Creative Archive

Before I built systems, I built sets and staged plays. The deadline never moved, and everything had to work on the day.

A performer wearing a large green crocodile head under hanging paper flowers
Crocodile! PUFF! · 2015

Set decoration,
commercials

Freelance set decorator for about five years, on around 70 commercial shoots. I designed sets to the client's brief and budget, and led the art team that built them.

FamilyMart, 夯蕃薯: commercial poster frame

FamilyMart

夯蕃薯

AVON, 玻尿酸安瓶: commercial poster frame

AVON

玻尿酸安瓶

一芳水果茶, 水果情俠: commercial poster frame

一芳水果茶

水果情俠

ELLE, MyLightMyCushion: commercial poster frame

ELLE

MyLightMyCushion

Set decoration,
photo

Textures and surfaces built for photo shoots, many of them modelled on nature.

A fashion portrait against a red textured surface and stone props
A close view of the hand-built terracotta surface
Hand-built terracotta surface
Models surrounded by suspended rocks against a blue backdrop
Trainers nestled in a sculpted sand surface
A model seated among dried grasses and stone props

Theatre

Illustrated crocodile poster for the Taipei production
Taipei production poster

Crocodile! PUFF! (鱷魚! PUFF!)

Director and playwright · 2015

Adapted from Qiu Miaojin's novel Notes of a Crocodile, about a crocodile trying to connect with the people around it. The staging mixed animation, live streaming, live music and the smell of food. It premiered at the Taipei Fringe Festival and toured to Tamsui and Hong Kong.

Animation for the production. Animation by 林蔚圻.
A crocodile-headed performer on a dimly lit stage
A crocodile-headed performer on a dimly lit stage
The Waves poster with layered blue and green shapes
Production key art

The Waves (海浪)

Assistant director and stage manager · 2013

Adapted from Virginia Woolf's The Waves, following six friends through their lives. The audience moved through the space with the performers. Premiered at the Taipei Fringe Festival.

The Waves cast standing on a rocky shore
Cast photograph
The Waves programme with an ocean photograph
Production programme