National Dongshih Senior High School—Us in a Century-Old Campus—"Dongshih 100 | A Festival of Youthful Life and Aesthetics"

Exhibition Area 1 | "Before Entering Donggao" - Seeing Your Grown Self
The school gate passageway is a place every student passes through every day, marking the beginning of their life at Donggao High School. "Before Entering Donggao" uses mirror installations and interactive reflections as its core, inviting students to look back at themselves when they first stepped onto campus, and at their current growth. From anticipation, confusion, and dreams to future imaginings, each time they look at themselves in the mirror, it's an opportunity to reconnect with their youth. Through the time capsule and interactive installations, they record their present selves and leave behind their hopes for the future.
Exhibition Area Two | "Distance"—Making Understanding Happen
The principal's office is often the most familiar yet most unfamiliar place for students. "Distance" aims to break down the barriers between students and principals/teachers by creating a space for listening and communication through question boxes, response walls, and sharing of youthful stories. Students can leave their questions and thoughts, and the principal can respond with text, audio recordings, or videos, making education not just about management, but about understanding.
Through this dialogue, we are rethinking: In addition to imparting knowledge, can schools also become places that are willing to listen to students' voices?
Exhibition Area Three | "Gaze"—Us Through an Educational Perspective
The statue of Confucius symbolizes the long-standing values and standards of education. "The Gaze" uses students' eyes as its primary creative element, exploring the relationship between the education system, societal expectations, and self-identity through video, sound, and installation art. We cover Confucius's eyes and replace them with the eyes of students. We hope to make education not just a one-sided observation of students, but a genuine seeing of them. In those pairs of eyes, we see anxiety, expectation, dreams, and aspirations, and we also see students' imaginations of the future of education.