At solo exhibition Biologist (生物學家), Chang Teng-yuan (張騰遠) presents a post-doomsday Earth. Thousands of years into the future, parrot-biologists have arrived on Earth to study the ruins of human civilization. In color-splashed acrylic pieces, Chang depicts the parrot-biologists’ observations, along with new sustainable life forms they engineer using the finest breeding technology. Born in 1983 in Greater Kaohsiung, Chang completed his MFA at the Graduate Institute of Plastic Arts at the Tainan National University of the Arts.
■ Galerie Grand Siecle (新苑藝術), 17, Alley 51, Ln 12, Bade Rd Sec 3, Taipei City (台北市八德路三段12巷51弄17號), tel: (02) 2578-5630. Open Tuesdays to Sundays from 1pm to 6pm
■ Oct. 12
Photo courtesy of Metaphysical Art Gallery
New Taipei City’s Shihsanhang Museum of Archaeology (新北市十三行博物館) offers a show about bark-cloth craft, an ancient feature of Austronesian societies that still lives on in Taiwan. This exhibition examines the history of bark-cloth, the culture surrounding it, its use in the home, bark cloth fashion, disappearing techniques and new trends.
■ Shihsanhang Museum of Archaeology, 200, Museum Rd, New Taipei City (新北市博物館路200號), tel: (02) 2619-1313. Open daily from 9:30am to 5pm
■ Until Jan. 4
Photo courtesy of Galerie Grand Siecle
One Eye on the Telescope, Two on the Microscope (鏡頭下的『視』界) is a solo photography exhibition by Alex Dorfsman, who inserts artificial objects into natural landscapes to create visual tension and illusions. Dorfsman is a native of Mexico City and winner of the 2011 Purificacion Garcia’s Latin-American Photography Award.
■ 1839 Contemporary Gallery (當代藝廊), 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. 19
Montage! (萌太奇) is a group exhibition dedicated to the cute. It brings together an eclectic crowd including 20th-century Parisian painter Marie Laurencin, Cranium creator Gary Basemen, South Korean comics/animation artist Eddie Kang and Yoshitomo Nara, whose cartoon children are sometimes delicately sweet, at times macabre.
■ Metaphysical Art Gallery (形而上畫廊), 7F, 219, Dunhua S Rd Sec 1, Taipei City (台北市敦化南路一段219號7樓), tel: (02) 2711-0055. Open Tuesdays to Sundays from 11am to 6:30pm
■ Opens tomorrow. Until Oct. 31
2014 Creative Taichung (創意臺中) is a fashion exhibition held alongside an expo on cultural and creative product design. Curated by Red Dot Grand Prix winner Leslie Chan (陳永基), the two-part program spotlights prominent designers like Vera Wang (王薇薇), Olivier Green (吳秉叡) from Project Runway and Chou Yu-jui (周育潤). For more information, visit www.2014creativetaichung.com.tw.
■ Fashion exhibition at Calligraphy Greenway (草悟道), Ln 470, Yingcai Rd to Gongyi Rd, Greater Taichung (台中市英才路470巷至公益路段); product design expo at Calligraphy Plaza B1 (草悟廣場B1), 534 Yingcai Rd, Greater Taichung (台中市英才路534號), tel: (04) 2317-9850. Open daily from 9am to 10pm
■ Until Sept. 28
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Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) hatched a bold plan to charge forward and seize the initiative when he held a protest in front of the Taipei City Prosecutors’ Office. Though risky, because illegal, its success would help tackle at least six problems facing both himself and the KMT. What he did not see coming was Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an (將萬安) tripping him up out of the gate. In spite of Chu being the most consequential and successful KMT chairman since the early 2010s — arguably saving the party from financial ruin and restoring its electoral viability —
The Ministry of Education last month proposed a nationwide ban on mobile devices in schools, aiming to curb concerns over student phone addiction. Under the revised regulation, which will take effect in August, teachers and schools will be required to collect mobile devices — including phones, laptops and wearables devices — for safekeeping during school hours, unless they are being used for educational purposes. For Chang Fong-ching (張鳳琴), the ban will have a positive impact. “It’s a good move,” says the professor in the department of
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