Lecture Series
A Creation Beyond Boundaries
Prof. Xing-Jian Gao
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2000
Date & Time:Thursday, November 13, 2025, 5:30 p.m. (UTC+8, Taipei)
※ Admission for registered seat holders begins at 5:00 p.m.
Venue:NTNU Art Museum (No. 129, Sec. 1, Heping East Road, Da’an District, Taipei)
(Gao Xingjian will join via live connection from France. A large screen will be set up at the venue for onsite live screening. Due to limited seating, admission will follow the order of registration; once capacity is reached, subsequent registrants will be placed on the waiting list.)
Language: The lecture will be conducted in Chinese.
Live Stream: The live-stream link will be announced on the website three days prior to the event.
Agenda
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17:00 - 17:30Registration
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17:30 - 17:40Opening Remarks
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17:40 - 18:10Distinguished Lecture
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18:10 - 18:40In Conversation with the Speaker
Discussants (Taipei Venue):
• Prof. Tzu-Chung Su, Distinguished Professor, Department of English, NTNU
• Prof. Kang-Kuo Ho, Distinguished Professor, Graduate Institute of Performing Arts, NTNU
Abstract
In this Distinguished Lecture, Gao Xingjian will reflect on his cross-disciplinary creative practice. He will share how artistic freedom can be sustained under real-world constraints, and how personal experience and spiritual pursuit can open new modes of expression. Through his own journey, Gao invites us to reconsider the relationship between art and life.
About the speaker
Gao Xingjian, 2000 Nobel Laureate in Literature, is a novelist, playwright, painter, and director. He is the author of Soul Mountain and One Man’s Bible, two landmark novels hailed as milestones of late-20th-century Chinese literature. His eighteen plays, which probe the human condition and the dilemmas of existence, have been staged worldwide. His distinctive ink paintings have been exhibited in more than 100 international solo shows, with nearly 50 catalogues and art books published to date. Gao Xingjian’s artistic practice spans literature, theatre, and the visual arts. He is recognized internationally for a distinctive creative vision and uncompromising aesthetic pursuit, embodying both formal diversity and a steadfast independence of thought.