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%u201cThis isn%u2019t a history lesson, but a musical journey, carefully arranged like a composition,%u201d says co-curator Shih-Fang Ma .Recreating the Magic of Music Through Iconic ScenesTo help visitors truly experience the era when music existed in physical form, the curatorial team intentionally avoided a traditional chronological approach. Instead, they structured the exhibition around distinct %u201cscenes:%u201d each space begins with a theme, and only then is the song list determined. Every gallery recreates a specific setting from a particular era: stepping inside is like walking into a shared memory, where the melodies of that time can be heard. For Masa, one of the greatest challenges was finding a way to make pop music, an art form rooted in listening, into something that could be %u201cseen.%u201d %u201cListening to music is a deeply personal and intimate experience,%u201d he said. %u201cNo matter how you frame it, audiences will respond differently based on their own tastes and emotional attachments.%u201d %u201cBut that%u2019s also what makes pop music so moving. At some point in our lives, it plays a role that nothing else can replace.%u201dThe exhibition opens with %u201cMemories in Music,%u201d where Chen Da%u2019s yueqin is placed alongside Wu Bai%u2019s electric guitar, allowing %u201c%u601d%u60f3%u8d77(Si Xiang Qi)%u201d and rock music to stand side by side, symbolizing the overlapping of cross-generational sounds. In the %u201cTaipei Circle%u201d gallery, projection mapping recreates the famous roundabout by day and night, taking visitors through a journey of formats, from Japanese colonial-era kua-%u00e1-tsheh (songbooks), radios, and gramophones to record shops and cassette tapes. The next space, %u201cThe Electrical Appliance Store,%u201d features a recreated storefront window filled with vintage TVs, cassette walkmans, and portable tape recorders, like drawers of memory being opened one by one.Instead of following a traditional chronological sequence, the curatorial team invites visitors to step into immersive settings from different eras and hear the music of each time and place. From left to right: exhibition rooms%u201cTaipei Circle,%u201d %u201cThe Electrical Appliance Store,%u201d and %u201cThe Train.%u201d024025Melodies Made Tangible