曾智偉
TSENG CHIH WEI
1991年生於臺灣,畢於國立臺北藝術大學戲劇學系。現為表演藝術工作者,演出及創作領域跨足戲劇、舞蹈及沉浸式體驗。作品關注愛滋意識提升及酷兒文化探索,身體作為展演的媒介,文字開啟詩意的想像,邀請觀眾共創非典型空間中的親密經驗,開啟多元對話的可能性。
愛滋創作轉化疾病的各種面向成不同形式的展演,以藝術實踐為感染者發聲,破除愛滋社群與社會大眾之間的疆界,曾發表自傳型獨角戲《巴黎野梅》、參與式藝術計畫《野梅close up》、沉浸式展覽《POZbath》。酷兒創作則曾與變裝皇后妮妃雅合作,結合劇場的批判性與秀場的娛樂性,發表沉浸式劇場作品《Mommy Drag》。
現為姊弟製作團長,與姊姊曾歆雁共同創作,兩人保留兒時「變把戲」的遊玩精神,自己創作劇本並互相指導排練,作品運用場域的特色與限制,創造多元的沉浸式劇場作品。2023年於毓繡美術館創作《裂縫裡的光》獲第二十二屆台新藝術獎提名,該作品同年入選臺東藝穗節,並聯合旅宿業者,延伸創作18小時沉浸式旅行體驗。
2018-2020年旅居法國,學習法文及參與演出製作,遊走在不同的文化及語境之間,累積了豐富的國際合作經驗。至今參與了13個臺法共製,曾與Xavier Le Roy、Emmanuel Demarcy Mota、Pascal Rambert 和 Jean-François Auguste等知名法國藝術家合作,於法國各大城市、外亞維儂藝術節和愛丁堡藝穗節演出,並受邀駐村於巴黎市立劇院、MC93 de Bobigny、Bonlieu Scène Nationale Annecy 和 Théâtre Louis Jouvet de Rethel。
曾智偉
TSENG CHIH WEI
Tseng Chih-Wei (b. 1991, Taiwan) graduated from the Department of Theatre, Taipei National University of the Arts, now working as a performing artist in theatre, dance and immersive works. His practice raises public awareness on HIV/AIDS and explores queer culture. Through the performativity of body and the poetic imagination of language, he invites audience-members to create intimate experiences in unorthodox spaces with him, and to open up possibilities of conversations among people with a variety of beliefs and ideologies.
Tseng’s HIV/AIDS works transform the different aspects of HIV/AIDS into various performing forms. Using artistic practice to speak out for the people living with HIV, he aims to break the boundary between the HIV/AIDS community and the public. His recent HIV/AIDS works are immersive work POZbath (2023), participatory art project Wild Plum Blossom Close Up (2022-2023), and autobiographical solo show Paris Wild Plum Blossom (2020). And his queer immersive work Mommy Drag(2020) was collaborated with drag queen Nymphia Wind, it was both entertaining and critical.
Tseng is the director of Sis Bro Production. With his sister Tseng Hsin Yen, they keep the spirit of “play make-believe” from their childhood in their creation process. They work as playwright, director, and performer to each other, and they use the characteristics of different sites to create various immersive works. In 2023, their work Shining Through The Cracks in Yu-Hsiu Museum was nominated for the 22th Taishin Arts Award. In the same year, the work got selected in Taitung Fringe Festival. They collaborated with Hotel Norden Ruder and transformed it into an 18-hour immersive journey.
From 2018 to 2020, he lived in France to study French and participate in theatre productions. Through living between different cultures and languages, he has gained a lot of experience in international collaborations. So far, he has participated in 12 French-Taiwanese productions, working with well-known French artists such as Xavier Le Roy, Emmanuel Demarcy Mota, Pascal Rambert and Jean-François Auguste, and performed in several major cities in France, Festival Off d’Avignon, and Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and did arts residencies in Théâtre de la ville de Paris, MC93 de Bobigny, Bonlieu Scène Nationale Annecy and Théâtre Louis Jouvet de Rethel.