2019/07/23 |
Taiwan's Journey to Same-Sex Marriage Inspires 24-Year-Old to Film Her First Documentary
Taiwan's same-sex marriage documentary taipeilove* was screened in Berlin during Pride month to a packed-out cinema – now, audiences will have the opportunity to catch it in Taipei and Kaohsiung.
2021/05/05 |
Queer East Film Festival, Only of Its Kind, Seeks To Forge Global Connections
The inaugural Queer East Film Festival launched in the late fall of 2020, with ambitions to forge transnational connections between queer communities.
2019/08/27 |
Teresa Teng, Taiwan's Legendary Singer and Sweetheart
Teresa Teng's angelic voice defied censorship and continues to reverberate through time.
2020/12/11 |
A Symbol of Pandemics Conquered Paraded Through Taipei
In celebration of his birthday, a palanquin of the Qingshan King was taken on a tour to inspect and give blessings to the city.
2019/09/25 |
What's Coming to Netflix Taiwan in October 2019
Here's a sneak peek of what's coming to Netflix Taiwan in October 2019.
2018/12/26 |
FILM REVIEW: ‘10 Years Taiwan’ Peers Pessimistically Into an Unsettling Future
Taiwan’s foray into the future-gazing '10-year' franchise is poignant, ponderous and overwhelmingly bleak.
2021/06/16 |
A Taiwanese Mural Artist’s Journey Home
For his solo exhibition in Taiwan, Wang Liang traveled to cities and towns he had never set foot upon, on the lookout for images characterizing the people and their surroundings in the place he had come to feel, in some sense, that he had never left.
2021/03/25 |
National Center of Photography Opens With ‘Hold the Mirror up To His Gaze’
“Hold the Mirror up to His Gaze” explores the “first page of Taiwan’s photography” in the mid-20th century.
2021/01/28 |
“Heaven on Fourth” Arrives in Taiwan Amid Controversy and Tragedy
Taiwanese artist Huang Po-Chih’s installation comes to Taipei’s Double Square Gallery as the latest contribution to the mythicization of Chinese American sex worker Song Yang.
2021/04/21 |
How a Student Movement Gave Birth to Postcards of Taiwan’s Past
The postcards of Little Grass Art Academy, on the surface tributes to an older, colonial, or authoritarian Taiwan, can be traced to a radical student movement.
2018/10/27 |
INTERVIEW: Filmmaker Valerie Soe on Life Aboard the Taiwan Love Boat
Filmmaker Valerie Soe shares her experience of tracing Taiwan's history through the eyes of thousands of hormone-heightened college kids.
2020/10/01 |
Urban Nomad Fall Freakout Promises the Weird and the Wonderful
The Urban Nomad Fall Freakout, held Saturday, October 3 at Tiger Mountain, promises music, performance art, and arts and crafts.
2018/10/06 |
Inside Taiwan's Indie Music Scene: Is It Truly 'Independent'?
Taiwan's indie scene has coalesced with the mainstream, sometimes muddying the distinction between 'indie' and 'independent.'
2022/03/29 |
What’s in a Slap?
Smith was wrong to slap Rock, in public or in private. And Rock and ABC were wrong for approving the joke. But commentators are also wrong for treating this incident the same as they would had all three people involved been White.
2018/11/24 |
ART REVIEW: Loaded Guns in 'The Flying Land'
'Vase of an Anti-Aircraft Gun' is Japanese artist Tatzu Nishi’s first large-scale installation in Taiwan. Juxtaposing an ordinary living room with a weapon of war, the work speaks to issues of displacement, curatorial conflict of interest, and power.
2021/01/12 |
One Foot in the World of Black and White: An Interview With Charles Yu
Charles Yu speaks on the influences that formed his latest novel 'Interior Chinatown.'
2019/04/11 |
The Ultimate Guide to Taipei's Urban Nomad Opening Freakout
Get your dancing shoes on for Taipei’s best-loved festival of all that is weird and wonderful: The Urban Nomad Opening Freakout. Here's all the info on the festival including the timetable, music clips and top tips.
2019/10/01 |
Long Live Love: Approaching the Films of Tsai Ming-liang
Where should one begin to understand Tsai Ming-liang? From the beginning.