Cultural IP Planning

2026. 08. 01(SAT) - 2026. 08. 31(MON)

Exhibition introduction

According to Einstein, time is a relative concept. In 2026, what does this moment in time mean to you? 
In 2026, contemporary creators continue to move freely across the land we share, sensing the accumulated energy of culture and engaging in an ongoing dialogue with the past. Through processes of reproduction and reinvention, they create works that embody the values of this era and translate the distinctive qualities of Taiwan. This is what the 2026 Taiwan Creative Expo hopes to share with audiences. 


From popular music albums that capture the emotions of today’s generation, narrative films and television works that immerse themselves in Taiwan’s collective memories, publications that delicately portray the island’s mountains and seas, cultural heritage that reflects the textures of local landscapes, creative products that respond precisely to the rhythm of the times, visual artworks that boldly question the unknown, to performing arts works that honestly engage with the human condition—each becomes a reflection of who we are, here and now, within the vast flow of time.

Curatorial Team

Ellen Yalun Peng  Culture and Artist Atelier
Ellen Yalun Peng Culture and Artist Atelier

Since 2016, the team have established the “Peng Ruei-Lin Archive” based on nearly 3,000 works and documents by Taiwan’s first-generation photographer Peng Ruei-lin, supporting curators, artists, and scholars internationally. The team manages research, preservation, and licensing projects, with presentations at institutions including C-LAB, the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, and Taipei Fine Arts Museum. In 2026, the team supports the Peng Ruei-lin solo exhibition and international forum marking the 50th anniversary of the Tokyo University of the Arts Gallery.

Curators

Ellen Yalun Peng
Ellen Yalun Peng

Curator and artist with a London Master’s in Fashion Curation, she curated for the V&A’s Friday Late. In Taiwan, she co-curated the 2025 Creative Expo and partnered with Blaire Ko Music Studio. Her awards include the 2026 Taoyuan Landscape Art Festival, 2025 Matsu Biennial, and a million-dollar memorial art prize.

IN TRANSIT
IN TRANSIT

Have you ever felt this moment?
A sudden longing for certain things, returning again and again as imagination.
Perhaps it is not merely desire or anticipation.
Perhaps there is another possibility:
the future you is already there.
Taking the coastal journey as its point of departure, Future Travel Agency: IN TRANSIT brings past, present, and future together inside the small rooms of Kong Zong Cultural Base  Heritage Building.
From Future Arrival Check-in to Sea Condition Tuning Cabin, The Blue Passage, Sea-Flavour Transfer Station, and Signals to the Future, visitors encounter images, creations, and sensory fragments that unfold into a coastal journey that seems to have already happened.

The orange story in the blue world
The orange story in the blue world
Awaken your senses
Awaken your senses