#Congratulations! Director Hsin-Chien Huang's latest VR works, Samsara and The Starry Sand Beach, were nominated for the 78th Venice International Film Festival!
The 78th Venice International Film Festival (VIFF) announced the shortlisted nominees for the category of VR Film. Taiwanese new media artist, Distinguished Professor of NTNU, Hsin-Chien Huang, winner of the BEST VR Experience in 2017 with his work La Camera Insabbiata, will again contest for the Leone d’oro this year with two of his latest, sci-fi inspired works, Samsara and The Starry Sand Beach. While the Taiwanese athletes are striving for the Gold Medals at the Tokyo Olympics as we speak, director Hsin-Chien Huang dazzles the jury of VIFF with his visually-stunning and thought-provoking works — bringing cutting-edge Taiwanese VR films onto the international stage and letting world-wide audience sees Taiwan!
Before being selected for the 78th Venice International Film Festival, Samsara episode 1. has already grabbed the Jury Award at SXSW and Best VR Story at the Cannes XR Competition. This futuristic VR experience teleports the audience onto a journey that spans millions of years. Samsara is a Sanskrit word meaning “ the world ”. In Buddhism, it means what we perceive as the world is actually an endless cycle of karma (cause and effect), a cycle of life, death and rebirth in the six realms of existence. In this fascinating VR work, the audience is reincarnated into the bodies of different persons and creatures, experiencing the universe in their new bodies and in search for the ultimate spiritual transcendence.
Samsara depicts an apocalyptical story in the near future where human greed has depleted the earth’s resource. Catastrophic wars to fight for resource resulted in global destruction. Finally, the remaining humans had to leave the Earth and go on a search in space for a new place to live.
Nevertheless, their desperate, long quest for a new homeland… could it be just a loop in space and time? The cycle of greedy domination and total destruction that then necessitates the search for a new home…. may have hopelessly repeated itself over and over again? The constant evolutionary process and so-called progress, without transformation in consciousness and spiritual advancement, is nothing more than a Möbius strip that leads nowhere, perhaps…?
Samsara is an experiment based on the theory of Embodied Cognition. Through interactivity and VR, the audience gets to live inside the bodies of different persons and creatures, experiencing their feelings from within. Perhaps It is when we can perceive the world in different bodies that we may truly appreciate the thoughts of others and empathize with them. An experience that will also help us better comprehend our own existence and learn to live in harmony with all.
Samsara explores a complex of deeply interconnected issues of ecology, technology, natural resource and war, etc. It's a story about a journey humans are forced to take on, after having destroyed the earth with nuclear disasters. The survivors seek a new planet, in the boundless, interstellar space, to carry on their lives. Gradually they evolve into a new life form artificially. Yet, many years passed and they’ve come to realize that they would never make it to the new planet they’ve been dreaming of. In fact, they have simply been returning to the Earth, in different life forms, time after time.
Director Huang applies the concepts of embodied cognition, offering a unique way to contemplate about the nature of life. As the audience are transported into different bodies each time, they gain a brand new perspective to experience the world views presented in Samsara.
Samsara was produced under the guidance of Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA) and Kaohsiung Film Archive VR(VR FILM LAB), it’s a sate-of-the-art VR production made 100% in Taiwan. In the VR experience, viewers are transformed into various kinds of animals to interact with the scenes, including species unique and indigenous to Taiwan, such as Taiwan Blue Magpie and Formosan Black Bear.
Samsara Ep.1 features the latest somatosensory technology, including 4D views shooting techniques by the Industrial Technology Research Institute and TAICCA. A digital shooting system comprised of a high-sensitivity 4 million-pixel, full-color CCD sensor and 48 4DV-EX-Z cameras made it possible for Samsara Ep.1 to be taken from an omnidirectional view and shot without any blind spots, creating the ultimate immersive experience.
THE STARRY SAND BEACH, directed by Hsin-Chien Huang and produced in cooperation with Lucid Reality (France) and Oready 瑞意創科 Oready Innovation Lab (Taiwan), is a scientific fairy tale about a unique ecological wonder in Taiwan and Japan, the shiny starry sand beaches. Foraminifera, from the Latin word “foramen” meaning hole, is a single-celled organism that builds a shell with multiple chambers which intercommunicate with one another through holes. On the Qimei Island, Taiwan and the Yaeyama Islands, Japan, beaches have been formed by a specific species of foraminifera with star-shaped shells made of calcium carbonate. Like the real stars in the legends, grains of the starry sand have also been preserving the earth’s memories for millions of years.
THE STARRY SAND BEACH is a real-time 3D interactive VR adventure into the natural and mythological landscape of the starry sand beaches on Qimei Island in Penghu Archipelago, Xing Sha Wan in Kenting National Park and Taketomi Island in the far south of Japan. The experience is full of aesthetically-amazing elements and enriched with cultural and religious significance like Shintoism in Japan. A beautiful, haunting legend tells the story of the starry sand…
The final winners will be presented at the award ceremony held on Sep11. With great anticipation and hopes, Hsin-Chien Huang is expected to bring home again the grand prize for Taiwan!
https://www.labiennale.org/en/news/selection-complete-works-venice-vr-expanded-0
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#VeniceInternationalFilmFestival #VIFF
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#LucidReality
#OreadyInnovationLab
同時也有21部Youtube影片,追蹤數超過0的網紅Mr. TAKUX,也在其Youtube影片中提到,少し前になりますが、長崎観光してきた時の動画です! 中華街のご飯最高でした! あと絶景もたくさんあって、長崎県めちゃくちゃ好きになりました! 平戸牛食べにまた行きたいな(^^) A little while ago, this is a video of when I went sightseein...
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【台美日共同守護印太安全】
美國、日本、台灣三國智庫共同主辦「2020台美日三邊印太安全對話」,包括蔡英文總統、美國前國務院助卿坎博(Kurt Campbell)、前國防部印太安全助理部長薛瑞福(Randall Schriver)、日本前駐美大使佐佐木賢一郎等重要人士都與會。
我也參與三國國會議員的對談,與羅致政委員、陳以信委員、美國聯邦眾議員貝拉(Ami Bera)以及日本眾議員鈴木馨祐,交流2020後的印太及台海情勢與願景。
結果準備厚厚一疊的英文講稿幾乎沒派上用場,講太HIGH不小心就脫稿演出....。無論如何還是提供原本的講稿跟大家參詳,一起來練習英文吧:
2020 Taiwan-US-Japan Trilateral Indo-Pacific Security Dialogue
Hello moderator, fellow panelists, I am Taiwan legislator Freddy Lim.
This year, due to the pandemic, we can only conduct this panel online. I’m still very glad to be invited to attend this event and exchange ideas with these great panelists. Here I want to share my views on today’s main topic: “Challenges and Opportunities in the Indo-Pacific Region and the Taiwan Strait in 2020 & Beyond”.
First I want to start with the conventional positioning of Taiwan under the established international order.
After WWII, the international order led by the allies dragged Taiwan into China’s civil war. Since then, Taiwan's been struggling with the “One China” dispute, unable to gain independence and world recognition like many other colonies.
Even though Taiwanese people have built an independent and democratic country after half a century of hard work, now we enjoy freedom and human rights, the international community still isolates Taiwan. One of the main reasons is obviously China.
The established international community viewed China as a huge economic opportunity, a partner that would eventually carry out political reforms and be integrated into modern international order. Under this conventional thinking, the international community is willing to help China ease and suppress many of its unpleasant problems, including the thorny "Democratic Taiwan."
This has reduced Taiwan to merely China’s “Taiwan Problem”. We’re even slandered as the “troublemaker” of the Taiwan Strait; As a result, the respect that Taiwan deserves continues to be shelved, and the active role we can play, the contributions we can make in the international community are also ignored.
However, this established international structure is now changing.
After decades of appeasement policy, and acquiring WTO membership in 2001, China’s various structural changes that the world anticipated have never taken place. On the contrary, China’s been using organized measures, such as bribing, infiltration, and hybrid-warfare, to undermine international norms. It’s worked hard to manipulate and control international organizations, in order to project its influence onto the world. These actions have been even more distinct after Xi Jinping became President of China in 2012.
Internationally, China implemented debt-trap diplomacy on many countries through the Belt and Road Initiative. It established Confucius Institutes around the world, which are basically intelligence operations in the name of culture. Chinese tech giant, Huawei also aids China’s international surveillance. Not to mention China’s relentless expansion in the South China Sea, building military bases, creating man-made islands. This year, it’s even more serious. We witnessed the long time Chinese infiltration into UN organizations. The favoritism towards China helped its cover-up, which led to the dysfunction of WHO, ultimately causing the COVID-19 global pandemic.
Domestically, the Chinese government not only failed to implement any political reforms, but it also created the “Social Credit” system with advanced technology, to surveil and control its own people; In addition, the Chinese government built the notorious “Reeducation Camps” - concentration camps in reality, in Tibet, Xingjian, where human rights conditions were already in a bad shape. Even the Hong Kong people, who were supposed to be protected by the promise of “One Country, Two Systems”, their freedom and human rights were completely destroyed by the Chinese government.
These compelling examples show that there is some serious fallacy in the conventional way of viewing China. All facts point to this: Taiwan is not the problem. China is the problem. China is the troublemaker of the Taiwan Strait. It’s the troublemaker of the Indo-Pacific region. It’s even the troublemaker of the entire world.
Under decades of collective misjudgement, China was allowed to become the most terrifying, largest digital authoritarian government in human history. It’s a new form of dictatorship. As a response, many countries have vastly changed their China policy in recent years, thus the change of international structure.
This brings me to my next point: Give Taiwan the status it deserves. Let us contribute to the international society.
In a new international structure, Taiwan shouldn’t be categorized as “China’s Taiwan Problem”. Instead, we should be one of the key countries for international cooperation, responding to the new type of dictatorship.
Taiwan has faced authoritarian China on the front line for decades. Many countries are now facing the problem of China's infiltration under its United Front programs. Taiwan started dealing with the same problems 10 to 20 years ago. We have gained a lot of experience to contribute to the international community.
Taking the COVID pandemic as an example, Taiwan has studied and analyzed the actual situation and the information provided by the Chinese government with a serious and high-vigilance attitude. Based on our experience and lessons learned from the China SARS epidemic in 2001, we decisively formed a series of epidemic preventive measures. We have handled the crisis with the principle of openness and transparency. Our people have been self-disciplined and willing to cooperate. All of this demonstrates the high level of democracy in Taiwan’s society.
After the domestic epidemic was brought under control, Taiwan has continued to share our epidemic prevention supplies and the experiences on forming epidemic prevention policies with the world.
Although Taiwan was suppressed, even excluded by China in various international organizations in the past, we’ve been doing our best to comply with the norms & regulations of international organizations. We always actively contribute every time we have the opportunity. What I want to say is, all of this proves Taiwan could be a reliable partner in the international community. We are capable of working with other countries to solve major problems. We deserve our seats and participation in international organizations.
Regarding the impact of U.S. change of administration.
Now the U. S. presidential election is over and the administration is currently under transition. Many countries, including Taiwan, are concerned about whether the new U.S. government will change its course on foreign policy, especially its China policy. However, the "Rebalance (of Asia-Pacific Region)" proposed by the Obama administration in 2011, was in fact already a strategic adjustment in response to the rise of China and possible subsequent expansion.
The Trump administration further proposed the Indo-Pacific strategy in 2017 to promote and uphold international law and regulations, aiming to ensure every country has the liberty to be free from oppression and coercion. I believe that both parties in the U.S. understand the root cause of the Indo-Pacific regional problem comes from the Chinese government. Even for the Biden administration, it will have to provide practical responses. Facing the new structure, they can’t just go back to the traditional thinking of the last century.
As for Taiwan, the pro-Taiwan acts in the U.S., such as the Asia Reassurance Initiative Act of 2018, Taiwan Travel Act, Taiwan Allies International Protection and Enhancement, were passed with strong consensus between the Republicans and the Democrats. I believe Taiwan could be a key partner to the international community and play an active role in the free world. This isn’t just the consensus of the two parties in the U.S., but will be the consensus of all democratic countries.
In a progressive aspect, the International community can benefit from a wider recognition of Taiwan.
In recent years, the performance of Taiwanese society in terms of epidemic prevention performance, human rights, gender equality, marriage equality, and open government are actually in line with many progressive ideas and visions. The ideas and visions that many democratic countries have long supported. Therefore, I’m quite optimistic that, after 2020, Taiwan can make even greater progress, on multiple levels and in broader aspects, contributing to the international community.
Finally, I want to emphasize again that to truly resolve regional problems, we need dynamic multilateral cooperation. But this must not be a return to the conventional thinking of the past century, which was "expecting" China to abide by the international order. The outdated thinking had been proved to be a failure. Otherwise there wouldn’t be a series of Chinese infiltration and aggression after its rise in recent years, which became one of the most difficult issues in the world. I believe after 2020, U.S., Japan, and Taiwan can establish a new model of international cooperation through deeper collaboration and communication. And hopefully, this model will maximize the security of the Indo-Pacific region and promote peace, stability and development in the region.
This concludes my speech, thank you all for listening.
Lastly, I’d like to express my gratitude to the moderators, my fellow panelists, and the organizers of this event.
I wish everyone peace and good health. Thank you.
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As much as i love hiking and long walk but climbing steps while pregnant is another thing..
The most trying thing for me as I progressed through pregnancy was letting go of the perception of having complete control over my own body.
Life a little different now as i am no longer crazily chasing for that best photo spots for content or carrying heavy stuff and gowns for photoshoot, on top of that spend hours editing photos..
Nowadays, most of the time i am listening to my body and take the life much easier.
At the end of the day, perfection doesn’t matter, we all just need to be happy and being real..
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This photo taken at the Chureito Pagoda (忠霊塔, Chūreitō) is a five storied pagoda on the mountainside overlooking Fujiyoshida City and Mount Fuji off in the distance. The pagoda is part of the Arakura Sengen Shrine and was built as a peace memorial in 1963 nearly 400 steps up the mountain from the shrine's main buildings.
The location offers spectacular views of Mount Fuji in combination with the pagoda.
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best views in japan 在 Mr. TAKUX Youtube 的精選貼文
少し前になりますが、長崎観光してきた時の動画です!
中華街のご飯最高でした!
あと絶景もたくさんあって、長崎県めちゃくちゃ好きになりました!
平戸牛食べにまた行きたいな(^^)
A little while ago, this is a video of when I went sightseeing in Nagasaki!
The food in Chinatown was the best!
There are also a lot of superb views, and I really like Nagasaki Prefecture!
I want to go to eat Hirado beef again (^^)
【訪れた場所/Places visited】(googleマップ)
■崎野自然公園 / Sakino Natural Park
(https://goo.gl/maps/Ln9zve3T949WcQRc7)
■長崎孔子廟中国歴代博物館 / Nagasaki Koshi Mausoleum Chinese Museum
(https://goo.gl/maps/Amrq9vudoD7c4Nzx8)
■長崎新地中華街 / Nagasaki Shinchi Chinatown
(https://goo.gl/maps/R6qpUyHr826AYJ1i9)
■カトリック中町教会 / Nakamachi Catholic Church
(https://goo.gl/maps/pW8ryGrURiVu7o7n8)
■平和公園 / Heiwa Park
(https://goo.gl/maps/tZPDM6HRQt9mEEpE7)
■稲佐山山頂展望台 / Inasayama
(https://goo.gl/maps/RBrkPvu8GKgzjbfW9)
■丸尾山 / Maruo Mountain
(https://goo.gl/maps/VNoMzWy19BLtiNKP8)
■山頭草原 / Yamagashira Pasture
(https://goo.gl/maps/qrnnDrFoZu2LsaUU9)
■塩俵断崖 / Shiodawara Cliff
(https://goo.gl/maps/G9x2d3xhtTU3YgKe8)
■大バエ灯台 / Obae Lighthouse
(https://goo.gl/maps/RoZ22G6737iCQoAg7)
このチャンネルでは、ジャンル問わず、映像作品をあげていきます。
観光地もよくいくので、観光好きな方、映像制作が好きな方、チャンネル登録よろしくぅ!
Hello!
My name is TAKUX, a Japanese video creator.
I will upload works as creators and tourist spots in Japan!
If you are interested in sightseeing spots in Japan or interested in video, please subscribe to our channel!
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(https://youtu.be/gORQ9T0s4_w)
■【JAPAN】FUKUOKA|MEMORIES OF JULY 2020
(https://youtu.be/v05R0p5z_Zs)
■TAZUMI|cinematic portrait video
(https://youtu.be/tu7RbUDD-CE)
■【AUGUST 2020】CINEMATIC TRAVEL FILM
(https://youtu.be/6qTBXQymBwE)
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(https://youtu.be/oT_i-HwE84E)
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"WILDish Presents GAME LIVE JAPAN With Famitsu/Dengeki Game Awards" is a game information program produced by Famitsu, one of Japan's leading game media, and KADOKAWA Game Linkage, the publisher of "Game no Dengeki". Many game manufacturers participate in the program and announce new scoops and new information about their hottest titles. With comedy duo Magical Lovely, who are known for their love of games, and voice actress Ruriko Aoki as the main MCs, the show will deliver a lot of information that game fans should not miss.
The "GAME LIVE JAPAN 2020" held in September last year recorded over 18 million views worldwide. This year's event will again be broadcast simultaneously in English and Chinese, with MCs from various countries, so that both domestic and overseas game fans can enjoy the program together.
The program will also feature the announcement and award ceremony for the "Famitsu/Dengeki Game Awards 2020", one of the largest user-voted game awards in Japan. We'll be looking forward to seeing which games will be chosen as the best games of 2020. Game announcer Masao Koori, who has MC'd many game events and competitions, will be the MC for the event.
◆◇ Broadcasting date and time: ◇◆
・WILDish Presents GAME LIVE JAPAN With Famitsu/Dengeki Game Awards DAY2
Saturday, March 6th:10 pm to Sunday, March 7th:5:45 am (PST)
■22:00-22:45 DAY2 Opening
■22:30-23:30 MONSTER HUNTER RISE DEMO
■23:45-00:45 Famitsu Dengeki Latest Scoop !
■01:00-02:00 Hortensia SAGA R
■02:15-03:40 Famitsu Dengeki GAME AWARDS 2020
GAME LIVE JAPAN Special Program
■03:45-05:45 Interviewing Hironobu Sakaguchi &
Exclusive unveiling of "FANTASIAN"【Recorded】
All broadcasting schedule is in JST, Japanese Standard Time.
Streaming date and time, contents, or hosts are subject to change due to unavoidable circumstances without prior notice.
◆◇ WILDish Presents GAME LIVE JAPAN With Famitsu/Dengeki Game Awards Special site ◇◆
https://www.famitsu.com/sp/glj/
◆◇ bilibili (Chinese) ◇◆
https://space.bilibili.com/631884530/
◆◇ Famitsu.com Twitter ◇◆
https://twitter.com/famitsu
Organized by:KADOKAWA Game Linkage Inc.
Special Supported by:WILDish(Maruha Nichiro Corporation)
Collaborating media::bilibili
#GAMELIVEJAPAN
#ゲームライブジャパン
#ファミ通電撃アワード
best views in japan 在 電撃オンライン Youtube 的最讚貼文
"WILDish Presents GAME LIVE JAPAN With Famitsu/Dengeki Game Awards" is a game information program produced by Famitsu, one of Japan's leading game media, and KADOKAWA Game Linkage, the publisher of "Game no Dengeki". Many game manufacturers participate in the program and announce new scoops and new information about their hottest titles. With comedy duo Magical Lovely, who are known for their love of games, and voice actress Ruriko Aoki as the main MCs, the show will deliver a lot of information that game fans should not miss.
The "GAME LIVE JAPAN 2020" held in September last year recorded over 18 million views worldwide. This year's event will again be broadcast simultaneously in English and Chinese, with MCs from various countries, so that both domestic and overseas game fans can enjoy the program together.
The program will also feature the announcement and award ceremony for the "Famitsu/Dengeki Game Awards 2020", one of the largest user-voted game awards in Japan. We'll be looking forward to seeing which games will be chosen as the best games of 2020. Game announcer Masao Koori, who has MC'd many game events and competitions, will be the MC for the event.
◆◇ Broadcasting date and time: ◇◆
・WILDish Presents GAME LIVE JAPAN With Famitsu/Dengeki Game Awards DAY1
Friday, March 5th:10 pm to Saturday, March 6th:7 am (PST)
■22:00-22:15 DAY1 Opening
■22:30-23:30 Hilarious game "SUPER NODA'S GAME PARTY" exclusive unveiling!!
■23:45-00:45 Noda Crystal tries "Street Fighter V" with 5 ways of rule.
Fav gaming sako will also join!
■01:00-02:00 『カードキャプターさくら リペイントレコード』
『ENDER LILIES (エンダーリリーズ)』
Phoenixx『新作タイトル』
■02:15-03:15 New release information from INTI CREATES
■03:30-04:30 Famitsu VS Dengeki best out of three games
『MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM EXTREME VS. 2 X BOOST』
『WANGAN MIDNIGHT MAXIMUM TUNE』
『JOJO'S Bizarre Adventure LAST SURVIVOR』
■04:40-04:55 DAY1 Ending
GAME LIVE JAPAN Special Program
■05:00-07:00 Creators meeting in Spring 2021【Recorded】
All broadcasting schedule is in JST, Japanese Standard Time.
Streaming date and time, contents, or hosts are subject to change due to unavoidable circumstances without prior notice.
◆◇ WILDish Presents GAME LIVE JAPAN With Famitsu/Dengeki Game Awards Special site ◇◆
https://www.famitsu.com/sp/glj/
◆◇ bilibili (Chinese) ◇◆
https://space.bilibili.com/631884530/
◆◇ Famitsu.com Twitter ◇◆
https://twitter.com/famitsu
Organized by:KADOKAWA Game Linkage Inc.
Special Supported by:WILDish(Maruha Nichiro Corporation)
Collaborating media::bilibili
#GAMELIVEJAPAN
#ゲームライブジャパン
#ファミ通電撃アワード