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The Culture Taiwan Foundation is pleased to launch the official website Taiwan NOW, a transnational cooperation and exchange project with art at its core between Taiwan and Japan.

When the pandemic swept across the globe, Taiwan NOW has not been stopped but has continued to evolve and transform. Through cyber-physical integration, multi-location simultaneous performances, and “releasing the source code”, Taiwan NOW is slated to open in the coming October and takes place in Marunouchi in Tokyo, Weiwuying in Kaohsiung, and Virtual Venue, where visitors can experience the program that blends design, visual arts and performing arts on site and on line!

We hope you enjoy Taiwan NOW!

Supported by Ministry of Culture
Organized by The Culture Taiwan Foundation
Co-organized by Asia Now Executive Committee (represented by Culture Vision Japan)

For more information, please visit Taiwan NOW Official Website: www.taiwannow.org
Facebook @ TaiwanNOWPR
Instagram @  taiwan_now_pr
Twitter @ taiwan_now_pr

【News of Cultural and Artistic Activities】
Cultural and Artistic Renaissance in Taiwan: Winners of the 41st Wu San-Lien Award

The winners of the 41st Wu San-Lien Artistic Award are Mr. Lin Hsin-yueh (painter), Mrs. Lin Lee-chen (choreographer) and the winners of the 41st Wu San-Lien Literary Award are Mr. Liao Hung-chi (writer) and Mr. Chiang Yuan-ching (non-fiction writer). The theme of the lectures is “Cultural and Artistic Renaissance in Taiwan” where the cultural experiences of the winners will be passed down.

The first session will be held on Nov 11. The lecture “First Class National – Lin Hsin-yueh’s Colorful Life” will be co-hosted by the speakers Mr. Lin Hsin-yueh, the winner of the Artistic Award, also the Director of The Cultural Taiwan Foundation, and Mrs. Chang Chiun-Hui, the CEO and Director of The Cultural Taiwan Foundation. You are all welcome to join us by registration.

Session 1: 2020/11/01 (Sun.) 10:30 – 12:00
Topic | First Class National – Lin Hsin-yueh’s Colorful Life
Speaker | Lin Hsin-yueh (Winner of the Artistic Award and Director of The Cultural Taiwan Foundation)
Chang Chiun-Hui (CEO and Director of The Cultural Taiwan Foundation)

Session 2: 2020/11/18 (Wed.) 14:00 – 16:00
Topic | The Applications of the Non-fiction Literature
Speaker | Chiang Yuan-ching (Winner of the Literary Award)

Session 3: 2020/12/09 (Wed.) 14:00 – 16:00
Topic | A Dialogue between the Man and Sea – Liao Hung-Chi’s Marine Literature
Speaker | Liao Hung-chi (Winner of the Literary Award)

Session 4: 2020/12/19 (Sat.) 14:00 – 16:00
Topic | Ambled Life
Speaker | Lin Lee-chen (Winner of the Artistic Award)

Organizer | Wu San-Lien Award Foundation
Co-organizer | Graduate School of Taiwanese Culture, National Taipei University of Education
Registration link | https://reurl.cc/9XbK3Y
Place | MoNTUE Museum of National Taipei University of Education
No. 134, Sec. 2, Heping E. Rd., Da’an Dist., Taipei City 106 (National Taipei University of Education)

We experience, feel, read, and share
every instant that belongs to this island.
Departing from this point, it is a dialogue with nature, ecology, and humanities.

In the series of “Reading the Islandy Culture 2”, the latitude consists of the compilation of the cultural landscape of Taiwan whereas the longitude is the exploration of the hidden ordinary arts. In this way, the public can get to know the arts and cultures that are close to our daily life on the island – food, clothing, living, and all kinds of activities.
This time, the six lectures are based on the theme of “dressing-up”. We invite everyone to reflect together on how to transform the clothing that we use to cover the body, define identity, highlight or disguise sexual characteristics into art creations or how to derive them into a particular culture.

We propose the question “What’s inside Art?” and take clothing as the carrier of nature and culture. Based on “Dressing up with the World”, the lectures are presented with materials that come from nature – cottonseed, barks, and dyeing – and particular cultures that have been developed – theatrical costumes, scarlet makeup, and tattoo. Six groups of artists are invited to share their process, ideals, and experiences of creation. You are welcome to come and experience the multicolored culture intertwined with the various clothing in a chill weekend-afternoon.

Tainan・Ubuntu
10/17 (Sat.) 15:00 – 17:00
Cottonseed: The Spark of the Cotton Journey with Artistic Creations
Speaker: Kang Ya-chu | Fiber art creator

10/18 (Sun.) 15:00 – 17:00
Costume: The Illusion of Painted Skin – Opening the Fourth Wall of the Theatrical Costumes
Speaker: Lee, Yuh-sheng | Theatrical costume & art design

Taichung・Central Bookstore
10/31 (Sat.) 15:00 – 17:00
Bark: Contemporary Art Creation – “Malleting” the Original Intention
Speaker: Chen Shu-yen | Co-founder of PateRongan

11/01 (Sun.) 15:00 – 17:00
Scarlet Makeup: If You’re in a Difficult Position, Let’s Have a Political Costume Party!
Speaker: Mier Tsao/ Nymphia Wind | Artistic performers

Hsinchu・Or Book Store
11/07 (Sat.) 15:00 – 17:00
Tennii: Transforming Traditional Craftmanship into Fashion Design
Speaker: Ma Yu-hsiu | Co-founder of Tennii Studio

11/08 (Sun.) 15:00 – 17:00
Tattoo: Sensory Calligraphy on the Derma Layer
Speaker: Master Tattoo x Wu Tzu-ning | Tattooist x New media artist

Advisory Unit: Ministry of Culture
Organizer: The Cultural Taiwan Foundation
Venue providers: Ubuntu, Central Bookstore, and Or Book Store

In the series of “Reading the Islandy Culture”, the latitude is the compilation of the cultural landscape of Taiwan whereas the longitude is the exploration of the hidden ordinary arts. Every year, lectures are organized based on different life themes so that the public can get to know about the life culture and artistic aesthetics of the island – food, clothing, living, and all kinds of activities.

In July of this year, we launched the theme of “What does Art Eat? The Six Living Creative Works with Food” and invited six speakers of different fields – design, action art, curation, painting, literature, collection, and illustration – to share the nutrients of their creative works in Or Book Store (Hsinchu), Central Bookstore (Taichung), and Maison Temps-Rêves (Taipei).

Advisory Unit: Ministry of Culture
Organizer: The Cultural Taiwan Foundation

Essence of Food: “Interiology” of Food │Speaker: Gan Ke-ping

Group photo with the audience on July 4th

Memory of Food: How Art is Connected with Food and Environment │Speaker: Lama Motis and Tsai Ming-jiun

Group photo with the audience on July 11th

Food of the Mountain: The Taste of the Land – How Farm Life Nurtures my Artistic Creations │ Speaker: Lin Chuan-chu

Group photo with the audience on July 11th

Food of the Ocean: Fishermen and Fish – Seaman Speaking of Fish │ Speaker: Liao Hung-Chi

Group photo with the audience on July 12th

Food of the Meadow: The Meadowy Anecdotes in the City │ Speaker: Li Ming-feng

Group photo with the audience on July 18th

Painting of Food: Painting the Taiwanese Taste by Travelling Around the World │Speaker: Leslie Wang

Group photo with the audience on July 19th

Presenter: Shen Chao-Liang, photographer, curator, and Adjunct Associate Professor of National Taiwan University of Arts
Moderator: Roan Ching-yueh, Professor of Yuan Ze University, architect, author, and curator.
Time: 2019/11/16 (Sat.) 14:30-16:30
Place: National Taiwan Museum–Nanmen Park, The White Palace (No. 1, Sec. 1, Nanchang Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City)

Lecture:
“Photography”, being a visual carrier and exhibition form, may be the best medium for cultural expansion as it needs not linguistic wordings that creates an identification barrier of reading and listening. For two decades, the creator Shen Chao-Liang has recorded the particular societal local landscape s through different long-term projects and photographic approaches. From theme-based documentary photography to contemporary art, what roles do Shen Chao-Liang and his photographic creations of cultural expansion process play? How can you verify and interpret the historical contexts, social meanings, and the relationship between the photographer and the ones being photographed through the lens? Welcome to the lecture to feel the power of photographic creations.

Presenter: Lin Mao-hsien
Time: 2019/07/20 (Sat.) 14:00-16:00
Place: National Taiwan Museum–Nanmen Park, The White Palace (No. 1, Sec. 1, Nanchang Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City)

The Pudu rites in the Ghost Festival are key rituals during the Month of Ghost. It is said that the lonely ghosts would return to the human world and enjoy the offerings during the month of July of the Lunar Calendar. Featured rites have been derived due to the different practices, environments, and social development and background of different places. Professor Lin Mao-hsien will give you a tour of the rite features, beliefs of ghosts, and taboos of Ghost Month in an easy and humorous way.

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Topic: A Renaissance in Malaysian Performing Arts
Presenter: Faridah Merican ｜Founder and Executive Producer of Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre
Host: Keng Yi-wei, Dramaturg, National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts-Weiwuying
Time: 2018/11/10 (Sat.) 14:00 – 16:00
Place: National Taiwan Museum–Nanmen Park, The White Palace (No. 1, Sec. 1, Nanchang Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City)

Before the appearance of the contemporary theater, rich performing arts were already present in Malaysia, including the traditional Chinese theatre and the traditional Malay operas. Among them, Mak Yong has been declared a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. In this lecture, Faridah Merican will connect the Malay traditions and the development of contemporary theatre with the concept of “renaissance”. The senior art curator Keng Yi-wei will play the role of the moderator to unfold the brilliant dialogue.

Topic: Making Dance for an International Audience- Is It Possible to Please Everyone?
Presenter: Morag Deyes MBE, artistic director of Dance Base, Scotland’s National Centre for Dance
Moderator: Sun Ping, independent theatre producer
Time: 2018/11/07 (Wed.) 19:00 – 21:00
Place: Rose Historic Site – Tsai Jui-yueh Dance Institute

For whom shall we create the dance art? Can all the works on stage truly transmit the dancers’ messages? Can works across the international stage please and entertain everyone? Being a dancer, choreographer, teacher, and director of a dance center, Morag Deyes MBE, with rich life experiences, will discuss these issues from different perspectives, illuminating the different aspects of dance art. On the day of the lecture, the independent theater producer, Sun Ping, who has rich art administration experiences, will be the moderator and the commentator, guiding the audience to unfold a discussion and an interaction.

Topic: “Topic of Cultural Observation: Reading Japan – An Exploration of books and spaces”
Presenters:
Wu Tung-lung, Japanese culture observer, best-selling author, and visual designer
Jenny Lee, founder of The Unicorn Reading Project and former editor-in-chief of “Shopping Design”
Time: 2018/10/20 (Sat.) 14：00-16：00 (open at 13:30)
Place: Place: National Taiwan Museum–Nanmen Park, The White Palace (No. 1, Sec. 1, Nanchang Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City)

The cultural publishing field is facing a challenging issue in this era: reading habits have changed in the digital age. People are used to read short information quickly, resulting in the decreasing frequency of buying and reading physical books. However, books and spaces may carry various possibilities. In this Cultural Taiwan Forum, we will focus on Japan as we have invited the cultural observer slash visual designer, Wu Tung-lung, and the former editor-in-chief of “Shopping Design”, also the creator of a new type of reading project, Jenny Lee, to talk about the books and spaces they like, as well as their observation of how Japanese bookstores cultivate their markets so that the reading behaviors can be preserved.