The Jing-Mei White Terror Memorial Park in Taipei is one of the two White Terror sites managed by the National Human Rights Museum. Without knowing Taiwan’s history, this park would look like a quaint college campus from a bygone era, but as the name of the park implies, this was a historical site dedicated to the legacy of White Terror, the very place where victims of White Terror were interrogated, tried, and imprisoned Read More
The struggle against the Tainan Railway Eastern Expansion has been ongoing for twenty-five years, and Huang Chun-Cian’s house is the very last holdout against eviction to expand the railway. This exhibition takes place at the very site of struggle and will continue until the house is torn down Read More
“A Century of Craftsmanship—The Wanhua Story” is a modest exhibition, occupying two small rooms in the Bopiliao Historic Block. However, the exhibition takes on new relevance following the COVID-19 outbreak that began in May. The outbreak began in Wanhua, among tea parlors that sometimes involve sex work, and then continued to linger in the area, spreading to the First Fruit and Vegetable Market and Huannan Market in southern Wanhua Read More
New Bloom/No Man is an Island’s Brian Hioe interviewed artists Kappa Tseng and Chiang Tao about her recent art project, “The Collection of Time in the Polymer Age" Read More
The Tainan Art Museum has some of Chen Cheng-Hsiung's most well-known works on display currently. These pieces are from his mature period and are very fine examples of his work Read More
Regarding Japanese photographer, contemporary artist Nobuyoshi Araki, I will discuss how the latecomers—Ren Hang, the Chinese photographer, and Manbo Key, Taiwanese photographer influenced by Araki, reenact his transgression but at the same time create something novel Read More
Sid and Geri is a Taiwanese visual creator and maker of short films, exploring themes of identity, the body, and the peculiarities of human culture through the mixed mediums of animation, special effects, and live-action skits, often all spliced together into one jarring video Read More
Editor Brian Hioe spoke with Petr Danda, a Czech artist currently doing a residency at the Treasure Hill Artist Village in Taipei, about his ongoing Soundctuary (音廟) project. The following article originally appeared on Electric Soul, a Hong Kong-based electronic music magazine and ticketing platform, on October 8th. More collaborations between No Man is an Island/New Bloom and Electric Soul will be coming up! Read More
Hsien-Yu Cheng, a Taiwan-based artist, has been producing intriguing works at a pace hard for the Taipei tech arts circle to keep pace with Read More
Transmasculine Storytelling in Taiwan Reaches New Heights with Gia-Yeh Huang’s 《等一下,我的身分證字號是不是給錯了!?》
《等一下,我的身分證字號是不是給錯了!?》(hereafter referred to as “等一下") is the first part of an autobiographical solo performance trilogy written and performed by Gia-Yeh Huang, the first publicly out trans man in Taiwan to run for office during the 2022 local elections for a Hsinchu City Council seat, and directed and produced by Yu-i Liang. Bringing audiences into Huang’s life story through witty writing and exceptional acting, 《等一下》 opens up new creative space for transmasculine storytelling in Taiwan during an era of increased public engagement on transgender issues. Read More
台南美術館現正展覽的洪通個展:「再現傳奇 — 洪通百歲紀念展」是一個很詳盡的展覽。不只有關鍵作品,也有關於曾出現在洪通身邊的媒體狂熱。這個展覽也有比較少見的物品,比如洪通用的畫筆與他的畫簿。因此,這場展覽不只適合洪通粉絲與支持者,也可以讓其他人更加理解媒體如何創造藝術明星,以及媒體在藝術領域中扮演的角色。 Read More