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Sense & Sound: Five Ways into Taiwanese Pop Music%u201cIt%u2019s not hard to move people with music. What%u2019s hard is awakening someone%u2019s personal memory of a specific song.%u201d Masa said. %u201cEven if you don%u2019t know the song well, if you heard it at any point growing up, when that melody plays, the memories come flooding back.%u201dAmplifying Emotion: Songs Enhanced Through ImagesMeanwhile, Akibo used projection technology to create immersive environments that merge visual and auditory elements, allowing visitors to step into the emotional landscapes of different eras.The gallery %u201cThe Train%u201d takes the image of a moving train carriage to evoke the emotions of leaving home. Songs by Lim Giong and Ta-You Lo sing of searching and longing, while scenes rolling past the train window reflect Taiwan%u2019s transition, from an agricultural society to industrialization and into modernity.In %u201cYoung People%u2019s Spiritual Sanctuary,%u201d the curatorial team uses projection to depict a room in constant flux. As the arrangement of the space and the language of lighting shift, the room reflects a continuum of songs with attitude, beginning with those composed during the political loosening of the 1980s and extending to the voices of Tom Chang, Cheer Chen, Jay Chou, Yueting Song, and No Party For Cao Dong. Within this space, the concerns of young people across generations are layered and brought to light.%u201cEven visitors who aren%u2019t familiar with the music can walk away with a basic sense of Taiwanese pop,%u201d said Shih-Fang Ma . He believes the pairing of image and song heightens emotional intensity, allowing audiences to feel the creative power and resonance of pop music within its historical context, without needing any prior historical knowledge.Enhancing The Power of Emotion through Tangible ObjectsIn the exhibition zones %u201cThe Allure of Music%u201d and %u201cLive Music and Festivals,%u201d the power of physical objects is brought vividly to life. Masa, who has visited music exhibitions around the world, recalls a powerful moment at The Beatles Story museum in the UK: %u201cNo amount of old photographs or album covers could compare to the impact of seeing John Lennon%u2019s actual guitar on display. Right beside it were his manuscripts, notes, and that pair of broken round glasses.%u201d To see a meaningful song captured in handwritten form is a moment of real emotional weight for fans.Ma agrees. He notes that even just sitting quietly in their cases, these objects possess incredible