A Global Journey mapping the „New“ World

COVID-19 has had profound impacts on people’s values and way of life, making it impossible to rewind to our beautiful past and limiting our ability to explore around the world. Therefore, we’d like to channel this desire into an exploration of the dimensions of the digital world, into a journey called Grand Tour via a variety of digital platforms and productions. The island will no longer be a confined piece of land, and the ocean will no longer be the obstacle standing between people but a medium binding us all together. Wandering in the digital ocean that connects different networks, we can explore all five continents and the geographical features of hundreds of countries. The journey is about discovering Taiwan’s beauty and our connection to the Austronesian culture, even extending this to the whole world. In this way, we can reinterpret people’s perception of reality and focus more on exchanging knowledge, technology, and creativity.

Formosa Grand Tour has turned the digital content into an outline of an island, gathering Taiwanese artists and creators across fields. Through different arts and themes, the tour truly binds the digital world and our land together, using digital art to reflect on the past and the future. Therefore, we hope that viewers worldwide can once again awaken their passion and desire to make this ”Grand Island Tour” a port where the digital world docks, and kick off a grand tour from Taiwan. In the end, what we own will no longer be limited to the stereotypes between city and city, but a coherent vision of the future shared between Taiwan and the rest of the world.

Credits

Ami Wu (TW), Andre Chiang (TW), Billy Chang (TW), Chia-Chi Lin (TW), Ching-Chuan Hu (TW), Chin-Hsiang Hu (TW), Chun-Chieh Lien (TW), Hsin-Chien Huang (TW), Hung Ghung-I (TW), Jia-Hua Zhan (TW), Jie-Huai Yang (TW), Ning Tsai (TW), Po-Han Lee (TW), Hsiao-Yue Tsao (TW), Shih-Chou Wen (TW), Sio-Pang Hong (TW), Siou-Ming Wu (TW), Vick Wang (TW), Wei-Chung Feng (TW), Wen-Chieh Chang (TW), Wes Kuo (TW), Wu-Ching Chang (TW), Yi-Chi Lin (TW), Yu-Ting Hsueh (TW)Co-curator: Hsiao-Yue Tsao (TW), Billy Chang (TW), Chung-Hsien Chen (TW)
Production Coordinator: Gordon Will (TW)
Programming: Wei-Chieh Chiu (TW), Chun-Yen Yu (TW)
Design: Pei-Yang Yeh (TW)
AC Global (TW), do+2do+ (TW), EMBERS (TW)
Engine Studios (TW), HeyMechanic! (TW), Inwheel (TW), Lucid Realities Studio (FR)
MINIWIZ CO., LTD. (TW)
MoonShine Animation (TW)
National Taiwan Normal University (TW)
Oready Innovation LAB (TW)
Peppercorns Interactive Media Art Co., LTD (TW)
Taipei City Government (TW)
Taipei Urban Intelligence Center (TW)
Yahoo TV (TW)