Fuzhong 15’s Taiwanese VR exhibition runs through November 22: pirates, spirit temples and theatre

At Fuzhong 15 in Banqiao, an exhibition of original Taiwanese VR moves viewers from in front of a screen into the space of a story. Running from September 11 to November 22, 2026, across the third to fifth floors, it brings together four works selected with the Kaohsiung Film Archive. The exhibition area is free to enter, while headset-based VR sessions require separate tickets. Visitors exploring immersive imagery can plan these two forms of participation independently.

Folk comedy, pirate adventure and intimate theatre

John Hsu’s Your Spiritual Temple Sucks is a ten-minute VR360 work from 2017 that connects the headset with the imagination of folk ritual. Its protagonist enters a spiritual temple representing his destiny, hoping to solve problems in his life, but the renovation creates greater trouble. Taiwanese comedy makes the unfamiliar technology approachable through recognizable cultural references, rather than simply emphasizing how new the equipment is.

Directed by Dan-Chi Huang and Morgan Ommer, Madame Pirate comprises Becoming a Legend and Code of Conduct, each running 17 minutes, with Yao Yi-ti portraying Madame Ching. The first combines live action and animation; the second introduces 4Dviews volumetric capture. Its narrative moves from a woman’s changing fortunes to the choices a pirate organization faces amid external enemies and internal tensions in 1809. The sequel’s captive interpreter perspective links the viewer’s position to relations of power.

A headset does not mean the same way of watching

Riverbed Theatre director Craig Quintero’s A Simple Silence is a twelve-minute VR360 work from 2024, extending the Just for You series’ exploration of seeing and being seen. It brings theatrical distance down to the intimacy of a gaze and the space immediately around the body, contrasting with the scale of pirate adventure. Encountering the four works on one visit shows how Taiwanese creators build different immersive narratives through folklore, history and performance, beyond pursuing a single kind of visual spectacle.

Madame Pirate is designed as a dynamic experience best viewed standing and moving around. That does not make the other two programs equivalent interactive games. The organizer recommends ages 12 and above, and running times exclude fitting the equipment and instructions; allow another ten to fifteen minutes when planning. Costumes, nets and props provide physical clues to the digital stories. Published exhibition photographs show visitors moving between contextual displays and experience areas.

Tickets and arrival times

Full-price tickets for Your Spiritual Temple Sucks and A Simple Silence cost NT$100 each; the Madame Pirate series costs NT$150. A NT$315 package covers one session of each of the three programs, not four sessions. They may be booked on different dates, but all reservations must be made together. VR admission uses electronic tickets and validation only. Check in ten minutes before each session; sales close five minutes before it begins, so arrival at the venue should not be left until the starting time.

Fuzhong 15 is at No. 15, Fuzhong Road, Banqiao District, New Taipei City. Exhibition hours are 09:30–17:00, with a full-day closure on November 2. The official OPENTIX program page lists sessions, availability and changes. Sessions on October 23 and 24 were canceled because of a typhoon, so check notices for your chosen date before traveling. Visitors need not watch everything at once: exploring the free displays and then purchasing one program leaves room for a personal viewing rhythm, rather than treating the works as successive game levels.