Theme: Inspiration from Five Senses: Day 1

What makes our life experiences so interesting? Perhaps it’s the ray of sunlight that hits you in the face when your alarm clock goes off at 6：30AM. Or, the smell of the first pot of coffee you make before heading to work. It can also be the noise from your kids running around the house as they get ready for school. These sounds, images, and smell are what makes your daily routines unique and delightful.

In this TEDxTaipei Salon, we will take the audience on a journey to rediscover these human senses and bring back the basics of life.

聽見鬧鐘響、聞到咖啡香，一天初始由五感喚醒人們對生活的感知，TEDxTaipeiSalon：五感．探索初始，邀請您拋下錦上添花的包裝，重新探索體會各種知覺，回歸生命本質中的冒險新旅程。

Grand Marriott Hotel
199 LeQun 2nd Road
Zhongshan District
Taipei, Taipei, 104
Taiwan

Jesko von den Steinen

performance artist

Jesko von den Steinen was part of the original creation team and is currently the lead performer in “The House of Dancing Water” at the City of Dreams in Macau. Previously, he’s toured for years performing a solo act with Cirque du Soleil’s “Saltimbanco” throughout North America, Asia and Europe. Jesko has given workshops and taught acting and theatre with The University of Sao Paulo, Béjart Rudra Ballet, the International Olympic Committee, Cirque du Soleil, The National theatre School of Spain in Sevilla. He has taught Master classes with Philippe Gaulier, and Jean-Jacques Lemêtre of Théâtre du Soleil. Away from the performing arts, he has an MBA in Marketing and Strategy and works with the Montreal based experience design agency SIDLEE as a creative strategist. By using his experience as a storyteller and theatre practitioner, he has been integrating the performing arts into experiential advertising and events.

吳金黛 Judy Wu

nature sound engineer

Judy Wu is an award-winning Taiwanese record producer whose works mainly focus on sounds of nature, instrumental, and ethnic music. Upon concluding her studies in the United States, Wu returned to Taiwan and started working for Wind Music as a music producer. Her works concerning the natural habitats in Taiwan, such as The Forest Show, "My Ocean", "The Nearest Heaven" and many more, have stimulated substantial attention to the sounds of nature and raised awareness for the Taiwanese wilderness. In 2001, Wu won her first Traditional Golden Melody Award for Best Producer with her work in "My Ocean", and produced subsequent works garnering various Golden Melody Awards. Her 2009 production "Drum Music Land for Taiwanese" percussion ensemble Ten Drum Art Percussion Group received a Grammy nomination for Best Traditional World Music Album. 吳金黛，金曲獎最佳專輯製作人。原就讀觀光學系，後赴美國楊百翰大學專攻錄音技術，返台後進入風潮。曾製作《森林狂想曲》、《我的海洋》、《最近的天堂》等多張知名大自然系列專輯，默默引領了『聆聽大自然聲音』的潮流多張音樂專輯獲得國際音樂獎項。《天空的眼睛》，於2015年獲得第14屆美國獨立音樂獎『最佳世界音樂獎』

姚仲涵 Chung-Han Yao

lights & sound designer

YAO devoted himself to sound, installations and live performances. His works showed the dialogue between lights and sounds, trying to evoke the sense of the bodies of audiences. Fluorescent tubes and laser were constantly used in YAO’s works as the form of lights. As an active emerging sound artist, YAO founded “i/O Lab.” to organize sound performance events including “Nan-Hai Sound”, “Lacking Sound Festival”, “U*SOUND” and “On Site” since 2005. These events gave young sound artists a stage, also brought more audiences into this field in Taiwan. He has exhibited in NTT ICC-Emergencies!014, Japan, STEIM – Massive Light Boner, The Netherlands, and many more. 姚仲涵，台北藝術大學科技藝術研究所碩士，作品透過日光燈與聲音之間的呼應和對比，觸發觀者對自身體感的想像。作為台灣聲光藝術先驅，姚仲涵曾獲台北數位藝術節聲音藝術首獎，並受邀參加日本「福岡亞洲藝術三年展」、「NTT ICC-Emergencies!014」、荷蘭「STEIM – Massive Light Boner」等盛會，作品多發表於國際性展會，目前為專職藝術創作者與台北藝術大學、實踐大學兼任講師。

康延齡 Yen-ling Kang

costume designer

Yenling Kang is one of Taiwan's renowned conceptual theater-costume designer. Graduated from Tama Art University in Japan, Kang has contributed his skillsets in the design community for nearly 35 years. His speciality is integrating traditional elements in costume design, infusing grand and glamours design styles in Taiwanese Opera, Chinese Opera, and musical performances. His artworks were showcased at the Tachia Matsu Cultural Festival, National Palace Museum, Taipei International Floral Exposition, and etc..

趙峰 Stephen Chow

photographer

Stefen Chow is a landscape and portrait photographer based in Beijing. He has experience in mechanical engineering and high altitude mountaineering. He has photographed in the Himalayas, the biggest industrial sites and sit down portraits of billionaires and dissident artists. Stefen does long term projects with a social conscience. He is the co-founder of ‘The Poverty Line’, a global visual project that contexualises poverty. The project was referenced by the World Bank and was presented at TED. He has been named by Nikon as one of Asia's top photographers. 趙峰，亞洲頂尖攝影師，作品從精細機械至高山風景攝影，身為攝影師，趙峰不只用攝影記錄畫面，亦記錄著社會議題，其中的貧窮線攝影計劃即是與經濟學家合作的空前全球攝影記錄，世界銀行也將此記錄列為重要參考資料。