Featuring experimental exhibitions, video screenings and live performances curated by teams from eight countries, the Osmosis Audiovisual Media Festival kicked off yesterday in Taipei, and will continue today through Sunday before moving to Kaohsiung next weekend.
Today’s events will begin at 1pm with the UK team’s show, featuring a “collection of films exploring post-colonialism, migration, memory, home and new ideas developed in the chaos of the universe,” according to the program. It will be followed by China, which is showcasing four animators born between the 1960s and 1980s, and concludes with an overview of South Korean experimental filmmaking.
Tomorrow, teams from South Korea, Singapore, Japan and the US will put on live performances, which include a “live multimedia Japanese drama” and an “unknown improvised performance.” On Sunday, the screenings by individual countries picks up again with Japan and Spain.
Unfortunately, the Taiwan team’s show was yesterday, but there will be another chance to see in Kaohsiung on Friday of next week.
■ The screenings are free, and are held at room 204 of the Taipower Building, 242, Roosevelt Rd Sec 3, Taipei City (台北市羅斯福路三段242號).
■ The live performance is NT$450 for one, NT$800 for two and NT$400 for students. It is held at Thinkers Theater, 3F, 1, Ln 32, Dihua St Sec 1, Taipei City (台北市迪化街一段32巷1號3樓).
■ For tickets and more information, visit ascjoin.wixsite.com/ascool (Chinese and English)
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