Yen Tzu Chang

The Explorer’s Faith 探險者的信仰 | 2025

Theater Work, Directed Work

The Explorer’s Faith 《探險者的信仰》
Yen-Tzu Chang

Performance Day
2025/9/11 19:30
2025/9/12 19:30
TVP Lublin Studio (Henryka Raabego 2 street, 20-030 Lublin)

“The Explorer’s Faith”, as Chang Yen-Tzu’s latest masterpiece, is not only an innovative practice of technology and art fusion, but also a profound tribute to women’s history and contemporary reflection. This work, which will have its world premiere in Lublin, Poland, carries a temporal dialogue from past to present, constructing a contemporary narrative about courage, faith, and breakthrough through the expression of new media theater.

The core concept of the work stems from excavating the explorer spirit of women throughout history. From the abolition of foot-binding culture in early Taiwan to the opening of women’s education during the Japanese colonial period, each historical moment witnesses how women challenged social frameworks with steadfast faith. The courage and persistence of these historical figures serve not only as important nourishment for creation, but also as spiritual strength for modern women facing complex social challenges. In seemingly equal modern society, women actually still face new challenges unprecedented by their predecessors, including pressure to balance career and family, social expectations of body image, and invisible pressure from online communities.

Through camera depth sensing technology combined with image mapping, dancers’ bodies merge with projected visuals, creating an immersive experience that blurs virtual and real boundaries. The symbolic use of props such as ropes, fabric, and handmade human balloons, combined with precise lighting and sound design, creates an emotional transformation process from resistance, action, truth to embrace. “The Explorer’s Faith” hopes to touch audiences from different cultural backgrounds, fostering collective reflection on gender equality issues, allowing historical retrospection to become the driving force for modern progress.

《探險者的信仰》作為張晏慈的最新力作，不僅是技術與藝術融合的創新實踐，更是一次對女性歷史的深度致敬與當代思辨。這部即將在波蘭盧布林進行世界首演的作品，承載著從過去到現在的時空對話，透過新媒體劇場的表現形式，構築出一個關於勇氣、信仰與突破的當代敘事。

作品的核心理念源於對歷史中女性探險者精神的挖掘。從臺灣早期纏足文化的廢除到日治時期女性教育的開放，每一個歷史節點都見證了女性如何以堅定的信仰挑戰社會框架。這些歷史人物的勇氣與堅持，不僅是創作的重要養分，更是現代女性面對複雜社會挑戰時的精神力量。在看似平等的現代社會中，女性實際上仍面臨著職場與家庭的平衡壓力、身體形象的社會期待、網路社群的無形壓力等前人未曾遭遇的新挑戰。

透過攝影機的深度感測技術結合影像mapping，舞者的身體與投影視覺交融於一起，創造出虛實交錯的沉浸式體驗。繩帶、布幕、自製人形氣球等道具的象徵性運用，配合精密的燈光與聲音設計，營造出從抗拒、行動、真實到擁抱的情感轉變過程。《探險者的信仰》作品期望能夠觸動不同文化背景的觀眾，共同思考性別平等的議題，讓歷史的回望成為現代前行的力量。

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