Taishin Bank Foundation for Arts and Culture

Comments on the Finalist 

Sounds of Babel uses the myth of the Tower of Babel as a metaphorical starting point to explore the heterogeneous voices obscured by dominant discourses and offers an artistic path for reflecting on contemporary crises of language. The exhibition views language as a social practice for understanding different ways of life, using symbolic signs, sounds, and images as entry points to observe consciousness. It examines and presents the diverse soundscapes that emerged after the Tower of Babel, alongside their modern interpretations, demonstrating insightful, universal humanistic depth and artistic scope. The curator skillfully utilizes C-Lab’s spatial characteristics, with clear subthemes, varied dialogic texts, diverse media, and creatively interconnected works to achieve both scope and depth, highlighting marginalized voices at the intersection of art and social justice. (Commentator / WU Yi-Hua)

Artwork Introduction  

Founded in 2018, Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab (C-LAB) is operated by the Taiwan Living Arts Foundation under the Ministry of Culture. With innovation at its core, it aims to create a future-focused hub for cultural experimentation. Internationally, C-LAB encourages exchanges between Taiwan and the global art scene, inspiring cultural imagination rooted in local and Asian contexts. Domestically, it serves as a testing ground for creative incubation, supporting and promoting interdisciplinary collaboration and interaction. Its annual exhibitions blend contemporary art with diverse creative practices to expand creative forms, highlight critical issues, and foster public participation.

About the Artist 

In 2025, Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab (C-LAB) launched its annual exhibition, Sounds of Babel, which examines interconnections within linguistic systems through performances and exhibitions. The exhibition uses the allegory of the Tower of Babel as a metaphor for communication crises, emphasizing themes of nationhood, history, colonialism, and gender to reveal the power structures and differences embedded in language. The featured works primarily draw on historical experiences and span modern and contemporary times, weaving together literature, image, and sound to explore the construction and reinterpretation of identity while unfolding dialogue and imagination across multiple contexts.

CHUANG Wei-Tzu, curator at C-LAB and former editor-in-chief of Artist magazine, has a background in journalism dating back to before the rise of online media. She combined her journalism training and skills with her expertise in art criticism, focusing on arts and cultural reporting and art review. Her main interests include evolving artistic ideas, exhibition techniques, and gender topics in art history.

Production Team

Curator| CHUANG Wei-Tzu
Production Coordinator| Casper CHEN
Production Executive| HUANG Yi-Hsuan,Judy CHU
Public Event Execution| HUANG Yi-Hsuan, WUYi-Zhen
Technical Coordinator| CHANGHuei-Ming(LoveCuisineLtd.)
Exhibition Design| CHUANG Wei-Tzu, Casper CHEN
Construction Hua Kung EngineeringCo.Ltd., CWS LogisticandInstallation JC Art EngineeringCo.,Ltd.
 Artwork Production Cooperation CHENG An-Shun
Equipmentand Technical Cooperation| Ariel SUNG
Graphic Design| Manufactured Landscapes,TSAI Ching-Hua
Translator| KAO Huei-Cian,WANG Sheng-Chih,
Marketing| LIU Yu-Ching,HUANG Yu-Hsin,TING Sheng-Feng
Venue Coordination| LINJ hih-Ming, LEE Hou-Ci, YUAN Yin,Kevin HSIEH,CHIANG Ling, CHIU Shih-Chen
Administrative Cooperation| Cynthia WANG, WANG Yun-Yuh,HSU Fang-Wen, YU Meng-Ling, Angel LIAO, ZHOU Ya-Chen, Mino SUN, WU Pei-Yu