Go behind the scenes with artist Tong Yang-Tze as she discusses The Great Hall Commission: Tong Yang-Tze, Dialogue.
For the 2024 Great Hall Commission, Taiwanese artist Tong Yang-Tze (born 1942, Shanghai, based in Taipei) has created two monumental works of Chinese calligraphy for the Museum’s historic space. Her project is the third in the series of commissions for The Met’s Great Hall and the artist’s first major project in the United States.
Learn more about the exhibition.
Production credits:
The Met:
Director and Managing Producer: Kate Farrell
Interviewer: Lesley Ma
Editor: Lucas Groth
Producer: Melissa Bell
Production Coordinator: Lela Jenkins
Production Assistant: Malvika Dang
Director of Photography: Jeffrey Johnson
Jib Camera: Kelly Richardson
Additional camera: Lucas Groth
Time Lapse Photography: Heather Johnson, Wilson Santiago, Jesse Ng
Sound Recording: Matt Modula
Original Music: Austin Fisher
Interpreter: Vincent (Tzu-Wen) Cheng
Taiwan Unit: CNEX Studio Corporation
Producers: Ben Tsiang, Ruby Chen, Chang Chao-Wei , Anita Tung , Lala Chung
Cinematographers: Chen Ping-Chi, Lin Chia-Hsien
Special thanks to: Curator Lesley Ma, Tong Yang-Tze, Ho Sze-Peng, Chen Yow-lin, Katy Uravich, Aileen Marcantonio, CNEX Studio Corporation