If you can stay awake tomorrow night, the White Fungus 15 release party begins at 11:50pm at Korner. Founded in 2004 by New Zealand brothers Ron Hanson and Mark Hanson, the Taichung-based arts magazine has since endeavored to introduce Taiwanese artists to international audiences. The founders are also no strangers to throwing a good launch party without the crowd getting too rowdy — they hosted a sound art event at Huashan 1914 on Valentine’s Day last year and it was pretty chill.
On the bill tomorrow night is sound art pioneer Wang Fu-jui (王福瑞) and noise artist Noise Steve, or Steve Chen (陳史帝). They, along with other local talents, will be joined by the New York-based performance and video artist Whitney Vangrin and the Tokyo-based experimental musician KK Null.
Tickets are inclusive of a free copy of the magazine’s latest issue, the contents of which include a feature on Taiwanese sound artist Lin Chi-wei (林其蔚) and an interview with Detroit-born techno DJ and producer Jeff Mills.
Photo courtesy of Mikiko Kishino
■ The White Fungus 15 release party is tomorrow at 11:50pm and lasts until Sunday at 5am at Korner, B1 200, Roosevelt Rd Sec 4, Taipei City (台北市羅斯福路四段200號B1). For more information, check out: www.facebook.com/events/500248170169885
■ Admission is NT$650 at the door and includes a free copy of the latest issue of White Fungus
Photo courtesy of Johnny Hu
Photo courtesy of White Fungus
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