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Notation and algorithms transformed sound into data, giving rise to "machinic sound" through sequencers, synthesizers, and live coding that redefines the human-technology relationship. Exploring this boundary, Minimal Input is a three-day audiovisual festival featuring algorithmic composition, generative art, and "algorave" culture at C-LAB’s Art Space V. In collaboration with Formosa Sound System and artist aka_chang, the event translates abstract data into intense physical experiences. Featuring live parties, Eulerroom online streams, screenings, talks, and a marathon performance by Atomic Swap Electronic Music, the festival showcases live coding as a transparent, improvisational performance that merges code, technology, and sound rituals.

「FUTURE VISION LAB 2021」，打造直徑12公尺的戶外穹頂構築（DOME）展演空間，規劃了14檔作品展演和1場講座，邀請國內外藝術家製作沉浸影音與跨域的作品，更首度開放徵件，徵選出多位新銳數位媒體創作者的作品。

C-LAB’s "Future Media Arts Festival" runs from October 8 to November 28, 2021. Co-curated by Dar-Kuen Wu and Escher Tsai, it showcases 24 works by 23 local and international artists, alongside lectures and workshops. Running in parallel, "FUTURE VISION LAB" features a giant dome-shaped space delivering immersive audio-visual experiences. Together, these events push the boundaries of technology and creation to inspire fresh perspectives on the future of media art.

Since 2018, C-LAB has transformed the former Air Force Command Headquarters into an artistic incubator for innovative cultural experimentation. Building on previous experimental architecture projects, Project: The Folly uses the former U.S. Aid Building (Art Space V) to explore the concept of "folly" and examine human-space relations within an ambiguous, evolving historic site. Ten participating artists engage with the venue through two main approaches: CHEN Wan-Jen, TAI Han-Hong, CHIU Chen-Hung, and LIAO Chien-Chung create site-specific works that respond to the building's historical and spatial context, while WU Tsan-Cheng, LING Tien, CHEN Shiau-Peng, TSONG Pu, HSIAO Yu-Chih, and Arnont NONOYAO investigate urban systems and individual-city dynamics. By rejecting pragmatic utilitarianism, the project offers fresh perspectives on post-pandemic living and place-building.

Rooted in Taiwan's 1990s visual art and experimental theater, C-LAB's major exhibition Re: Play explores contemporary corporeal expressions through live art. Curated by CHUANG Wei-Tzu, WANG Po-Wei, and River LIN, the exhibition brings together 16 artists to examine bodies disciplined, neglected, or requisitioned by state and neoliberal structures. Through performative language, movement, and field structures, the project investigates sensory states across three distinct sections: Archive on Live, The Display on Live, and Performance Process. Together, these components offer a multifaceted exploration of archives, narratives, spaces, and the body.