The 2024 Taiwan Technology X Culture Expo would focus on the themes of “gaming and entertainment,” “virtual idols” and “technological art” when it opens at Kaohsiung’s Pier-2 Art Center in October, the city’s Bureau of Cultural Affairs said last week.
With “Future at Play” as the show’s slogan, visitors are invited to “press play” to experience the interweaving of culture and technology at the expo, the bureau said in a statement.
The show would showcase performances, film, music, technology and industry, incorporating the Kaohsiung Film Festival and the Takao Rock music festival, as well as XR Dreamland, an international short film competition and extended realty (XR) film competition, it said.
Photo: Screen grab from the center’s Facebook page
As the center of the semiconductor supply chain, Taiwan has an increasing number of cultural workers who are fusing artificial intelligence and XR technologies to pioneer artistic expressions as technology is advancing, Minister of Culture Li Yuan (李遠) said.
The expo reflects not only investments from high-tech industries in the city, but also significant cultural events, including XR Dreamland, the biggest XR film festival in Asia, Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chi-mai (陳其邁) said.
XR is an umbrella term that includes augmented reality, virtual reality and mixed reality, related technologies that aim to merge physical and virtual interactions.
Organized by the Ministry of Culture and the Kaohsiung City Government, the expo is to run from Oct. 12 to 27.
The Taiwan Creative Content Agency, central government ministries, local governments and private enterprises have all joined in to showcase Taiwan’s strengths in culture and technology, the statement said.
Takao Rock would be held from Oct. 11 to 13, with more than 60 singers and bands from Taiwan and around the world, the bureau said.
Early bird tickets for the music festival are to go on sale on Opentix at noon on Monday next week, it said.
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