Taking Time (慢拍) brings together photographers working in documentary and conceptual photography from Taiwan, South Korea, the US and Finland. The works range from Abelardo Morell’s exploration of the medium with camera obscura images to Antti Laitinen’s self-portraits. The other photographers are Lee Wen-cheng (李文政), Charles Labelle and Soo Kim.
■ Nou Gallery (新畫廊), 232, Renai Rd Sec 4, Taipei City (台北市仁愛路四段232號), tel: (02) 2700-0239. Open Tuesdays to Sundays from 11am to 7pm
■ Opening reception on Saturday at 3:30pm. Until Nov. 10
Photo Courtesy of Nou Gallery
Wu Chang-jung (吳長蓉) removed her nail extensions, put on her rubber boots and pitched in to help her parents tend their pig farm after they laid off their employees during an economic slump. Tap, Tap, a solo exhibit of video and photography, documents her experience in beautifully rendered kaleidoscopic works.
■ Digital Arts Center (台北數位藝術中心), 180 Fuhua Rd, Taipei City (台北市福華路180號), tel: (02) 7736-0708. Open Tuesdays to Sundays from 10am to 6pm
■ Opening reception will include a guided tour by the artist on Saturday at 2pm. Until Oct. 30
Photo Courtesy of Digital Arts Center
Recovering the Wet (濕而復得) is a series of photographs by Yang Wen-ching (楊文卿), who uses the wet-plate collodion process, which was introduced in the middle of the 19th century, to photograph still life images. Yang’s introduction says, “In today’s digital world, this ‘craft’ just might inspire a different way of thinking about images.”
■ 1839 Little Gallery (1839小藝廊), B1, 120 Yanji St, Taipei City (台北市延吉街120號B1), tel: (02) 2778-8458. Open Tuesdays to Sundays from 11am to 8pm
■ Until Oct. 16
An Adventure Beyond Boundaries (視訊大盜之境外冒險) is a solo exhibition by Taipei Arts Award-winner Chang Teng-yuan (張騰遠). Using animation, viewing devices and highly stylized images, Chang turns visual signs into a kind of “creative nutrient,” allowing him to “split them into different perspectives.”
■ Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, 80 Meishuguan Rd, Greater Kaohsiung (高雄市美術館路80號), tel: (07) 555-0331. Open Tuesdays to Sundays from 9am to 5pm. Admission: Free
■ Until Oct. 15
The Last Painting (最後一件繪畫) is a solo exhibit by Tzeng Yi-hsin (曾怡馨). Tzeng’s video and sound installations examine gender and racial issues within contemporary society and the manner in which people communicate.
■ Treasure Hill Artists Village (寶藏巖國際藝術村), 9, Alley 59, Ln 230, Dingzhou Rd Sec 3, Taipei City (台北市汀州路三段230巷59弄9號), tel: (02) 2364-5313. Open Tuesdays to Fridays from 3pm to 10pm and Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 10pm
■ Until Oct. 30
Nothing like the spectacular, dramatic unraveling of a political party in Taiwan has unfolded before as has hit the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) over recent weeks. The meltdown of the New Power Party (NPP) and the self-implosion of the New Party (NP) were nothing compared to the drama playing out now involving the TPP. This ongoing saga is so interesting, this is the fifth straight column on the subject. To catch up on this train wreck of a story up to Aug. 20, search for “Donovan’s Deep Dives Ko Wen-je” in a search engine. ANN KAO SENTENCED TO PRISON YET AGAIN,
Despite her well-paying tech job, Li Daijing didn’t hesitate when her cousin asked for help running a restaurant in Mexico City. She packed up and left China for the Mexican capital last year, with dreams of a new adventure. The 30-year-old woman from Chengdu, the Sichuan provincial capital, hopes one day to start an online business importing furniture from her home country. “I want more,” Li said. “I want to be a strong woman. I want independence.” Li is among a new wave of Chinese migrants who are leaving their country in search of opportunities, more freedom or better financial prospects at a
When the Dutch began interacting with the indigenous people of Taiwan, they found that their hunters classified deer hide quality for trade using the Portuguese terms for “head,” “belly,” and “foot.” The Portuguese must have stopped here more than once to trade, but those visits have all been lost to history. They already had a colony on Macao, and did not need Taiwan to gain access to southern China or to the trade corridor that connected Japan with Manila. They were, however, the last to look at Taiwan that way. The geostrategic relationship between Taiwan and the Philippines was established
Sept. 9 to Sept. 15 The upgrading of sugarcane processing equipment at Ciaozaitou Sugar Factory (橋仔頭) in 1904 had an unintended but long-lasting impact on Taiwan’s transportation and rural development. The newly imported press machine more than doubled production, leading to an expansion of the factory’s fields beyond what its original handcarts and oxcarts could handle. In 1905, factory manager Tejiro Yamamoto headed to Hawaii to observe how sugarcane transportation was handled there. They had trouble finding something suitable for Taiwan until they discovered a 762mm-gauge “miniature” railroad at a small refinery in the island of Maui. On
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