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“Echoes of the Land,” an interactive kinetic installation by NYCU Assistant Professor Ivan Chen-Hsiu Liu, was featured at Spain’s renowned L.E.V. Digital Arts Festival. (Photo credit: the Ministry of Culture)
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National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) Assistant Professor and new media artist Ivan Chen-Hsiu Liu is turning the tremors of the Earth into a global artistic sensation. His latest interactive installation, Echoes of the Land, has been making waves across Europe and Asia—featured at Spain’s L.E.V. Festival, ISEA 2025 in Seoul, the Bauhaus Museum Weimar in Germany, and Austria’s iconic Ars Electronica Festival.
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\r\nThe work’s international run not only showcases Taiwan’s growing prominence in technological art but also signals NYCU’s expanding influence in cross-disciplinary creative research.
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\r\nIn Echoes of the Land, seismic science becomes art. Inspired by the spring-block model used by seismologists to simulate tectonic stress release, Liu transforms a rigorous physics system into a living, breathing installation. Audience movements trigger “micro-quakes,” activating real-time sound synthesis and shifting visual motifs—inviting viewers to step into the tension between human activity and the planet’s geological rhythms.
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\r\nVisitors interact with Echoes of the Land at the Ars Electronica Festival in Linz. (Photo credit: Ivan Chen-Hsiu Liu)
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\r\nThe installation is equal parts scientific experiment and artistic meditation, crafted by Prof. Liu with NYCU graduate students Tsung-En Hao and Ching Shieh, who led interaction design, visual composition, and sensor integration.
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\r\nIt is research, creation, engineering, and storytelling—seamlessly fused.
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\r\nA Festival Circuit of Critical Acclaim
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\r\nAt Spain’s L.E.V. Festival, curators highlighted the work’s ability to “merge art and science to explore how humans perceive their interventions in nature,” immersing audiences in an environmental experience shaped by sound and light.
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\r\nIn Seoul, Echoes of the Land entered the global spotlight at ISEA 2025, where discussions centered on AI, ecological futures, and sustainability. The installation emerged as one of Asia’s standout contributions, resonating with researchers, artists, and technologists alike.
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\r\nFrom left: Augusta Chang, Director of the Cultural Division at the Taipei Representative Office in Spain; NYCU Assistant Professor Ivan Chen-Hsiu Liu; Jesús Salvador, Deputy Mayor of Gijón; and L.E.V. Festival co-curators Nacho de la Vega and Cristina de Silva, photographed at the exhibition entrance. (Photo credit: the Ministry of Culture)
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\r\nThe momentum continued as the piece traveled to Germany’s Bauhaus Museum Weimar in summer 2025, where it was exhibited alongside landmark works that defined the evolution of design. There, Liu’s installation formed a striking dialogue between historic Bauhaus principles and today’s algorithmic, sensor-driven aesthetics.
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\r\nBut the capstone arrived in Austria. At the Ars Electronica Festival—often called the “Academy Awards of electronic art”—Echoes of the Land earned praise from both seasoned critics and curious visitors. Its fusion of environmental themes, audience participation, and scientific modeling positioned it as one of Taiwan’s strongest voices in experimental media art.
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\r\nTaiwan’s New Media Art Takes Center Stage
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\r\nReflecting on the installation’s global journey, Prof. Liu said he hopes the piece can “show the world the unique beauty that emerges when science and art come together, and demonstrate Taiwan’s imagination and creative power in experimental media art.”
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\r\nWith its successful multi-country tour, Echoes of the Land does more than showcase one artist’s creativity—it amplifies Taiwan’s cultural presence in the international conversation on ecology, technology, and the future of art.
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\r\nAssistant Professor Ivan Chen-Hsiu Liu (center) with team members Tsung-En Hao and Ching Shieh. (Photo credit: Ivan Chen-Hsiu Liu)
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