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An Insightful Look at Taiwan’s Explosion of Creativity in the 1980s at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum

·December 31, 2022·3 min read

“The Wild Eighties: Dawn of Transdisciplinary Taiwan,” which runs from December 3rd to February 26th at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, is a highly successful look into the artistic creativity of Taiwan’s 1980s. This was the period in which martial law was lifted in Taiwan, resulting in an unprecedented explosion of creative freedoms. Read More

展覽評論：安平・平安・人－陳正雄2021雕塑前導展

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·February 25, 2021·1 min read

您可能沒有聽說過陳正雄這位藝術家，但是在台南藝術界，他是稀有人物，自古文人相輕，可是他的作品和職業道德在台南藝界裡面，讓大家都是欣賞欽佩的。 Read More

Cannabis Decriminalization Advocates Rally on Ketagalan Boulevard

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·April 15, 2023·2 min read

Cannabis decriminalization advocates held a demonstration and fair on Ketagalan Boulevard in front of the Presidential Office Building today. Organizers claimed 2,000 were in attendance. While the demonstration was to mark 420, the rally took place instead today because of the weekend. This is the fifth time such a demonstration has been held in Taiwan, with last year’s demonstration called off due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic Read More

Innovative VR storytelling at the Kaohsiung Film Festival 2021 Competition

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·January 12, 2022·5 min read

The Kaohsiung Film Festival is known for its fantasy-oriented selections of films, but in the last few years, it has sought to spotlight VR films. Apart from that the festival initiated a competition for VR films, it funds and supports Taiwanese VR projects and productions. It also opened the very first VR theatre in Taiwan—the Kaohsiung VR FILM LAB—bringing the latest and various VR films to the local audiences all year round Read More

The Ingenious Nobuyoshi Araki Reenactments: Manbo Key, Transgression of Queer

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·March 8, 2023·16 min read

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

展覽評論：裂縫．微光

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·January 12, 2021·1 min read

裂縫．微光——勢必與屋共亡的攝影展，對攝影、社會運動、貴族化問題，以及共同為社會更平等而奮鬥的人來說，是個難得的機會。台南的鐵路東移案件已經進行了 25 年，而黃春香的房子是最後的保留地。這次展覽在鬥爭現場舉行，並將一直持續到房屋被拆除為止。 Read More

LAB KILL LAB

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·December 15, 2020·9 min read

The LAB KILL LAB project concept aims to “permit a well-defined working lab the possibility to be renewed, substituted, replaced, regenerated and retired as time progresses”. The concept is exemplified and laid out as five “work stations” at C-LAB in Taipei from the week of December 14 to December 20, 2020 Read More

“Beitou Witch Magic Festival” Criticized Over Depiction of Indigenous

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·September 8, 2022·4 min read

A cultural event in Beitou has been criticized regarding Indigenous representation. Namely, the event, the “Beitou Witch Magic Festival”, draws on the history of female Indigenous mediums in Beitou Read More

Hung Tung: A Painter with a Curious Brush

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·January 26, 2021·7 min read

The Tainan Art Museum’s solo exhibition on Hung Tung, Re-presention of a Legend: Centennial Celebration of Hung Tung is quite comprehensive, with not only key pieces on display but also information about the media frenzy surrounding the artist Read More

Kinky Community Musical: Tongzhi Politics Meet BDSM, Asexuality, and Polyamory

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·September 2, 2022·9 min read

This past weekend, BDSM Company hosted four performances of “Kinky Community Musical 2.0" at the Huashan 1914 Creative Park. Written by Della Wang and directed by Hsiao-I Lu, "Kinky Community Musical 2.0” is a revised version of Wang’s first “Kinky Community Musical,” which debuted in late April 2019 just weeks before the legalization of same-sex marriage in Taiwan. Featuring mesmerizing rope-binding scenes, catchy tunes in the form of twelve original songs, and gripping script writing, the play tells an intertwined love story of four main characters that pushes the boundaries of tongzhi politics to further incorporate Taiwan’s BDSM, asexual, and polyamory communities Read More

Staging Hakka-ness: ‘Stir-fry’ and its Path to New Identities

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·January 21, 2021·5 min read

“The winner of the 2020 National Hakka Stir-fry Culinary Competition goes to A-Wu’s Shop!”, announced Andre Chiang, the lead judge of the final round judges’ panel. The crowd cheered as the restaurant owner and chefs headed up to the stage to claim their trophy and banner Read More

The Dignity of Everyday Existence: Chen Cheng-Hsiung’s Anping, Peace, People Preliminary Exhibition

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·February 4, 2021·5 min read

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