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Yen Tzu Chang (張晏慈) is a new media artist/new media art director/sound artist based in Taiwan. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the New Media Art Department of Taipei National University of the Arts. In 2018, she graduated with a master’s degree from the Interface Culture Department of the Kunstuniversität Linz in Austria.

For Yen Tzu Chang, artistic creation is exploring the essence of life with philosophy and science thinking. She combines art, programming, and technical media into her artworks, including interdisciplinary art and experimental performances based on sound installations.

Ready-made objects and DIY techniques are included in some of her pieces. The most important thing in her pieces is the concept of play, which refers to the interactivity and the transformation of the roles of participants.

She has delivered sound art performances/exhibitions and exhibited her works in many international conferences and festivals, including Ars Electronica Festival, roBOt 08 Festival, Linux Audio Conference, International Symposium on Electronic Arts, Digital Design Weekend in London, Most Wanted: Music in Berlin, etc.

Selected Residencies & Awards

• 2023-2024 Arts@ITRI, Hsinchu (TW), residency at Techman Robot & Industrial Technology Research Institute.
• 2023 The 3rd of Taoyuan Technology Performing Arts Awards, [Competition Category] Finalist, Taoyuan Arts Center, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
• 2023 Residency at Hangar, Barcelona (ES), supported by The Ministry of Culture of Taiwan.
• 2023 Asia Pacific Exchange program, Perth (AU), residency at The Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts - PICA.
• 2020 IRCAM Forum, Paris (FR), Exchange Sound Engineering Team.
• 2017 STEAM imaging, Bremen (DE) & Linz (AT), residency at Fraunhofer MEVIS and Ars Electronica.