古羅文君

Born in 1973 at Tainan city, with Atayal lineage from Mekarang Village in Jianshi Township, Hsinchu. Received her master’s degree in Interdisciplinary Art, Institute of National Kaohsiung Normal University. She is a producer, director, and manager of Scarecrow Contemporary Dance Company (SCDC), artistic director of Atayal Art and Dance Company, as well as an interdisciplinary contemporary artist and independent curator.

Miru as SCDC producer, Produced SCDC “Step In” Site-Specific Dance Performance series piece at historic site, galleries, art space, cafe shop, ruins, tree house, hotel rooms, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei etc. (2009-2017). In 2019, Miru published the dance book entitled “Step in．Site-Specific Dance Performance of Scarecrow Contemporary Dance Company.”

Miru was an Artist-in-Residence of Soulangh Artist Village (2014) and The Fifth Pulima Arts Festival one of curatorial members (2020-2021). And from 2015, based on the concept and elements of contemporary dance she curated interdisciplinary contemporary art project exhibitions at Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, TNUA (National Culture and Arts Foundation's “ Curator's Incubator Program at Museums”); Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts (Forum for Creativity in Art); Stock 20 Art Gallery, Taichung; Tainan Cultural Center, B1F Gallery and Outdoor plaza; and exhibition at the hotel: The Place Tainan 6798 Gallery.

From the creative practices of various art forms, the poetic writing of words and languages, to the dance field of performing arts to explore the dialogue between body and space, realize the collision of body perception and architectural elements, interdisciplinary collaboration production to connect unique experience, and with the imagine of new media art or Internet to experiment and observe the interactive and interwoven relationship between people and the city.

• 2020-2021

  “The Body of Forking Paths”/ the fifth Pulima Art Festival, Mekarang Village in Jianshi Township, Hsinchu & Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab (C-LAB), Art Space II, Dormitory A and B, Taipei, Taiwan

• 2019

  “Spirit’s Dialogue — The narratives about the mountain”, NYCU Arts Center & The Place Taipei 10F, Taipei, Taiwan

• 2018

  “Random Dancing” — Dance and Space/Video Interactive Exhibition, Tainan Cultural Center (Outdoor Star Plaza and Stadium Corridor), Tainan, Taiwan

• 2017

  “Choreographer’s Gaze — Daily Portrait of the Body”, Tainan Cultural Center (B1F Gallery 2&3), Tainan, Taiwan

• 2016

  “Maintain _ Body — Kaohsiung: Site-specific x Body Tracks Project”, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts (Exhibition Venue: Galleries 401-402), Kaohsiung, Taiwan

• 2015

  “ ‘Maintaining _ Body’ Movement Topology & Tracks in the City”, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts (Gallery 103 & 104), Taipei, Taiwan

• 2014

  Master of the Graduate Institute of Transdisciplinary Art, National Kaohsiung Normal University

• 1996

  Graduated from Department of Visual Communication Design, YunTech

• 2014-

  The Interdisciplinary contemporary Artist and Independent Curator

• 2004-

  Producer, Director and Manager of Scarecrow Contemporary Dance Company

• 2019

  Step in．Site-Specific Dance Performance of Scarecrow Contemporary Dance Company, Tainan: Scarecrow Contemporary Dance Company

• 2021

  “Hideout and Reconnect”, shortlisted for the Rollout Dance film festival─Rolling48 Challenge, Macao, China

• 2018

  Was grant-aided transportation expenses by the Ministry of Culture, to participate in Boisbuchet Design and Architecture Workshops, study Video art

• 2015

  “Urban Sounds Body Project” — wearable devices dance performance project, shortlisted for the 10th Digital Art Awards Taipei, 435 Art Zone, New Taipei City, Taiwan

• 2014

  Artist-in-Residence of Soulangh Artist Village, Tainan, Taiwan

• 2012

  Be selected to participate in Immersion I Art and Technology Workshops @ The 9th Shanghai Biennial 2012, China

• 2010

  Research “Site specific Dance Performance Project Study” was grant-aided by National Culture and Arts Foundation, Taiwan

• 2009-

  Produced Scarecrow Contemporary Dance Company (SCDC) “Step In” Site-Specific Dance Performance series piece at historic site, galleries, art space, cafe shop, ruins, tree house, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei etc. “2010 Step In Soy House Artist Club” was nominated for the 9th Taishin Arts Award, Taiwan