About Visual Art Nominee: Public Television Service Online
About Public Television Service
Public Television Service consists of producer Chiou Hsien-jung. Researcher and scriptwriter is Hsu Yun-kang. Directors for the nominated series “In the Name of Art” are Chiou Hsien-jung, Wu Jia-ming and Zeng Wen-zhen.
As Public Television Service is a non-profit foundation, it does not serve any commercial or political interests. It tries to provide cultural and educational programming that reflects the diversity of its mass audience. Public Television Service gives voice to a wide-range of multi-cultural and ethnic groups and provides the public with television program that is rich and enriching.
About “In the Name of Art”
Public Television Service’s documentary series “In the Name of Art” took two and a half years to film. It is the first time for such an in-depth penetrating look at Taiwan’s modern and contemporary art over the past century. The series made the difficult concepts of art easy for the average person to understand and helped make the audience to appreciate art.
One episode focused on Taiwan art during the period of Japanese colonization (1895-1945), while another episode “The Avant-Garde Spirit” looked at cutting edge art in the 1950s and 1960s, and featured two groups: Fifth Moon and Tong Fang Painting Association. Dramatic recreations were used to convey the narratives and the special ambience of the time.
Some of the episodes required travel to places such as Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music and Musashino Art University in Japan and the National Art Museum of China. Other episodes provided scintillating interviews with well-known contemporary Taiwanese artists such as Chen Chieh-Jen, Yao Jui-Chung, and Yuan Jai.
The series question the diverse modernities and outside influences that give Taiwan’s art its special character and history. The series also documented artists who live and work abroad such as Michael Lin and Lee Ming-wei. One documentary followed Magnum Photographer Chang Chien-chi in New York. Important international art exhibitions such as the Venice Biennale were included too.
Public Television Service broadcasts a wide variety of programming and viewpoints to cultivate cultural awareness and diversity. Their award winning series celebrate the richness of Taiwanese artistic culture. Whether in Taiwan or abroad, Taiwanese artists are getting their voices heard and Public Television Service helps get their message known to a broader audience.
