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From Page to Stage: NCKU and NMTL Host Successful Script Reading
Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration Establishes a Platform for Co-Creating Literature and Theater
The performance showcased the creative outcomes of the "Special Topics on Contemporary Theater and Playwriting" course, taught by Associate Professor Tzu-Yun Hu from the NCKU Institute of Art Studies. It also serves as a key practical achievement under a sub-project of the Ministry of Education's Higher Education Sprout Project. Centered on the core concept of "Performative Writing," the course guided students to rethink the relationship between the museum's collections, exhibition spaces, and local culture through theatrical creation. By means of playwriting, script-reading performances, and audience interaction, students explored how literary texts can be transformed into live, public artistic actions.
Through this special collaboration with NMTL, students conducted multiple field observations at the museum during the initial creative phase to gain deep insights into curatorial concepts, archived artifacts, and exhibition contents. They utilized the museum's spatial atmosphere and historical literary materials as core elements for their playwriting. Supported by the professional resources and cultural venue provided by NMTL, students drew inspiration from literary texts, historical memories, and local culture to develop original scripts that balance artistic creativity with cultural reflection, showcasing the innovative energy sparked by the cross-disciplinary collaboration between higher education and cultural institutions.
Showcasing Rich Achievements of Youth Creators Responding to Cultural Venues
On the day of the event, more than ten script-reading pieces were performed. The content blended exhibition observations, local memories, literary imagination, and contemporary social issues. Breaking away from traditional script-reading formats, the presentation utilized performance techniques such as audience participation, interactive Q&A, spatial movement, and immersive storytelling. This enabled the audience to be more than just spectators; they became part of the performance, jointly completing each real-time, open-ended artistic practice. Through this achievement presentation, students not only gained practical experience in playwriting and performance production, but also learned how to respond to real-world cultural venues, transforming literary collections into artworks with public dialogue significance. During the process, participating citizens also rediscovered Taiwan's literature, history, and culture from different angles, experiencing the diverse ways of viewing and exchanging brought by theater arts intervening in a cultural space.
The collaboration with NMTL has successfully established a cooperative model of resource sharing and co-creation between university courses and cultural institutions, fully demonstrating the social impact of combining arts education with cultural practice. Moving forward, NCKU will continue to deepen partnerships with cultural venues and art organizations to promote cross-disciplinary artistic creation, curatorial practice, and public engagement. This ongoing effort aims to cultivate a new generation of artistic talent equipped with creative capabilities, cultural literacy, and social care, making theater a vital bridge that connects literature, history, locality, and the public.
NCKU and National Museum of Taiwan Literature Celebrate successful "performative writing" script-reading event
Supported by the professional resources and cultural venue provided by the museum, students were able to draw inspiration from literary texts, historical memories, and local culture.
By transcending traditional script-reading formats through audience participation, interactive Q&A, spatial movement, and immersive storytelling, the performance turned members of the public from mere spectators into part of the show.
Collaborating with the National Museum of Taiwan Literature successfully creates a shared, co-creative model for university courses and cultural institutions, showcasing the profound social impact of integrating arts education with cultural practice.
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