2018/11/09 |
VIETNAM: Pham Anh's Viral Oil Paintings Portray Hanoi's Inimitable Serenity
Journey through Hanoi's meandering, tranquil alleys courtesy of Vietnamese artist Pham Anh.
2017/05/31 |
Mute Museums: Why China’s Institutions Fail to Connect with Visitors
The country’s exhibition halls burst with world-class artifacts but fail to weave engaging stories around them, leaving visitors confused and alienated.
2019/11/29 |
Brilliant Time: Bridging the Cultural Gap Between Taiwan and Southeast Asia
A bookstore in New Taipei City is creating a community for Southeast Asian migrant workers in Taiwan and encouraging local Taiwanese to learn about Southeast Asian cultures.
2020/10/28 |
A Small Press That Seeks To Bring Taiwan To the World
Camphor Press is on a quixotic mission to bring Taiwan to the world through English-language publications.
2020/12/03 |
Desire for Perfection: Asia’s First iPhone Feature Film ‘I WeirDO’
Touted as Asia’s first feature film to be entirely shot on an iPhone, 'I WeirDO' examines human affection through a relationship built upon obsessive-compulsive disorder.
2018/12/20 |
Unpacking the Swift Chinese Netizen Clapback to Lil Pump's Racist Song
When Chinese netizens slide past censors to air their grievances, they're key cogs in a massive and well-oiled outrage machine.
2019/12/13 |
Q&A With KEFF, Director of 'The Secret Lives of Asians at Night'
"The Secret Lives of Asians at Night" is a short film featured in the 2019 Taipei Film Festival. Taiwanese-American director KEFF talks about his upbringing and the inspiration for the film.
2018/10/21 |
Taiwan Cinema Through the Lens of Wei Te-sheng
A new book charts the blossoming of Taiwan's cinema from the dawn of the democratic era to the present day.
2018/10/14 |
Netflix Series 'BoJack Horseman' Just Devoted an Episode to Vietnam
The popular animated series recently traveled to Hanoi on a roots-finding adventure.
2018/10/24 |
INTERVIEW: Taiwan Labor Film Festival Screens Stories of Struggle and Solidarity
A chat with Catta Chou, curator of the 2018 Taiwan International Labor Film Festival – which is now underway in Taipei.
2020/10/28 |
“Your Trend, My Normal”: A Review of ‘Black in Asia’
Through a series of 23 vignettes, 'Black in Asia' examines personal accounts of navigating Asia’s social spaces that lack the lived experience of what it means to be Black.
2019/12/24 |
'Portrait of a Lady on Fire' Defies the Male Gaze in Cinema
"Portrait of a Lady on Fire," which won Best Screenplay at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, is a passionate film that explores the female gaze and female desire with various art forms.
2018/12/14 |
PHOTO STORY: Bling, Bling, Who’s Calling at Taipei Fashion Week?
Taipei Fashion Week dialed up the excitement with four days of runway shows and the hope is, this is the start of something big.
2019/01/25 |
Taipei Dangdai Art Fair: After the Famine, the Art Feast
The inaugural Taipei Dangdai contemporary art show brought out big spending art collectors while entertaining the masses.
2019/02/04 |
Vietnamese Ditch Fake Money to Burn Paper Bikinis for Deceased Ancestors
One professor slammed the flashy new fad as 'offensive, against traditions and wasteful.'
2018/10/27 |
INDONESIA: Author Innosanto Nagara Introduces Activism to Children
The Jakarta-born, Oakland-based author shares his activist children's book with an Indonesian audience.
2019/08/15 |
FILM REVIEW: 'Postcards From London' Puts a Spin on the Prostitution of Art
The 2019 Taiwan International Queer Film Festival runs from 8/15 to 8/25 in Taipei and from 8/28 to 9/8 in Kaohsiung. This film review is based on a complimentary media screening.