berkeley china initiative

I’m not sure how much I’ll be blogging in the next week as things get mental with crush. In the …

savage formosa

National Geographic is one of those magazines like good chocolate I get breathless over when each new issue arrives in …

taipei art-punk squats

One of my favourite blogs from Taiwan is Anarchy in Taiwan or gotmahmojo who recently wrote a big piece on …

濁水溪公社 ltk commune is gonna rock you

During my months in Taipei, hanging out at The Wall, and pretty much constantly amazed at what a cool arts …

scraping tai-gu off the wheel

It must be the time for old things to be revisited, and as always through whatever is going on around …

a jew in china is not a parsimonious monkey

Some uppity group called with a bad name, Peacetime Foundation of Taiwan have decided the world would be a better …

同志 tongzhi studies at fudan university

Here’s another piece on the new queer studies class at Fudan University. Besides thinking this is really cool and China …

2005 Asia Young Choreography Projects

The World Dance Alliance is currently seeking is currently seeking choreographers from across the Asian region for the annual choreographic …

天邊一朵雲 – The Wayward Cloud

Taiwan film-maker 蔡明亮 Tsai Ming-liang’s porn musical 天邊一朵雲 – The Wayward Cloud opened un-cut though with an adult rating in …

china demonstrates small-dick syndrome

The big news since I landed in Melbourne that everyone wants an answer to is, “When do they begin bombing?” …

transsexuals on supernaut

It’s only out of sheer laziness that I haven’t done this before. So while I’m freezing my arse off in …

taiwan punk fucks the shit up

I missed The Deported play at 這牆 The Wall a few weeks ago, but this piece by band-member AndyO on …

airports hotels taxis and slow internet

I’m travelling again, having left Taipei on Monday morning and spent a fun day in Hong Kong catching up with …

leaving taiwan

I’m leaving Taiwan tomorrow morning after 3 1/2 months here. It’s been very cool, I like this place alot, and …

are we having fun yet?

So I didn’t make it to Yu Shan, but found some granite to pull on at some other peaks in …

二十號倉庫 stock 20

I went down to 二十號倉庫 stock 20 yesterday, the Taizhong artist Village, which along with the Taipei Artist Village is …

vertical limit

I’m off to Hehuan Shan for the next few days. My plan to climb Yu Shan alone was thwarted, so …

burp …

Heading back to Taipei tomorrow after a week of eating. Posting will occur like a Chinese fireworks inferno some time …

平行輸入 pseudo hackers

My last night in Taipei was also the opening of the new 台北當代藝術館 MOCA exhibition, 平行輸入 Pseudo Hackers Art in …

going offline

It’s been three months since I walked into this studio at the Taipei Artist Village. It’s been my home for …

25302 marks of scope

Two new shows opening in Taipei and Tainan. This weekend at 新樂園 xinleyuan, is 25302 marks of scope, and at …

非常經濟實驗室 wayward economy

Main Trend Gallery, which was part of Co4 Documenta last year has just opened 非常經濟實驗室 wayward economy, curated by 徐文瑞 …

the free meal ticket

The best thing about being an artist is the travelling and parties. In the last three years, I have spent …

music non-stop

I paid a visit to 這牆 The Wall on Saturday night. Well only got as far as the record shops …

陽明山國家公園 yangming shan

Today I went to 陽明山國家公園 Yangming Shan National Park, a 1/2 hour scooter ride up into the hills north of …

小白兔唱片 white wabbit records

Downstairs in the underground alleys next to The Wall is a world of Taiwan and Asian music purgatory. No Kenny …

psycho and the chain

Paul Emmaunel and Dr. Richard Maggs are chewing paint again, this time at ffotogallery in Penarth, along with Taiwan artist …

asian blog awards

The results are in for the 2004 Asian Blog Awards. Go over and check it out, and see some new …

art village @ taiwan

Before I came to Taiwan and the Taipei Artist Village, I had a pretty slim idea about what was going …

6 years of documentaries

Last month Taipei had the hype of 台北金馬影展 Golden Horse Film Festival and the much less hyped 台灣國際紀錄片雙年展 Taiwan International …

in the mountains

I spent the weekend in Taizhong with Shang-ping, one of the artists in residence at the Taipei Artist Village. His …

saturday art special

There’s so much art on at the moment, I missed the opening of the Taiwan International Documentary Festival yesterday. It …

Co4 … so what?

Along with some of the gang from 新樂園藝術空間 SLY Art Studo I spent the afternoon at 大趨勢畫廊 Main Trend Gallery …

what i read this week

Back for another wash-cycle of what happened in Asia this week (that I read about), and no matter what else …

第二屆新樂園跨領域藝術節 SLY art 2nd new field art festival

The group exhibition I am part of at SLY Art Studio opened this evening, with much eating drinking and music …

passion no patience

Pei-jen Tsai, who I hung out with in Vienna last year, and missed by a few weeks at the Taipei …

hong yi at huashan

華山創意文化園區 Huashan was going crazy today with a couple of openings and the C04 台灣前衛文件展- Co4 taiwan avant-garde documenta II …

colin at the taipei artist village

Last night Colin, one of the Australians staying in the Taipei Artist Village played a concert in the main gallery. …

me at 新樂園藝術空間 sly art studio

Next Saturday at 新樂園藝術空間 SLY Art Studo is the opening of the 2nd New Field Art Festival. Along with Thierry …

making art in china

What’s it like to be a foreign artist in residence in China? Last night, three of us from the Taipei …

硬地音樂展都會嘉年華 UBU 2004

Last night was the start of the UBU 2004 Music Festival, around the corner from the lawn party 華山創意文化園區 Huashan …

《水火祭 disaster solemnity troy 特洛依》at huashan

In-between Co4 Documenta and UBU a bunch of artists and me spent a couple of hours sitting and drinking on …

C04台灣前衛文件展 – Co4 taiwan avant-garde documenta II

In another Friday of art overdose, the 大趨勢畫廊 Main Trend Gallery played host to the opening of C04台灣前衛文件展 – Co4 …

shunji iwai

Filmmaker Shunji Iwai is having a screening of four of his films in Taipei over the next two weeks. Not …

locus – jien-hua huang at 新樂園藝術空間 sly art space

Another exhibition also opened on the weekend which I didn’t get along to, but saw while being set up. 黃建樺 …

it park – chen kaihuang tchenogramme

Last night, the 伊通公園 ItPark in I-Tong St near the TAV had the opening of 陳愷璜 Chen Kai-Huang’s 關於 ‘TCHENOGRAMME’ …

城市謠言 – 華人建築展 2004 The Rumor of China Towns

Blowing off the opportunity to see Ned Kelly at the Film Festival, the next stop for the night was MOCA …

ned in taipei

Last night was the opening of the 2004 Australian Film Festival in Taipei down at the Leofoo Cineplex put together …

let’s talk about sex baby

It’s a sex-arama in across China and Taiwan this week. Leaving behind me in Guangzhou is the second annual sex …

tremors

I was lying in bed last night reading my Chinese word frequency dictionary (I need to go to a bookstore …

skate till you die or go home

Unlike Melbourne and many western cities these days where skating is either prohibited on the streets or pushed as far …

雲門舞集 Cloud Gate Dance Theatre

雲門舞集 Cloud Gate Dance Theatre is about to open its autumn season in Taipei with new works by Wu Kuo-chu …

18個個展 18 Solo Exhibitions

The 金門碉堡藝術館 Bunker Museum of Contemporary Art a gallery located in old artillery bunkers on Kinmen, opened its exhibition 18個個展 …

華山 huashan – when art becomes industry

What’s in a name? When it comes to art, there’s a big world between an arts and cultural centre, and …

nude dancers = happy dead

The Straits Times has a piece on why the Hungry Ghost Festival in Taiwan is keeping the ghosts very happy …

beautiful new horizon

Asia Art Archive’s September newsletter has a travelogue from Taipei researcher Mio Iwakiri, who travelled to Tainan in August for …

fiction.love again

Fiction.Love opened a couple of weeks ago at 台北當代藝術館 Taipei Museum of Contemporary Art, and got a bit of a …

Do You Believe in Reality? – 台北雙年展 2004 Taipei Biennale

The 台北市立美術館 Taipei Fine Arts Museum announced the theme of the 台北雙年展 2004 Taipei Biennale on Friday, called Do You …

Fiction.Love

Opening in Taipei tomorrow at the 台北當代藝術館 Taipei Museum of Contemporary Art with the catchiest post-modern name of the week …

國立臺灣美術館 – navigator – digital art in the making

The National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts has just opened an exhibition of new media art, navigator – digital art …

5,6,7,8′s in Taiwan

One of the best bands in the world, the 5,6,7,8′s who like Mach Pelican have spent more time playing the …

amanda in taiwan 2

Amanda Phillips is currently in Taiwan working with Cloudgate2 as the first Australian to be invited to the Young Choreographers …

china and taiwan

An excellent article appeared over at Living in China, on why China won’t bomb the crap out of Taiwan despite …

海洋熱 – ocean fever

Director Chen Lung-nan’s rock n’ roll documentary of a bunch of underground bands playing at the Gong-liao Ho-Hai-Yan Rock Festival …

amanda in taiwan

Adelaide choreographer Amanda Phillips has just left for Taiwan, where she’ll be making a new work on Cloudgate2 for the …

台北雙年展 Taipei Biennale

The Taipei Fine Arts Museum has announced that Amy Cheng Huei-hua (Taiwan) and Barbara M.R. Vanderlinden (Belgium) will be curating …

taiwan animation at annecy film festival

The Annecy International Film Festival in France is presenting a special programme devoted to Taiwan animation, Welcome Taiwan. Among the …

台北國際藝術村 – Esthetics of Migration

Almost three years ago on a plot of land vacated by the Mass Rapid Transit authorities the 台北國際藝術村 Taipei Artists’ …

跳舞時代 Viva Tonal – The Dance Age

The emergence of a local recording industry, dance halls, pop-stars under the shadow of Japanese occupation makes 跳舞時代 Viva Tonal …

光環舞集舞蹈團 Taipei Dance Circle 20th Anniversary

Next week the 光環舞集舞蹈團 Guanghuan Wuji Wudao Tuan – Taipei Dance Circle will begin a retrospective of 20 years work …

Liching Queen of Auction

Liching’s husky voice is famous for selling 100 000 pairs of underwear in an hour on the Eastern TV Auction …

Taiwan imposes left-to-right order on writing

Taiwan’s parliament has passed a new law ruling that all text in official documents must be written from left to …

Pei Jen Tsai at 台北國際藝術村 Taipei Artist Village

Another one of the gang from DanceWEB has just finished her work at the 台北國際藝術村 Taipei Guoji Yishu Cun – …

Chinese no funny

Vice Magazine. A bunch of cut-rate losers from Canada. Last month, their International Department advanced the so-close-we’re-moist bilateral relationship between …

PRC News China Briefing: 2004-04-14

Winds of Change.NET Regional Briefings run regular updates on news around the world. This update appeared there on April 14, …

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