yu-Shin
Collaboration: Mark Wang, Kuan Yen-Ting, Jessica Lin, Paul Gong, Tseng Shi-Kai, Erica Huang, Chan Hung Lu, Weed day, Kuan Kuan-Chih (listed alphabetically by Chinese surname)
Co-Commissioned by Taipei Performing Arts Center and LIFT (London International Festival of Theatre)
Funded by ARTWAVE and the British Council as part of the International Collaboration Grants, and the National Culture and Arts Foundation
In cooperation with National Taiwan Science Education Center
Supported by Creative Industries Fund NL, the Netherlands
Concept: Kuang-Yi Ku
Dramaturgy: Huang Ding-Yun
Scientist of Bats Ecology: Chou Cheng-Han
Scientist of Tissue Engineering: Sun Wei-Lun
Visual Design: Robert Charles Johnson
Food Design: Adelaide Lala Tam
3D Model: Liu Zhao-Wei, Huang Hong-Xiang
Production Management: Chen Chun-Ting
Associate Production: Tu Yu-Shin
Collaboration: Mark Wang, Kuan Yen-Ting, Jessica Lin, Paul Gong, Tseng Shi-Kai, Erica Huang, Chan Hung Lu, Weed day, Kuan Kuan-Chih (listed alphabetically by Chinese surname)
Co-Commissioned by Taipei Performing Arts Center and LIFT (London International Festival of Theatre)
Funded by ARTWAVE and the British Council as part of the International Collaboration Grants, and the National Culture and Arts Foundation
In cooperation with National Taiwan Science Education Center
Supported by Creative Industries Fund NL, the Netherlands