"The Wayward Kite" at 2019 Taipei Art District Festival

Yuting Hsueh in exhibition theme of "Body System" at 2019 Taipei Art District Festival

The ward-winning animated short "The Wayward Kite" (風箏) is screening at DaGuan Gallery (大觀藝術中心) during 2019 Taipei Art District Festival (大內藝術節) from Oct. 5th to Nov. 3rd.

Taipei Art District Festival, founded in 2014, is couched within the areas of Dazhi (大直) and Neihu (內湖) in Taipei, Taiwan, which are known for the location of many diverse, upscale art galleries. In partnership with the neighboring art galleries, the festival seeks to build community and momentum for the local art industry through celebrating all things arts together every October.

The 2019 Taipei Art District Festival kicks off on Oct. 5th, and runs through Nov. 3rd. There are 3 exhibition themes at the respective theme galleries, 10 exterior AR street shows, 8 art talks, one live performance of sound and light, and totally 40 artists and their art works involved. Curated by Tseng Yu-Chuan (曾鈺涓) and He-Lin Luo (羅禾淋), the festival features new media art in 4 topics of “Body System,” “Object Consciousness,” “Fluid Scenery” and “Interactive Relation”.

Yuting Hsueh in exhibition theme of "Body System" at 2019 Taipei Art District Festival

Yuting Hsueh is invited to screen his animated short film "The Wayward Kite" (風箏) at DaGuan Gallery, which is one of the three theme galleries in 2019 Taipei Art District Festival.

DaGuan Gallery, one of the theme galleries in 2019 Taipei Art District Festival (photo by DaGuan Gallery)

"The Wayward Kite" is an 8-min computer animated short film, written and directed by Yuting Hsueh, about a little kite breaking its tether, running away in its own odyssey of self-discovery and grows. The film was made in 2017, hit the festival circuit in 2019, and won the Best Experimental at 2017 World Animation Celebration, and the Best Animation at 2018 Beverly Hills Film Festival. It also made in 4 Oscar® Qualifying competitions, and screened in more than 20 top tier film festivals in the world.

Yuting Hsueh (second right) with the fellow artists, the gallery managers, and the curator Tseng Yu-Chuan (fourth left) at DaGuan Gallery in 2019 Taipei Art District Festival (photo by DaGuan Gallery)

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