European Digital Deal Summit

Year 2023

Period Annual

Location POSTcity, Linz (Austria)

Client Ars Electronica

Position Planner/Facilitator

Partner g0v da0, Frontier Foundation, National Culture and Arts Foundation

Team Martin Rauchbauer, Lewis Hou, Simon Delakorda, Lluc Bono Rosselló, Marta Peirano; Ars Electronica: Jovana Jankov, Ana Maria Carabelea, Magdalena Giegler

Photos Yun-Cheng Chen

European Digital Deal is a three-year investigation co-funded by Creative Europe into how the accelerated, yet at times unconsidered adoption of new technologies – such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, blockchain and algorithmic processing – can alter or undermine democratic processes.

This new kind of public forum is embedded in the annual Ars Electronica Festival, gathered facilitators and experts for a series of three-day workshops, focusing on the trust necessary for future technological societies and assisting in the formulation of themes for 12 residency projects. While the demands of work limited the exploration of the arts festival, it fostered my deep connections within the international industry community. Proud of the atmosphere and outcomes of our group’s discussions, I feel honored as the only invited member representing both the open-source decentralized community and Asia.

With consent from organizers and fellow groups, I infused activism and the spirit of plurality into the workshop agenda and props’ redesign, incorporating deconstructive, critical questions, and case references from Taiwan/Asia. During the event, experts from other groups approached me, expressing that our workshop design and overall state resonated closely with the forum’s objectives upon hearing our group experts’ participation narratives. I believe it illustrates the distinction between service and strategy design versus activity facilitation and to some extent showcases Taiwan’s experience on cocreating a resilient and decentralized civil society.

Challenge

Guiding a predominantly male, Eurocentric expert group through limited workshop time, addressing potential biases wisely such as assumed shared knowledge and homogenous perspectives.

Strategy

By initiating discussions from personal experiences and gradually layering conceptual depth, I carefully deconstruct multiple complex themes while co-create a safe space with the experts. Instead of directly employing specialized terminology, topics are approached progressively—from individual openness towards public data-sharing to broader implications in deliberative democracy, informed consent, and open-source cultures. Critically distancing from majority voting, the strategy actively cultivates empathy-driven, deep cooperation among diverse experts, reconnecting individuals with genuine dialogue and fostering authentic consensus beyond superficial agreements, thus addressing the democratic deficits inherent in conventional decision-making methods.

Impact

Following our group’s presentation, I engaged in fruitful discussions with several EDDS partner organization on-site, arranging two follow-up video calls and interviews. These sessions involved discussions with industry experts who have been involved in e-democracy nonprofit networks for over two decades, as well as the inaugural Austrian diplomat to Silicon Valley, exploring potential collaborations with Taiwan. The following year, I was invited by Ars Electronica two years in a roll to serve as an international advisor for the S+T+ARTS (Science, Technology, and Arts) Prize, bringing an Asian perspective to the forefront.

Overall, it gained me some reflections toward Taiwan’s experience on implementing deliberative democracy as well as tackling issues of geopolitical identity in the global tech societies, includes:

Taiwan has created highly skilled and cost-effective engineers, some turned their attention to build the civic tech and DX of public services bcuz many companies in TW make no room for their talents. This open playground somehow leads to a highly autonomous civic tech community.
Although algorithms homogenize same ideologies in cyber space, Taiwan's traits of small size with dense population, emphasis on interpersonal relationships, and diverse ethnic composition promote plural conversation. This creates a physical environment for digital democracy.
Due to Taiwan's marginalized political status, Taiwan's young democracy has made strides in digital democracy, driven by the strong desire of the younger and middle-aged generation for cross-regional and interconnected identities/agencies.
Owning to political conflicts, Taiwan aims to build a  more resilient civil communities while engage in non-traditional cooperation with global democratic alliances. Expectations are high for Taiwan's success in this endeavor.
Taiwan Ministry Of Digital Affairs’ use of procurement to include Dark Matter Labs, DAOs of Taiwan, da0 and their global web3 network, this open PPP model has gained it international attentions while accelerated the movement towards constructing a dDigital Public Infrastructure in and beyond TW.

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Lucky (YunCheng Chen)
is a trans-disciplinary design strategist, artivist, and researcher. He has lived in USA and Germany, advancing his studies under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Michael Erlhoff who first introduced the concept of Service Design.

3F., No.6, Sec. 1, Minsheng E. Rd., Zhongshan Dist., Taipei City 104011, Taiwan (R.O.C.)

                    News
⌒ 2023. 20th Apr~16th July. In residency at New Taipei City Art Museum,

                    Clients
NIKE, NCAA, Cathay Financial Holdings, StoryStudio, National Performing Arts Center (Taipei, Taichung, Kaohsiung sites), Taipei Fine Arts Museum, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan Design Expo, Creative Expo Taiwan, Nuit Blanche Taipei, Les Petites Choses Production, Turtle Island Community Development Association, Lightbox, Ministry Of Culture, Taipei City Urban Regeneration Office, Taipei City Office of Commerce, Tainan City Cultural Affairs Bureau, Tainan City Research, Development, and Evaluation Commission, and other public sectors

                    Distinctions-Award
⌒ 2022. Award of Excellence Communication Arts Design Competition / Platinum Winner Muse Creative Award/ Gold Award Indigo Design Award. Editorship and Creative Direction for 'LPC paper' ⌒ 2022. Crowdfund Annual Achievement Award. Initiator of 'Monday School'. zeczec ⌒ 2022. Awarded with Annual Performing Arts Group of Excellence for 'Les Petites Choses Production.' Taipei City Government ⌒ 2022. Awarded with 城崎国際アートセンター賞/Kinosaki International Arts Center Award. Dramatur of 'Beings' ⌒ 2021. Architanz Artist Support Award and Encouragement Award. Dramaturgy for 'Beings'. 27th Yokohama Dance Collection ⌒ 2021. Awarded with Annual Performing Arts Group of Excellence for 'Les Petites Choses Production.' Taipei City Government ⌒ 2019. Representative for "Taiwan Season" at Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Dramatur of 'Fighters' Ministry of Culture & Centre Culturel de Taïwan à Paris ⌒ 2014. Winner (Group category). Silicon Hill Residency Funding Program by Dr. Kai-Fu Lee ⌒ 2011. Global Winner. Corporate identity design for International WorkCamp Global LOGO campaign ⌒ 2011. Award Winner (Top 100) . iF Design Concept Award ⌒ 2011. Grant Receiver. Scholarship of Government Sponsorship for Overseas Study ⌒ 2008. Grant Receiver. Government Scholarship Program for Overseas Study in Arts and Design

                    Distinctions-Miscellaneous
⌒ 2022. Paper presentation. Action research 'A None-profit Dance Group Transforms into A Cooperative Playgroup Through Col-learning' in 5th Conference of the Asia Pacific Network for Cultural Education and Research (23 out of 58) ⌒ 2022. Paper presentation. ‘Contested Histories in Local Cultural Museum:Turtle Island Renaissance Civic Forum' in 10th International Biennial Conference of Museum Studies (45 out of 122) ⌒ 2022. Residency artist of New Taipei City Art Museum

陳運成 (Lucky) 是獨立接案的策略人、研究型藝術行動者。他推動小事製作數位轉型成為17人的開放共學合作社;培力龜山島社區藉由參與式民主處理迫遷爭議,重塑文化主體性。他目前在g0v發起#re-place創生社群,逐步在地方導入創新的「海村再生」品牌提案。

臺北市民生東路一段6號3樓,臺灣

現任 小事製作 和 海波浪文化 策略長、g0v 台灣零時政府 #re-place坑主。他曾於 2015 年共同創辦planett星球實驗創作空間、2018 年發起《週一學校》訂閱集資計畫,同年擔任臺北市都更處《臺北市社區工作智庫前置計畫》設計總監與維管顧問至今,並曾連續擔任三屆 TIFA 臺灣國際藝術節特別計畫《戰鬥果醬》製作統籌、2021 年全國文化會議數位策略長及第一屆北美館日《來串門子 一#美術館路》 策展人、擔任 2022 亞太文化教育及研究網絡雙年會 和 博物館研究國際雙年學術研討會 論文發表者;2023 年其共同策畫的數位再生旅遊提案 guPON 獲選為永續鄉郊-亞太區域合作計劃的臺灣代表,同年受邀前往 2023 歐盟數位協議峰會 擔任專家工作小組的引導師,並於 2024 年擔任國立臺灣歷史博物館《超時空島嶼餐桌》 NFT 設計總監、歐盟委員會 S+T+ARTS Prize 國際顧問。

他參與的戲劇構作曾受邀在多個場所呈現,包括法國夏佑國家劇院(2024)、馬德里放映機錄像藝術節 (2024)、葡萄牙吉馬列斯國際當代舞蹈節 (2024)、巴塞隆納花市劇院 (2024)、德國達姆施塔特州立劇院 (2023)、兩廳院臺灣週 (2023)、臺灣燈會 (2023)、新北市美術館 (2023)、希臘Spring Forward藝術節 (2022)、德國Tanz Kongress舞蹈年會 (2022)、總統文化獎開幕 (2022)、大溪大禧 普濟堂 (2022)、愛丁堡藝穗節臺灣季 (2021)、橫濱TPAM國際舞台藝術交流會 (2021)、CINARS加拿大表演藝術展會 (2021)、府中雙城 板橋慈惠宮 (2021)、寶藏巖光節開幕 (2021)、大溪大禧 李騰芳古宅 (2021)、臺灣文博會 (2019)、衛武營開幕季 (2019),並獲英國沙德勒之井劇院 玫瑰舞蹈獎決選、橫濱舞蹈節暨舞蹈大賽評審團大獎、studio Architanz藝術家支持獎。

他領導的設計專案與編輯刊物,曾獲台灣創意力100最佳風格創意團隊、國藝會TAIWAN TOP演藝團隊、連續三年臺北市文化局年度團隊、青年培力工作站、永續鄉郊-亞太區域合作計劃 臺灣代表、荷蘭靛藍設計獎視覺設計類金獎、美國傳達藝術設計類年度卓越獎、義大利A‘設計獎印刷與出版媒體銅獎、美國繆思創意出版類鉑金獎、嘖嘖群眾集資成就獎、自由之境(Shopping Design冬季號)封面人物、李開復矽谷創業支持計畫團體組首獎、iF概念設計獎Top 100、聯合國教科文組織下最大志工平台IWC國際共同Logo徵選冠軍、第一屆校園化裝全國邀請賽(台科大) 銀獎、蘋果日報與自由時報的頭版報導等。