Based in Taipei, Taiwan, Project Fulfill Art Space continues to explore new possibilities in contemporary art. The gallery places importance not only on the artworks themselves, but also on the experiences they create and the rich dialogues that emerge between artists, their works, and audiences.
For this year’s Tokyo Gendai, Project Fulfill Art Space joins two other Taiwanese galleries, Double Square Gallery and Chi-Wen Gallery, to present a selection of video art from Taiwan. Among the highlights are works by ZHANG XU Zhan, whose distinctive practice brings questions of environment, culture, and society into focus through humor, imagination, and meticulous craftsmanship.
We spoke with Project Fulfill Art Space about the creative energy of Taiwan’s contemporary art scene and the diverse forms of expression that continue to connect it with audiences around the world.
Project Fulfill Art Space, Taipei (2025)
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Could you tell us about the history of Project Fulfill Art Space and the vision that continues to guide the gallery today?
Project Fulfill Art Space was established as a platform for the exchange of contemporary art. Since its inception, the gallery has been committed to presenting exhibitions that respond thoughtfully to the relationship between artwork, space, and audience.
Our name Project Fulfill “就在( Jui Zai)”,means “right here, right now” expressing our belief that every exhibition should emerge from the specific conditions of its time and place. Rather than treating the gallery as a neutral venue, we encourage artists to engage with its spatial characteristics and transform the exhibition into a site-specific experience. In this way, each project becomes inseparable from its environment, inviting viewers to encounter the work within the unique context of the present moment.
Over the years, Project Fulfill Art Space has worked with both emerging and established artists across a wide range of media, including painting, sculpture, installation, video, and sound. As an active platform for international exchange, we have collaborated with artists throughout the Asia-Pacific region and beyond. Today, we continue to support practices that expand contemporary artistic language while fostering dialogue between Taiwan and the international art community.
Project Fulfill Art Space, Taipei (2025)
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Many of the artists you work with create research-based and conceptual works. What kinds of artistic practices are you most interested in introducing, and why?
Rather than focusing on a particular medium or methodology, we are interested in artists who develop distinctive artistic languages through sustained inquiry and experimentation. Whether working with installation, video, sculpture, painting, or sound, the practices we support share a strong sensitivity to how artworks are experienced within a specific spatial and cultural context. For us, conceptual depth is not an end in itself, but a means of creating meaningful encounters between the artwork, its environment, and its viewers.
As a platform for contemporary art, we are also committed to introducing artistic practices that contribute to broader cultural dialogue. By presenting artists whose work resonates both locally and internationally, we hope to encourage conversations that connect Taiwan’s contemporary art scene with wider global perspectives.
Your gallery is known for exhibitions that transform the space itself. How did you approach the presentation of your booth at Tokyo Gendai?
This year, Project Fulfill Art Space joins with two other Taiwan gallery－Double Square Gallery and Chi-Wen Gallery. Rather than presenting our programs independently, we chose to collaborate around a shared goal: introducing the diversity of Taiwanese video art to an international audience.
Each gallery has presented one artist whose practice reflects a distinct perspective within video art. By bringing these works together, we hope the booth becomes more than a collection of individual presentations—it offers visitors a broader understanding of the different artistic languages and narratives.
Project Fulfill Art Space, Taipei (2025)
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Which artists or works at your booth are you especially excited to introduce to visitors this year?
We are delighted to present two works by ZHANG XU Zhan: Termite Feeding Show and AT5 – Animal Story Series. Together, these works offer a compelling introduction to the artist’s distinctive visual language.
Termite Feeding Show marks ZHANG XU Zhan ‘s first work to combine live-action performance with stop-motion animation. Inspired by a news report about termites changing their feeding habits in response to environmental change—eventually consuming electrical wires and causing widespread power outages—the artist reimagines this incident as an absurd ecological allegory. Within the work, the termites’ new appetite becomes both a ritual offering to nature and a symbolic retaliation against humanity. Through handcrafted paper sculptures, intricate stop-motion animation, and live performance, the work blurs the boundaries between myth and reality, ultimately suggesting that the conditions driving the termites’ transformation may also foreshadow the future of human society. Beneath its playful visual language lies a poignant reflection on environmental crisis, survival, and the consequences of humanity’s relationship with the natural world.
Alongside it, AT5 – Animal Story Series explores how different local cultures can connect through shared narrative traditions. The work takes its title from the Aarne–Thompson (AT) Index, a system for classifying folktales according to recurring narrative patterns. Drawing inspiration from folk stories found across Asia—including Indonesia, Japan, and Taiwan—artist reimagines familiar animal tales through the visual language of Taiwanese yizhen (traditional folk performance processions), stop-motion animation, and handcrafted costumes. By weaving together stories that share similar structures but emerge from different cultural contexts, AT5 reflects on the circulation, adaptation, and transformation of cultural narratives across regions.
Together, these two works demonstrate ZHANG XU Zhan ‘s ability to transform local materials and traditions into contemporary moving-image works that resonate across cultures while addressing social phenomenon through poetic storytelling.
What do you hope visitors will experience after spending time at your booth?
We hope visitors will find not only the unique vision of each participating artist but also the vitality of Taiwan’s video art.
Through this collaborative presentation, we want to highlight how moving-image practices in Taiwan continue to evolve through diverse artistic approaches and storytelling methods. We hope works such as ZHANG XU Zhan’s Termite Feeding Show will invite audiences to engage with social phenomena through imagination, humor, and poetic metaphor. Furthermore, we hope visitors leave with a lasting impression of the creativity and depth that Taiwanese artists bring to the international contemporary art scene.
Thank you very much! We look forward to seeing your work in September.
Beyond the Screen: Discover New Stories from Taiwan.
Dates:
11-13 September 2026 (Fri-Sun) *Vernissage: 10 September (Thu)
Venue:
Pacifico Yokohama
Booth:
Project Fulfill Art Space
Ticket Purchase:
Project Fulfill Art Space
In 2008, Project Fulfill Art Space was established in Taipei as a platform for the exchange of contemporary art.
Project Fulfill Art Space’s key principle centers on the conditions of time and space, reflecting the values of site-specificity when approaching each exhibition concept. The gallery’s name ‘Project Fulfill’ reflects our approach to each exhibition concept, where artists are invited to imagine the exhibition experience as a relationship with the environment, by integrating the gallery space; its characteristics and conditions into their artwork, echoing the notion of ‘right here, right now’ (which is also the meaning of Project Fulfill’s name “就在Jui Zai”). The sensations and experiences found within each exhibition become unique creative experiences with both the artwork and its surroundings, transcending beyond a conventional gallery experience. Likewise, each exhibition piece is not easily moved from one location to another, rather they become interwoven with the fabric of space and time in the here and now.
Project Fulfill Art Space is recognized as a cornerstone for emerging and established artists in Taiwan’s contemporary art scene, exhibiting a range of mediums including painting, sculpture, site specific installations, video and sound art. As a platform of exchange for contemporary art, Project Fulfill has collaborated with international artists across the Asia Pacific and beyond, including Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Korea, China, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, India, Australia and Turkey.
