Vice President Hsiao Meiqin (standing, front row, 2nd from left) and Culture Minister Li Yuan (standing, front row, 3rd from left) jointly attended the “Taiwan Forward 2024 Paris Cultural Olympics Oath Ribbon Press Conference” yesterday, and competed with participating performing groups to symbolize Taiwan. W gesture. (Photo by reporter Zhang Jiaming)
[Reporter Dong Baiting/Reporting from Taipei]The 2024 Paris Summer Olympics will be held from July 26 to August 11. The host country, France, will organize nearly 2,500 exhibition projects during the “Cultural Olympics” before and after the Olympics, supported by the Ministry of Culture The Taiwanese art and cultural team organized will participate in the grand event at the LaVette Park in Paris from July 27 to August 10. Today, Vice President Hsiao Meiqin, Minister of Culture Li Yuan and others attended the press conference to present ribbons to the Cultural Olympics national team, officially announcing that the Taiwanese team will go to Paris to gather momentum for the contestants.
Vice President Hsiao Meiqin attended the “Taiwan Forward 2024 Paris Cultural Olympics Pledge Ribbon Press Conference” to encourage the National Cultural Olympics team. (Photo by reporter Zhang Jiaming)
Vice President Hsiao Meiqin said in her speech that this is the first time Taiwan has organized a large-scale national team to participate in the Cultural Olympics. “I have always believed that the spirit and values of the Olympic Games are a diverse display across generations, fields, and borders, and they also come from strength. and ideas, from sports to art. In the past, when Taiwan participated in the Olympics, everyone paid more attention to the cultivation and sprint of sports events. This time we are very happy to witness more beauty and more art. “
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The new main visual of “Taiwan Culture Advances to the Paris Olympics” uses TAIWAN’s “W” to be creative. It not only uses five-color ribbons, but also extends the design to launch a series of interesting series such as breast milk, forest train, sky lantern, banana and blue and white mop. symbol to promote Taiwanese culture. (Provided by the Ministry of Culture)
Minister of Culture Li Yuan explained that he recently held a pre-departure press conference for nine Taiwanese teams who were about to participate in art events such as the “Waia Vernon Festival”, “Edinburgh Fringe Festival”, and “Dusseldorf International Dance Fair”. Today, Standing for the Taiwanese team in the Cultural Olympics again, I feel that “Europe this year is very Taiwanese.” He mentioned that through performances by elites from different art groups, including dance, drama, music, etc., Taiwan’s uniqueness can be better presented.
The Ministry of Culture pointed out that the 16-day series of performances will have four major themes: “Sound of Freedom, Island Beauty, Contemporary New Art, and World Integration”, with nearly 60 performances arranged, and will screen nearly 300 artists from the Ministry of Culture Art Bank. Image of the work. The 22 teams reflect Taiwan’s contemporary diverse humanistic scene, and also pay tribute to values such as freedom, equality, gender, ethnicity, mother tongue, and mixed race.
In addition, the new wave of visual design of the Cultural Olympics uses TAIWAN’s “W” to be creative, using a W-shaped five-color ribbon, paired with the English slogan “Win Together”, which will be integrated into the performance venue landscape to connect with the Olympic atmosphere. . The extension design also applies the structure of connecting two “V”s to express the meaning of “together”, and introduces a series of interesting symbols such as precious milk, forest train, sky lantern, banana and blue and white mop to promote Taiwan’s unique cultural elements. .
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Source: China