2025年臺北數位藝術節｜層疊的海平線
層疊的海平線
台北作為邊界與想像的交會點
「海平線」不僅是視覺上的界線，更是歷史、政治、文化層層堆疊的隱喻。
2025年臺北數位藝術節題名將「海平線」一詞延伸為數位世界邊線的意象，我們每日浸淫在數位圖像裡，浮浮沉沉在資訊洪流當中，海平線它並非一個絕對數值可定義的線，而是端看觀者所處的位置、觀點、資料庫所能觸及的極限，也藉此希望觀眾欣賞作品，能從人文歷史的觀點同時關照影像機具、網路資料庫如何決定我們所看到的邊界。
呼應命題，本次展覽以大稻埕碼頭作為核心場域出發，其獨特的地理位置本身就充滿了符號意義。它不僅位於雙北兩河交匯處，更見證了往昔台灣與世界船隻貿易的頻繁互動。時至今日，大稻埕依然承載著城市發展的歷史記憶，其作為「邊界」的意涵，從未消失，只是從貨物轉運，延伸至當代資訊文化、世界旅人來往流動的驛站。
在全球化與數位化浪潮下，實體邊界與虛擬邊界的概念日趨模糊。國家疆域、文化藩籬、個人隱私等傳統意義上的「邊界」，正面臨前所未有的挑戰與重塑。本次展覽希望透過藝術家的視角，深入探討這些「層疊」的邊界如何影響我們的感知與存在。
「層疊的海平線」不僅是一場藝術的盛宴，更是一場深度的思辨之旅。本屆參展藝術家王連晟、李鍵、林．索科謙李納、林汶澤、湯雅雯、黃翰柏、蔡宜婷，從個人經驗與城市治理兩種視角切入，於大稻埕碼頭與金車文藝中心承德館兩地展出，共同思考當代自然與政治邊界之間的複雜關係。透過結合地景的科技藝術、多頻道錄像、互動光影計畫等多元形式，以藝術詩意與科技巧思，點亮臺北舊城區。
邁向第20屆的臺北數位藝術節，自2006年開辦以來已成為每年數位藝術嘉年華會，匯聚國內外數位藝術創作能量，在高科技發展重鎮的台灣，展現人文與創意思惟。期待透過作品引導觀眾共同探索台灣在全球變局中的獨特位置，理解邊界在個人與集體經驗中的多重意義，並重新想像未來無限可能的海平線。
𒈞 2025臺北數位藝術節 ── 層疊的海平線 𒈞
2025/10/25 (六)– 11/9 (日) 每週一休館
大稻埕碼頭廣場 16:00-22:00 (週六日提早自12:00)
金車文藝中心承德館 11:00-18:00 (週五六日延長至21:00)
Horizons in Layers
Taipei, where the boundaries and imagination converge
The “sea horizon” is not only a visual boundary, but a metaphor layered with history, politics, and culture.
At the 2025 Taipei Digital Arts Festival, the term “Horizons in Layers” is extended to represent the boundary of the digital world. Immersed daily in digital imagery, we drift within the vast currents of information. The horizon is not an absolute line that can be defined by an absolute number; rather, it depends on the viewer’s position, perspective, and the limits of the database. Through this notion, the festival hopes that audiences will reflect from a humanistic and historical point of view on how imaging technologies and online databases shape the very boundaries of what we see.
In line with the theme, this exhibition takes Dadaocheng Wharf as its core venue. Its unique location is inherently filled with symbolic significance. Not only is it situated at the confluence of two rivers, it also bears witness to Taiwan’s vibrant maritime trade with the world. To this day, Dadaocheng still bears the historical memory of the city’s development. Its significance as a “border” has never faded, extending from a place of cargo transit to a hub for contemporary information culture and the flow of global travelers.
Amid the sweeping tides of globalization and digitalization, the distinction between physical and virtual boundaries grows increasingly blurred. National borders, cultural divisions, and personal privacy—once regarded as traditional boundaries—now face unprecedented challenges and transformations. This exhibition, through the perspectives of its artists, seeks to examine how such layered boundaries continue to shape human perception and our sense of existence.
“Horizons in Layers” is not only an artistic feast but also a journey of profound reflection. This year’s participating artists (Lien-Chang Wang, Kin Li, Lim Sokchanlina, Wen-Che LIN, Ya-Wen Tang, Han-Po Huang, Yi-Ting Tsai) approach their works from the perspectives of personal experience and urban governance. Exhibiting at Dadaocheng Wharf and the King Car Cultural and Art Center Chengde Space, they collectively explore the complex relationship between modern natural and political boundaries. Through diverse forms such as landscape-integrated technology, multi-channel videos, and interactive light installations, they illuminate Taipei’s old city with both poetry and technology.
Celebrating its 20th year, the Taipei Digital Arts Festival has, since its inception in 2006, become an annual celebration of digital creativity, bringing together the talents of artists from Taiwan and around the world. In Taiwan, a hub of technological development, the festival highlights the interplay between humanistic reflection and creative imagination. Through these works, audiences are invited to explore Taiwan’s unique position in a changing global landscape, to understand the multiple meanings of boundaries in both personal and collective experience, and to reimagine the horizon of boundless possibilities for the future.