ARTIST / CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Cheng
Nai-Chuan.
Between sound, physics and perception,
exploring what art can become.
BIOGRAPHY
Sound, image and installations
as a medium for reflection.
Cheng Nai-Chuan is the creative director of NL Interactive and holds a master's degree in multimedia music composition from National Chiao Tung University. His interdisciplinary practice spans interactive installations, projection, audiovisual art, multimedia theatre and music production. Through sound, image and installations, his work explores physical phenomena and human perspectives.
His practice brings together sound and light, interactive programming, multichannel music and kinetic installations, with a sustained focus on connecting technology and art.
EDUCATION
National Chiao Tung University
Master's degree in multimedia music composition (2011–2014)
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Doctoral studies in architecture (2024–)
PRACTICE
Sound, light & interactive installations
Multichannel music & mixing
Creative coding & cross-media integration
3D modelling & multimedia theatre
SELECTED HISTORY / 2016–2026
Work & collaborations.
An ongoing practice. An ongoing conversation.
ArtworkSelected artworks
202501 ENTRIES＋
- Installation Eternal Prelude Before Darkness presented at the Rheometer multichannel concert, Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria.
202401 ENTRIES＋
- Installation presented in Sonic Forms, a concert in dialogue with installations and instruments at the C-LAB Taiwan sound festival.
202301 ENTRIES＋
- Unperceived Quadrants, solo installation art exhibition.
202201 ENTRIES＋
- AI synaesthesia experiments and presentation of What Colour of Sound Did It See? at the Taiwan Sound Lab, C-LAB, as part of the 2022 sound experimentation programme.
202102 ENTRIES＋
- Audiovisual work Unknown Flow presented at the Chang Gung University arts festival.
- Unknown Flow installation exhibition at Shalun Green Energy Art, Tainan.
202001 ENTRIES＋
- Multichannel audiovisual work Unknown Form presented at a concert at the Taiwan Sound Lab, C-LAB.
CooperationCollaborations
202605 ENTRIES＋
- Improvised sound performance, Chaos Body Sound, season 10, session 7.
- Workshop instructor for the Department of Art and Design, Yuan Ze University.
- Electroacoustic and installation design for Penglai Rice, part of the All Things Have Spirits sound project.
- Installation design, production and music for Resonant Chant at the opening of HIWIN's new factory in Milan, Italy.
- Resonant Chant installation design and presentation for HIWIN at COMPUTEX 2026.
202505 ENTRIES＋
- Music for The Glenlivet dual-cask launch film.
- Music design for Hui Hui, the main installation at the Zhubei Lantern Festival.
- Multichannel sound design and production for a Fuhwa Construction exhibition space.
- Music co-designed and produced with Shitou for Wen Yung-Chuan's multimedia work Gan Ting Xu, exhibited and performed at NEORT++ in Japan.
- Eternal Prelude Before Darkness performed at the Rheometer multichannel concert, Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria.
202406 ENTRIES＋
- Opening film score for The Glenlivet 200th Anniversary Campaign.
- Music production for Wen Yung-Chuan's multimedia work Gan Ting Xu.
- Music design and production for Slow Dance of Light, the main installation at the 2024 Zhubei Lantern Festival.
- Composition, installation design and production for Sonic Forms, a concert in dialogue with installations and instruments at the C-LAB Taiwan sound festival.
- Music design for choreographer Chou Shu-Yi's 1875 Ravel and Bolero.
- Music design for theatre director Chen Pin-Jung's Youth.
202305 ENTRIES＋
- Music design and production for parts one and three of Into Paul Chiang, a 5G immersive audiovisual trilogy.
- Sound creation for the From Small to Large exhibition at the Kaohsiung Design Festival.
- Laser prop production for the themed pavilion at Creative Expo Taiwan.
- Music production for Light Rabbit, an installation in the Shilin area of the Taiwan Lantern Festival.
- Interactive multimedia production for the Images of Taiwan exhibition at the Southern Branch of the National Palace Museum.
202205 ENTRIES＋
- Presentation of Into the Mountains: Dome by Li Chen-An and Cheng Nai-Chuan at Future Vision Lab 2022.
- Music design for the opening press event of the Taipei City Expo.
- Scene visual design for the drama Nipo's Freedom.
- Online performance design and production for the innovation accelerator event at Zhengde Junior High School, New Taipei City.
- Interactive production for an ASUS Zenbook commercial.
202104 ENTRIES＋
- Music director for the opening ceremony of the 2021 National Intercollegiate Athletic Games.
- Music design for Anarchy Dance Theatre's 2021 work Flesh Cyborg.
- Music production for InTW's dance film The Awake.
- Multimedia sound and light production for the stem-removal area of the Pingtung Tobacco Factory 1936 Cultural Base.
202005 ENTRIES＋
- Music and programming for The Sound of Blooming: Eternal Daylight Heart at the Taiwan Lantern Festival.
- Music production and show programming for Peder Bjurman and Fang Hsu-Chung's Peaceful Times at the light festival in Helsingor, Denmark.
- Music design for InTW's Nacosis, performed at The Spring, Tainan.
- Music design and production for the multimedia theatre opening of Taipei Fashion Week.
- Show programming and selected content design for LuxuryLogico's work at Nuit Blanche.
201910 ENTRIES＋
- Composition for Bubble, a dance collaboration with Hong Kong dancer Ko Chi-Fai.
- Composition and interactive programming for Human Light Mirror and Peaceful Times at the Taiwan Lantern Festival in Pingtung.
- Music arrangement and production for Intel's drone light show at the opening and closing of the Taiwan Lantern Festival in Pingtung.
- Music design and interactive multimedia programming for the Pingtung pavilion at Creative Expo Taiwan.
- Interactive multimedia design and production for the Hennessy Declassified event.
- Music design and production for InTW's immersive multimedia theatre work AWAKE.
- Programming and sound design for a countdown installation at Eslite Dunnan.
- Kinetic installation design and programming for Uni-President Department Store's iSharing 2019.
- Music design and production for For-giving, For-getting at the Hsinchu Sixth Fuel Factory international interactive theatre programme.
- Music production and coordination for the Christmas concert at Shanghai Jinqiao International Commercial Plaza.
201806 ENTRIES＋
- Concept, creation and interactive mechanism programming for Pingtung Stories, representing Pingtung County at the Taiwan Lantern Festival in Chiayi.
- Music coordination and production for Happy, Nora? with InTW at the Tainan Arts Festival.
- Sound art design for the Co-Craft Pavilion at the 2018 Taiwan Design Expo.
- Music and installation programming for LuxuryLogico's The Sound of Blooming at the Taichung World Flora Exposition, including a concert with the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra.
- Exhibition music design for the Miaoli Weaving Art Festival.
- Instrumental arrangement of Ode to the Triple Gem for a New Year blessing concert at Fo Guang Shan, Paris.
201707 ENTRIES＋
- Lighting and interactive design for two works with artist Chang Yu-Chiao in the rural art area of the Taiwan Lantern Festival.
- Presentation of Distorted Lies at an experimental electronic pop music showcase.
- Music programmer for the opening ceremony of the 2017 Taipei Summer Universiade.
- Music and multimedia design for 70 Ways to Smile with Body Notes Dance Theatre.
- Workshop instructor on dubstep and EDM arrangement for the Computer Music Association of Taiwan.
- Sound installation Resonance Within exhibited at Taichung Dadun Cultural Center as part of a Taiwan Digital Culture Center research project; instructor for a related creative sound workshop.
- Installation programming for the Extraordinary Martial Arts exhibition at the Pier-2 Art Center.
201607 ENTRIES＋
- Choral rearrangement of Formosa for the inauguration of the 14th President of Taiwan on May 20.
- Electronic sound design for Flow with Lin Wen-Chung Dance Company.
- Performer in You, Me, Them, a networked Taipei-Cologne concert at Guling Street Avant-garde Theatre.
- Audio production, mixing and post-production for the 27th Golden Melody Awards nominee films.
- Development of theatre playback software with Guling Street Avant-garde Theatre.
- Arrangement and production of the opening and closing music for the documentary Fu Lu Life.
- Interactive visual design for Crescent Lake with Body Notes Dance Theatre.
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