Digital Deities: The Spirit of Restoration explores how Taiwan’s door god culture evolves in the digital age, blending tradition with cutting-edge technology. Through the use of AI digital twin technology, the project mirrors visitors into a virtual door god realm. The installation combines dynamic projection with interactive sensing, allowing participants to enter the restorer’s meditative state. This cross-disciplinary work honors Taiwan’s living spiritual heritage.
The project is a collaboration with The Metaverse Alliance, co-founded by internationally acclaimed XR director Hsin-Chien Huang, and recognized for its fusion of engineering, design, and gaming expertise, with a strong focus on VR/XR innovation.
The participating artists—Shun-Jen Tsai, Billy Yi-Chun Chang, Tzu-Chi Liu, Konny Ke-Chen Lan, and Jared Chia-Hung Ho—each contribute distinct practices spanning dance, music production, multimedia, and interactive design. Together, they create a powerful synthesis of tradition and innovation, offering audiences an immersive, sensory encounter with Taiwan’s spiritual and technological present: Bathed in shifting digital light, AI twin technology merges their forms with the audience’s presence, opening a dialog across time. As viewers stand before the digital gate, their image fuses with the divine—inviting them to take part in a shared ritual of protection and traidition.
