During the residency, the artist duo, TOPO Studio (Yun-Chu Liang & Maria Fallada Llandrich) proposed a hypothetical participatory art intervention framed as a field study from the year 2126. Imagining a journey back to the Kaohsiung of 2026, the project explores how communities preserve knowledge, food, and care through taste, storytelling, and the rituals of daily life. They hosted the "Speculative Lab of Future Flavour" at Shou Shan Primary School to gather food data from 2026.
Artist Yun-Chu Liang guided students to rethink the "irreplaceability" of daily food. She introduced Panellets (Spanish almond sweets for harvest rituals) from partner Maria Fallada Llandrich's country, connecting them to the Penghu tradition of "Ke-mu-kau-a" (Steamed Rice Animals).
The Story of Ke-mu-kau-a: In early Penghu, life was difficult. During the Winter Solstice, those who couldn't afford expensive meat offerings for ancestral worship used glutinous rice dough to mold animal shapes as a sincere substitute.
Students crafted colorful Tangyuan (rice balls) inspired by this spirit, exploring how flavors evoke memories and cultural roots. These creations and sensory records served as fieldwork for TOPO Studio’s time-travel mission.