2026TIFA 藝術家書櫃

有些相遇，是在你還沒準備好的時候發生的。

2026 年藝術家書櫃以「相識的暗號」與「颱風天的日常」為題，帶來藝術家關於相遇與獨處的思索。設計以 TIFA 主視覺的多面體為核心，將書櫃的每一格構築為錯落的微型空間——矛盾圖形製造折射，就像靈感從不按直線抵達，意義也從不只有一種讀法。

藝術家的推薦文字，被轉化為「閱讀暗號」，印製在信紙上。折疊的紙條，像是颱風天裡獨處的某個午後，寫給自己的一行字，靜靜置於書櫃一角，等待觀者靠近。展開的紙條，則是藝術家主動遞出的姿態——那些原本私密的文字向外流動，成為「相識」的起點，吊掛在觀者行走的路徑上，讓分享在不經意間發生。兩種狀態並存，呼應著兩個主題，也讓觀者自由選擇靠近的方式：從推薦文出發走近館藏，或先被館藏吸引，再回頭理解藝術家的觀看方式。

展覽之外，紙條以另一種姿態現身。它們被捲成花的形態，以書本為花器，悄悄散落在兩廳院的表演空間。在你還沒走進展覽之前，已經與那些文字不期而遇——那是第一個暗號，也是最輕的一次相遇。

這個書櫃，是藝術家、館藏與觀者共同停留的地方。不是終點，是一個交換訊息的入口。

Some encounters happen before you’re ready for them.

For 2026, the Artist Bookshelf at the Performing Arts Library takes “Secret Codes of Acquaintance” and “Everyday Life on a Typhoon Day” as its guiding themes — an invitation to sit with both the stillness of solitude and the quiet electricity of meeting a stranger. Drawing from the faceted geometry of TIFA’s main visual identity, each shelf compartment is designed as a compact, fragmented space where impossible perspectives collide. Like inspiration itself, meaning here refuses to travel in a straight line.

The artists’ recommended texts are transformed into what we call “reading codes” — printed on letter paper, folded or unfolded, each carrying a different charge. A folded note suggests a private afternoon: the kind of reading that happens alone on a stormy day, tucked into a corner of the shelf, waiting. An unfolded note is a gesture of reaching out — the artist’s words now made public, suspended along the viewer’s path, ready to be encountered without warning. Both states coexist within the same shelf, mirroring the two themes, and leaving the viewer free to choose their own point of entry: follow a recommendation toward the collection, or let the collection lead you back to the artist’s way of seeing.

Beyond the exhibition space, the notes take on yet another form. Rolled into the shape of flowers and held inside open books, they drift quietly through the performance halls of the National Theater and Concert Hall — small, unhurried invitations planted before the exhibition even begins. The first code, encountered by chance. The lightest kind of meeting.

The bookshelf is where artists, collections, and viewers briefly share the same space. Not a destination, but a place to exchange signals.

Scope
主視覺延伸設計（原主視覺由圭島設計） / 陳列設計 / 數位宣傳圖設計 / 形象攝影

Credit
Client: National Theater & Concert Hall / Design Agency: Etch Design / Art Director: Bo Hao Ciou / Designer: Bo Hao Ciou, Bi Zong Hu / Display Design: Bo Hao Ciou, Bi Zong Hu / Photography: Leejuanshow