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A Cacophony of Migrant Workers

·June 8, 2021·3 min read

Gubuk, directed by So Yo-hen, is a unique look at the experiences of “runaway” migrant workers in Taiwan, mixing fact and fiction, realism and the fantastical. As an experimental documentary that hopes to highlight the experience of migrant workers, the film is highly Brechtian Read More

Everyone is an Island

English Life

·March 23, 2021·3 min read

There are no answers in the vast endless ocean...only questions Read More

A City Under Siege, in Body and Spirit

English Film

·May 18, 2021·3 min read

Inside the Brick Wall—a film that can no longer safely be safely screened in Hong Kong—will no doubt prove a worthy historical document of the Hong Kong protests. Not only does the film document a key moment in the protests, but it proves a film encapsulating the dynamics of the protest in microcosm—and the subjective struggle faced by Hongkongers as a whole today Read More

Memorializing the White Terror: The Jing-Mei White Terror Memorial Park

English Exhibitions

·March 9, 2021·6 min read

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

What Disappears During an Outbreak

English Life

·July 23, 2021·3 min read

It’s likely that a lot of bars or nightclubs will disappear during the current outbreak—particularly smaller establishments that eke out a living with what few customers they have Read More

LAB KILL LAB

English Events

·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

Book Review: The People, No: A Brief History of Anti-Populism

Books English Text

·February 9, 2021·5 min read

In 2016, Trump shocked liberal Democrats. They should not have been shocked. It takes a certain level of ignorance and magic thinking to believe in their candidate at the time. Hilary Clinton, after all, is the spouse of a president whose trade policies were largely responsible for the closing of factories and deindustrialization of the nation Read More

Review: Pebbles

English Film

·March 4, 2021·3 min read

Pebbles is an understated and modest film, minimalist in plot—and it is a short one, clocking in at one hour and fifteen minutes. But it is a beautifully shot film and, moreover, a highly effective first outing for director PS Vinothraj Read More

A Glimpse into the Life of a Hong Kong Everyman in the Midst of Protest

English Film

·April 1, 2021·4 min read

The short film, Night is Young, directed by Kwok Zune, follows a Hong Kong taxi driver on one night in 2019, sometime during the protests that broke out in reaction to a proposed extradition bill that allowed for the deportation of criminal suspects to China. It was feared that this bill would be deleterious to political freedoms in Hong Kong, with the bill used to deport pro-democracy advocates to China to face charges Read More

KMT Attempts to Rebrand Social Media Aesthetic

Design English

·February 18, 2021·3 min read

Over the past two months, one has seen efforts by the KMT to rebrand their social media aesthetic. This would hardly be the first time in memory that the KMT has attempted to rebrand aesthetically Read More

Zombies in the Taiwanese Legislature?

English Film

·March 18, 2021·4 min read

Get the Hell Out is an absurdist zombie comedy that starts out well enough Read More

Review: A First Farewell (第一次的離別)

English Film

·March 2, 2021·4 min read

A First Farewell is a remarkable film by first-time director Wang Lina. The film is shot in Wang’s hometown of Shaya, Wang being a Han director that grew up in Xinjiang Read More