SUPER STAGE 節慶介紹
MATERIAL FROM THE PRESENT,
FOR THE NEXT
2026 高雄國際鋼雕藝術節｜2026.10.23 Fri — 11.22 Sun
藝術節論述
Festival Statement千年前的鐵器留存至今，冶煉的手勢、分工與理解材料的方式，卻已歷經轉變。金屬延續，圍繞金屬的生活也不斷改寫。一座鋼鐵城市的轉身，可被寫成產業更迭的篇章，也發生在工廠的工序、身體的習慣、勞動與消遣的節奏之中。
2026 高雄國際鋼雕藝術節以「SUPER STAGE」為題，讓舞台與階段在此重疊。聚焦高雄的此刻，舞台是一處正在搭建的現場，讓城市對下一步的想像得以試作、排練與交會；階段則指向轉變的過程，如同材料成形所經歷的工序，此刻的高雄也將成為日後回望時的一個切面。兩種讀法交織，使「STAGE」的命題既是面向未來的行動，也是對當下位置的辨認。
從鋼鐵出發，台灣與海外創作者透過當代藝術、設計、行為與聲響，進入製造與生活的交界。室內主題展、戶外現地創作、街區串聯與國際論壇，連結跨國交流、企業協作與教育推廣，共同展開這場書寫與登錄。製造的方法、使用的經驗，以及對下一個階段的提案，在不同現場留下各自的版本紀錄。
當此刻成為歷史，這些創作與自述將帶著形成時的處境，與後來的敘事相互對讀。物件承載產業經驗，創作回應勞動的身體與市井的記憶，世代與觀點在此共演，也保留彼此的差異。這座港口城市的當代藝術現場，由此成為一次面向未來的盤點與排練。
登上舞台，也留下說法。以城市為材料，在事情仍在發生、下一階段尚未底定之時，寫下此刻如何形成，以及尚在醞釀的去向。
Iron objects made a thousand years ago survive today, while the gestures of smelting, the division of labour and ways of understanding materials have undergone profound change. Metal endures; the lives organised around it are continually rewritten. A steel city’s transformation can be narrated as a chapter in industrial change, yet it also unfolds through factory processes, bodily habits, and the rhythms of work and leisure.
Under the title SUPER STAGE, the 2026 Kaohsiung International Steel & Iron Sculpture Festival brings two meanings of “stage” into conjunction. Grounded in Kaohsiung’s present, the stage is a site under construction, where visions of the city’s next move can be tested, rehearsed and brought into encounter. A stage also marks a phase of transformation: like the successive processes through which materials take form, Kaohsiung’s present will become a moment encountered in retrospect. Held together, these readings position STAGE as both an action directed towards the future and a recognition of where the city stands.
Beginning with steel, creators from Taiwan and abroad work across contemporary art, design, performance and sound to enter the intersections of manufacturing and everyday life. An indoor thematic exhibition, outdoor on-site creation, neighbourhood collaborations and an international forum connect international exchange, industry partnerships and educational outreach in a collective undertaking of inscription and documentation. Methods of making, experiences of use and proposals for the next phase leave their distinct accounts across these sites.
As the present becomes history, these works and self-authored accounts will carry the circumstances of their making, to be read alongside later narratives. Materials bear industrial experience; creative practices respond to working bodies and memories of everyday urban life. Generations and perspectives share the stage while retaining their differences. This site of contemporary art in a port city becomes an occasion to take stock and rehearse for the future.
To take the stage is also to leave an account. With the city as material, the festival records how the present has taken shape and what directions are still emerging—while events remain in motion and the next phase has yet to be determined.
