It’s 春節! Time to eat Jiaozi and other yummy street food (mmm… luobogao!) and sit on a train for 24 …
August 1, 2011
Places
Because I seem to spend so much time in Brussels, and also have lived in several cities which until now …
March 8, 2011
goat snake witch dance theatre blackness
The last couple of days I’ve been working on a side-project, cleaning up my dance/performance/choreography website, francesdath.info. I decided a …
November 19, 2008
transgender day of remembrance
For any queer trans* Berliners who read me, there is a meeting tomorrow night 6pm, at my favourite bar, Silverfuture, …
September 26, 2007
中秋节快乐！！！
mmmm … mooncakes … green tea mooncake with one yolk hong kong elegant flavour
July 16, 2007
we were thinking about each other
I returned to Judith Butler last week, beginning a rereading of Gender Trouble and placing Undoing Gender on order at …
April 18, 2007
homeless dance co
In-between rehearsing, last night I drifted up to the 4th floor of Asialink for drinks and hanging out with the …
February 18, 2007
新年快乐! 恭喜发财! – hoping that meat prices don’t go up
Yes, I am missing not being in Guangzhou, or joining hundreds of millions on the country’s trains. So, from Mary …
October 25, 2006
ghost eyes: strange visions from hong kong and beyond
From curator of international kebabs Emile Zile, also famous in Melbourne for FOOTSCRAY AUDIO-VISUAL SOCIAL CLUB is the fruits of …
August 16, 2006
savage formosa
National Geographic is one of those magazines like good chocolate I get breathless over when each new issue arrives in …
April 29, 2006
taipei art-punk squats
One of my favourite blogs from Taiwan is Anarchy in Taiwan or gotmahmojo who recently wrote a big piece on …
April 23, 2006
第三届广东现代舞周 3rd Guangdong Modern Dance Festival
Last year I was less than flattering about the dance I saw at the 第二届广东现代舞周 2nd Guangdong Modern Dance Festival, …
April 17, 2006
supernaut is lazy (but can read…)
I’d probably be better using del.icio.us for all the stuff I read, but I found on top of keeping supernaut …
February 16, 2006
sex porn art casting shock ban!
I think I’m becoming a one-trick whore for we-make-money-not-art, because all I seem to do right now is read them …
October 26, 2005
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 …
October 2, 2005
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 …
September 18, 2005
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 …
April 11, 2005
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 …
April 2, 2005
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 …
March 27, 2005
小城之春 – The best Chinese-language movies of all time
The Hong Kong Film Awards have voted 小城之春 Spring in a Small Town, directed by Fei Mu as the number …
March 17, 2005
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?” …
February 23, 2005
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 …
February 21, 2005
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 …
February 16, 2005
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 …
February 13, 2005
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 …
February 11, 2005
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 …
February 11, 2005
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 …
February 11, 2005
vertical limit
I’m off to Hehuan Shan for the next few days. My plan to climb Yu Shan alone was thwarted, so …
February 10, 2005
burp …
Heading back to Taipei tomorrow after a week of eating. Posting will occur like a Chinese fireworks inferno some time …
January 31, 2005
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 …
January 28, 2005
going offline
It’s been three months since I walked into this studio at the Taipei Artist Village. It’s been my home for …
January 28, 2005
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 …
January 26, 2005
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 …
January 26, 2005
the free meal ticket
The best thing about being an artist is the travelling and parties. In the last three years, I have spent …
January 21, 2005
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 …
January 21, 2005
aakzb – channel_a
The last couple of nights a big bunch of guys from Burkina Faso have been playing long into the evening …
January 17, 2005
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 …
January 16, 2005
psycho and the chain
Paul Emmaunel and Dr. Richard Maggs are chewing paint again, this time at ffotogallery in Penarth, along with Taiwan artist …
January 8, 2005
asian blog awards
The results are in for the 2004 Asian Blog Awards. Go over and check it out, and see some new …
January 7, 2005
art village @ taiwan
Before I came to Taiwan and the Taipei Artist Village, I had a pretty slim idea about what was going …
January 5, 2005
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 …
January 3, 2005
in the mountains
I spent the weekend in Taizhong with Shang-ping, one of the artists in residence at the Taipei Artist Village. His …
December 26, 2004
i am alive and you are dead
The 台北國際藝術村 Taipei Artist Village had a Christmas open studio yesterday, and I was determined to bitch-slap any Christmas cheer …
December 13, 2004
the white diamond
Werner Herzog’s new film opened the 台灣國際紀錄片雙年展 Taiwan International Documentary Festival on Saturday. Last night under clouds that threatened rain …
December 12, 2004
saturday art special
There’s so much art on at the moment, I missed the opening of the Taiwan International Documentary Festival yesterday. It …
December 11, 2004
paul emmanuel is psycho
Paul Emmanuel hooked up with his psychiatrist last night at 新樂園藝術空間 SLY Art Studio to eat some paint and answer …
December 7, 2004
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 …
December 6, 2004
台北金馬影展 golden horse film fest awards
The best film award in the 台北金馬影展 Golden Horse Film Festival has gone to a mainland China film portraying life …
December 5, 2004
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 …
December 5, 2004
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 …
December 2, 2004
passion no patience
Pei-jen Tsai, who I hung out with in Vienna last year, and missed by a few weeks at the Taipei …
November 27, 2004
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 …
November 27, 2004
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. …
November 26, 2004
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 …
November 25, 2004
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 …
November 22, 2004
UBU and TRSIMF
One festival finishes, another begins. Last night was the final of three ear-splitting nights of some of the best rock …
November 20, 2004
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 …
November 20, 2004
《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 …
November 20, 2004
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 …
November 18, 2004
shunji iwai
Filmmaker Shunji Iwai is having a screening of four of his films in Taipei over the next two weeks. Not …
November 15, 2004
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 …
November 14, 2004
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’ …
November 13, 2004
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 …
November 13, 2004
ned in taipei
Last night was the opening of the 2004 Australian Film Festival in Taipei down at the Leofoo Cineplex put together …
November 9, 2004
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 …
November 9, 2004
tremors
I was lying in bed last night reading my Chinese word frequency dictionary (I need to go to a bookstore …
October 31, 2004
arriving in taipei
Another blindingly early start on the jet-fuel trail. I divide my flights up into sections: 1) taxi to Guangzhou East …
October 10, 2004
what’s going on?
I’ve been very busy the last couple of weeks with getting ready for my residency in Taipei at the Taipei …
September 27, 2004
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 …
September 18, 2004
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 …
September 12, 2004
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 …
September 9, 2004
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 …
September 8, 2004
nude dancers = happy dead
The Straits Times has a piece on why the Hungry Ghost Festival in Taiwan is keeping the ghosts very happy …
September 4, 2004
beautiful new horizon
Asia Art Archive’s September newsletter has a travelogue from Taipei researcher Mio Iwakiri, who travelled to Tainan in August for …
September 2, 2004
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 …
August 23, 2004
ximending
The Taipei Times had a piece on Ximending, which sounds like either the kind of place I’d want to live …
August 23, 2004
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 …
August 19, 2004
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 …
July 19, 2004
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 …
July 18, 2004
amanda in taiwan 2
Amanda Phillips is currently in Taiwan working with Cloudgate2 as the first Australian to be invited to the Young Choreographers …
July 11, 2004
china and taiwan
An excellent article appeared over at Living in China, on why China won’t bomb the crap out of Taiwan despite …
July 3, 2004
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 …
June 30, 2004
amanda in taiwan
Adelaide choreographer Amanda Phillips has just left for Taiwan, where she’ll be making a new work on Cloudgate2 for the …
June 17, 2004
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 …
June 13, 2004
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 …
May 31, 2004
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’ …
May 29, 2004
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 …
May 22, 2004
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 …
May 22, 2004
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 …
May 5, 2004
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 …
May 2, 2004
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 – …
April 24, 2004
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 …
April 18, 2004
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, …