# Yen Tzu Chang (張晏慈)

> Personal portfolio website of Yen Tzu Chang (張晏慈), a Taiwan-based new media artist, new media art director, and sound artist. She combines art, programming, and technical media into her artworks, including interdisciplinary art and experimental performances based on sound installations.

Yen Tzu Chang holds a bachelor's degree from the New Media Art Department of Taipei National University of the Arts and a master's degree from the Interface Culture Department of Kunstuniversität Linz, Austria (2018).

Her work explores the essence of life through philosophy and science thinking. Ready-made objects and DIY techniques feature in many pieces, with a strong emphasis on interactivity and the transformation of participant roles.

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

## Featured Works

- [In the Abyss, Once Again as a Perceiver 於深淵中，再次作為感知者](/works/in-the-abyss-once-again-as-a-perceiver-於深淵中，再次作為感知者): 2025 robotic arm installation exploring human-AI relationships through Nietzsche's Übermensch philosophy, using agarwood and real-time AI visuals. Exhibited at Ars Electronica Festival and Nuit Blanche Taipei.
- [The Explorer's Faith 探險者的信仰](/works/探險者的信仰): 2025 new media theater exploring women's history and contemporary gender issues through camera depth sensing, projection mapping, and dance performance. World premiere in Lublin, Poland.
- [The Anomaly 異態現象](/works/the-anomaly-re-narrating-women-bodies-and-nature-異態現象-女性、身體與自然的再敘述): 2024 new media theater examining gender, body, and identity through cyborg theory, AI-generated imagery, and dance. Inspired by Donna Haraway's "Simians, Cyborgs, and Women."
- [The Eternal Zoo 永生動物園](/works/the-eternal-zoo): 2024 new media theater exploring human-animal relationships through Taiwan's wildlife history—Formosan deer, elephant Lin Wang, black bear, butterflies, and clouded leopard. Integrates AR, AI, percussion, and dance.
- [The Mirage Replicas 2.0 幻象複本2.0](/works/the-mirage-replicas-2-0《幻象複本2-0》): 2023 new media dance performance exploring cultural memory through the golden bat mythology, using Foucault's heterotopia concept. Premiered at Ars Electronica Festival's Mariendom cathedral.
- [Whose Scalpel](/works/whose-scalpel): 2017 sound performance with 3D-printed heart installation from MRI scans, questioning AI's role in medicine. Created during STEAM imaging residency at Fraunhofer MEVIS.

## Main Pages

- [Works](/works): Portfolio of artworks including sound installations, multimedia performances, and interactive pieces
- [About](/about): Artist biography, CV, exhibition history, residencies, awards, and contact information
- [News](/news): Latest updates, announcements, and events

## Related Projects

- [Yeles Studio](/yeles-studio): Creative studio owned and operated by Yen Tzu Chang, offering new media art direction, sound design, and interdisciplinary collaborations. Open to cooperation inquiries.

## Contact

- E-mail: yens.chang[at]gmail.com
- Link tree: https://linktr.ee/yenschang