Intro

Name

2025 Songyanland Festival: Tracing The Echoes

Period

2025-10-31 ~ 2025-11-16

Venue

Songshan Cultural and Creative Park

Address

No.133, Guangfu South Road,Xinyi District,Taipei City,Taiwan

Inspired by the idea that everything is created by skillfully harnessing the power of the earth, we have named this year's festival “Tracing The Echoes.” This name reflects our hope to return to the source and explore the echoes within. The festival presents six site-specific works, two site-specific performances, and one themed exhibition, connecting the four industrial heritage sites along the old railroad corridor in Taipei. These works collectively spark conversations about the history of railway transportation and enhance our understanding of the city's industrial development. The themed exhibition is organized into three sections. Each section features maps, archives, and visuals that reveal the relationship between the site selection and construction of the Songshan Tobacco Factory during the Japanese colonial period, as well as its railway connections and the production process, from the arrival of materials at the site to the finished products.

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Exhibitor

Songshan Cultural and Creative Park

Built in 1937, Songshan Cultural and Creative Park (SCCP) began its life as the Songshan Tobacco Factory of the Taiwan Governor-General Monopoly Bureau. It was later taken over by the Taiwan Provincial Monopoly Bureau and renamed Songshan Tobacco Factory of the Taiwan Provincial Monopoly Bureau. As the first cigarette-rolling factory in Taiwan, it manufactured cigarettes and cigars, generating considerable income for Taiwan at the time. SCCP shoulders the missions of promoting Taipei's originality, reinforcing Taipei's cultural and creative soft power, and enhancing the city's competitiveness. Recognized as “Taipei City’s Hub for Originality,” SCCP serves as a social enterprise for the cultural and creative industries. Located in a prime area of Taipei City, with new buildings rising around it, SCCP’s rich history, ecology, and culture stand out even more. Each year, SCCP organizes events such as the SCCP Grad Expo, Songyan Summer Festival, and the Songyanland Festival to promote its brands and support emerging creators. SCCP fulfills its role as “Taipei City’s Hub for Originality” by redefining soft power, building social networks, managing brand value, and cultivating talent. By fostering creative minds and encouraging innovation, SCCP has become not only an important hub for creativity in Taiwan, but also a key site in the international cultural and creative industry. It provides a space for the public to appreciate art and innovation, and to marvel at creativity that knows no bounds.

Artist

Sandwishes Studio

Founded in 2012, Sandwishes Studio aims to foster inclusive imagination within the cracks in society. Through creative works and collaborative projects, such as public art, curated exhibitions, and accessible designs, the Sandwishes Studio proposes new takes on existing issues and narratives, creating possibilities based on the idea of “playing together, play everywhere.”

Artist

Margot GUILLEMOT

Born in Cork, Ireland. Margot GUILLEMOT's works often question the concepts of presence and representation in digital images and discuss the definitions of seeing and going in contemporary life. She uses her work to make sense of space. Through multiple perspectives, she creates scenes of montages, attempting a totalizing portrait of a place.

Artist

Chieh-sen CHIU

Born in Taoyuan, Taiwan. Chieh-sen CHIU has long been concerned with the transformations and reductions that occur when cultural-geographic maps intersect with real environments. Behind his works lies a reflection on the links between human thought, the body, the environment, and space.