Yen Tzu Chang

E-mail: yens.chang[at]gmail.com

Yen Tzu Chang is a new media artist/ sound artist based in Taiwan. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the New Media Art Department of the Taipei National University of Art. In 2018, she graduated with a master’s degree from the Interface Culture Department of the Kunstuniversität Linz in Austria.

For Yen Tzu Chang, artistic creation is exploring the essence of life with philosophy and science thinking. She combines art, programming, and technical media into her artworks, including interdisciplinary art and experimental performances based on sound installations.

Ready-made objects and DIY techniques are included in some of her pieces. The most important thing in her pieces is the concept of play, which refers to the interactivity and the transformation of the roles of participants.

She has delivered sound art performances/exhibitions and exhibited her works in many international conferences and festivals, including Ars Electronica Festival, roBOt 08 Festival, Linux Audio Conference, International Symposium on Electronic Arts, Digital Design Weekend in London, Most Wanted: Music in Berlin, etc.

Art Residency & Award

2023 Asia Pacific Exchange program, Perth (AU), residency at The Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts - PICA.
2022 Arts@ITRI, Hsinchu(TW), residency at Industrial Technology Research Institute.
2020 IRCAM Forum, Paris (FR), Exchange Sound Engineering Team.
2018 Music Hackspace (UK), residency at Music Hackspace, Happened and Lacking Sound Festival.
2017 GRAME, Lyon (FR), residency at GRAME and Taipei Digital Art Center.
2017 STEAM imaging, Bremen (DE) & Linz (AT), residency at Fraunhofer MEVIS and Ars Electronica.

Presentation

2021 Most Wanted: Music online performance & interview, Berlin, Germany.
2021 C-LAB Future Media Arts Festival｜PCD Taiwan｜New Media Art Practice-Identity, Gender and Physicality｜Zi-tong Li, An-qi Lin [Ciwas Tahos], Yen-tzu Chang, Mei-Xuan Chen(Host), Taipei, Taiwan.

Solo Performance

2020 AMRO_Nightline, Online performance, Linz, Austria.
2019 KuanDu Light Art Festival (KDLAF), TNUA, Taipei, Taiwan.
2018 “CREATORS Fluid Noise in Practice vol.1”, C-lab, Taipei, Taiwan.
2018 “Electronic Surgeons Kant Failll”, QujOchÖ, Linz, Austria.
2018 Wissenschaft und Kunst im Dialog, Fraunhofer-Forum im Spree-Palais, Berlin, Germany.
2018 FRAMELESS16, MUG im Einstein, München, Germany.
2017 Taiwanese Experiment music, Organise by Happened, Cafe Oto, London, United Kingdom.
2017 Ars Electronica Festival, the artistic outcome of residency, Post City, Linz, Austria.
2017 Plastic Planet, curated by Jaime De Los Rios, Azkuna Zentroa, Bilbao, Spain.
2017 The Art of Creative Networking, TNC17, Stadtwerkstatt, Linz, Austria.
2017 Pureed Noise Soup concert event in Vienna – Signal Zirkus, KRAMLADEN, Vienna, Austria.
2017 Pureed Noise Soup concert event in Linz, BB15, Linz, Austria.
2016 Digital Design Weekend, Austria Culture Forum London, London, United Kingdom.
2016 Algorave, Spazio Rita, Nagoya, Japan.
2016 Algorave, Forestlimit, Tokyo, Japan.
2016 ISEA Algorave, XXX Gallery, Hong Kong.
2016 64, No. 1, Bushbash, Tokyo, Japan.
2016 GLOBALE: Performing Sound, Playing Technology, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany.
2015 roBOt 08 Festival, Piazza Re Enzo, Bologna, Italy.
2015 Ars Electronica Festival, Music Monday, Gleishalle, Post Office, Linz, Austria.
2015 Interface Cultures at Filmforum Festival, Unmade displays performance, Ca’ degli Angeli, Passariano, Italy.
2015 RADIO433 KAMMERSPIELE, ZMW Zentrale Medienwerkstatte – Tonstudio, Linz, Austria.
2015 Symbiotic Cube Concert 19/2, Salonschiff Fraulein Florentine, Linz, Austria.
2014 Opening show, Department of New Media Art The 1st Graduation Exhibition Taipei National University of the Art, JUT Foundation for Arts and Architecture, Taipei, Taiwan.
2014 Linux Audio Conference 2014, Linux Sound Night, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany.
2013 radio433 Niú Zhāng Zhī sound art performance, Ars Electronica Center, Linz, Austria.
2013 Taipei Digital Art Festival, Excellent Work, Taipei, Taiwan.
2013 Department of New Media Art 1st Exhibition Taipei National University of the Art Artificial Impression, opening performance and exhibition, Taipei, Taiwan.
2013 Taipei Fringe UNCOVER Festival, Taipei, Taiwan.
2013 TranSonic 2013 live sound art performance, Taipei, Taiwan.
2013 19th NTU Art Fest 〈Sound Art Tonight〉, Taipei, Taiwan.
2013 Oddsound II – TM404 Live Electronic music, Live creation, Future visual, THE WALL, KORNER, Taipei, Taiwan.
2013 F. Noise 02, Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei (MOCA Taipei), Taipei, Taiwan.
2012 Lacking Sound Fest.65, Noise Kitchen, Taipei, Taiwan.
2012 〈Technology Monster〉exhibition opening show, Taipei National University of the Arts, Taipei, Taiwan.
2012 〈Sonic Blast〉, sound art live performances, Taipei National University of the Arts, Taipei, Taiwan.
2011 〈Look〉 video art exhibition opening show, Taipei National University of the Arts, Taipei, Taiwan.
2011 〈Hybrid Party〉 organizer and performer, Taipei National University of the Arts, Taipei, Taiwan.

Group Performance

2022 The work《The Mirage Replicas》was presented at the 2022 Taoyuan Art x Technology Festival, Yen-Tzu Chang(Main creative concept production and director/sound/video), Taoyuan Arts Center, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
2022 10/1 Phantom Noise II - 2022 17th Taipei Digital Art Festival, Yen-Tzu Chang(sound), cooperation with Ning Tsai (visual), DAC Taipei Digital Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
2022 Minimal Input – Algorithmic Art Gathering, audio-visual performance, cooperation with Tsai Ning(visual), Taipei, Taiwan.
2020 Lacking Sound Festival, audio-visual installation performance, cooperation with Hai-Ting Liao, Taipei, Taiwan.
2020 永 Yǒng, Sound Installation performance, cooperation with I-lly Cheng, Hai-Ting Liao, Heng Chen and Li-Chin Li.
2019 Lacking Sound Festival, cooperation with Yan-Yi Cheng, Taipei, Taiwan.
2017 Kino-Konzert night 24/05, a live-Soundtrack performance in cooperation with Gabriela Gordillo, Kunstuniversität Linz, Linz, Austria.
2016 〈2/3 Two-thirds 〉 stage and sound design, dancer: Yoh Morishita, Initiative.Raumschiff, Linz, Austria.
2013 Lacking Sound Fest.76, Noise Kitchen, Taipei, Taiwan.
2013 Linux Audio Conference 2013, Linux Sound Night, Postgarage, Graz, Austria.
2011 〈Breathe〉sound and visual design, performer: Chiu Pi, Taipei National University of the Arts, Taipei, Taiwan.

Workshop

2022 Soundpainting Development and Performance Project - Workshop ④【Imperfect circle is the most perfect life】, sound installation development workshop, Lin’s Culture, Taipei, Taiwan.
2020 Technoia workshop with Constanza Piña & PrintedNoise Lab, Taipei, Taiwan.

Solo Exhibition

2016 ▲IMPRINT OF CITY – YEN TZU CHANG mini EXHIBITION▲, IAMAS, Ogaki, Japan.

Group Exhibition

2022 We the Shezi Living Fest - lóo-la̍t , Shezidao, Taipei, Taiwan.
2018 Biennale Musiques en Scène, Stone, La BF15, Lyon, France.
2016 Digital Art Festival Taipei, Songshan Cultural And Creative Park, No.5 Warehouse, Taipei, Taiwan.
2016 Digital Design Weekend, 23-25 September, V&A Museum, London, United Kingdom.
2016 INTERACTING ART: working unworks and unworking works, Initiative.Raumschiff, Linz, Austria.
2015 Post-post (Interface Culture exhibition), Ars Electronica Festival, Post Office, Linz, Austria.
2014 Department of New Media Art The 1st Graduation Exhibition Taipei National University of the Art, JUT Foundation for Arts and Architecture, Taipei, Taiwan.
2013 Taipei Digital Art Festival, Excellent Work, Taipei, Taiwan.
2013 Department of New Media Art 1st Exhibition Taipei National University of the Art Artificial Impression, Taipei, Taiwan.
2012 〈Technology Monster〉, Taipei National University of the Arts, Taipei, Taiwan.
2011 〈Look〉 video art exhibition, Taipei National University of the Arts, Taipei, Taiwan.