Hosted by the Taipei Arts Festival, “Cruising” is a research program in which the various islands of Asia are framed as an archipelago. Four artists based in Japan, the Philippines, and Taiwan visited Taipei and the Kansai region of Japan to conduct research on the topic of food, focusing on the multilayered and heterogeneous nature of culture and identity. The fruits of their creative process culminated in performances at the Taipei Arts Festival and KYOTO EXPERIMENT 2025. This footage is from KYOTO EXPERIMENT 2025.
Project members include Jang-Chi, a member of artist collective OLTA; Ming-Chen Lee, a Taipei-based artist who works across the fields of performance art and visual art; Ness Roque, an actor and dramaturg from the Philippines; and Yuju Wen, a Taiwan-born novelist who writes in Japanese.
The stage is thick with words in all of their languages, the artists traveling through various topics in both native and foreign tongues. The conversation spans fermented foods from ancient islands, anecdotes about their respective languages and translation, and memories of the flavors they cherish. What will be served at this kitchen-cum-stage?

＜Performance Credits＞
Research & Concept: Jang-Chi, Ming-Chen Lee, Ness Roque, Yuju Wen
Artistic Direction, Text & Performance: Jang-Chi, Ming-Chen Lee, Ness Roque
Novel & Voice performance: Yuju Wen
Stage Manager & Technical Coordinator: Yuhi Kobayashi
Lighting Design & Technical Director: Tze-Yu Lai
Video & Sound Design: Ching-Hung Fan
Sound Operator: Koji Shiina
Lighting Operator: Ai Aoyama
Novel translation (Chinese): Kaku Hanka
Novel translation (English): Art Translators Collective (Hibiki Mizuno, Ben Cagan, Haruka Ueda)
Production Management: Yichun Chen
Production Assistant: Neo Akitsu

In co-operation with OLTA, Kinosaki International Arts Center (Toyooka City)
Special Thanks: Tomoyuki Arai (YPAM – Yokohama International Performing Arts Meeting), Hanabi Takemiya, Physical and Health Education Office, Kyoto City Board of Education, Harue Kawasaki
Research Cooperation: Satoshi Yokoyama (Professor, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University), Noriko Ijichi (Professor, School of Literature and Human Sciences, Osaka Metropolitan University / Vice Director, Osaka Korea Town Museum), Shil Pak, Keiko Yamaguchi, Yoshimi Osawa (Associate Professor, College of Arts and Sciences, J. F. Oberlin University)

Co-Production: Kyoto Experiment, Taipei Performing Arts Center, The Japan Foundation
Supported by The Saison Foundation
Organized by Kyoto Experiment, The Japan Foundation

This work was produced for the Japan Foundation‛s International Creations in Performing Arts 2025.
Kyoto Experiment × The Japan Foundation “Sequence”

Filmed at ROHM Theatre Kyoto, North Hall on October 25, 2025
Video Produced by Kyoto Experiment (https://kyoto-ex.jp/en/) and The Japan Foundation (https://www.jpf.go.jp/e/)
Archive Film by slide//show

＜Online Subtitles＞
English translation (partial) : Madoka Ueno　
Chinese translation (Traditional) (partial) : nonunique solutions
Chinese translation (Simplified) : nonunique solutions