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Le Moulin & Poetry Talk | TFEE 2022
As part of the Taiwan Film Festival Edinburgh 2022, the special event for poetry was hosted at the Scottish Poetry Library in Edinburgh. In the early 20th century, Taiwan was rapidly developing into a modern state under the influence of Japanese colonial rule. It was against this backdrop that the country’s first modern art group – Le Moulin Poetry Society.
2021 Taiwan Season - Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2021 hosted a mixed program of digital and physical events, giving international performers and Fringe-goers a chance to participate in the action online. Embracing this hybrid format, Taiwan Season was online to give Edinburgh Festival Fringe audiences an insight into the Taiwanese performing arts.
International Literature Translation Summer School 2021
The Cultural Division of Taipei Representative Office in the UK and the National Museum of Taiwan Literature teamed up with the British Centre for Literary Translation (BCLT) to help bring Taiwanese literature to international audiences. BCLT's Summer School featured a series of online workshops and lectures for translators of Taiwanese Mandarin literature.
Vincent Hsu at Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival 2021
Co-curated by Taiwanese musician Vincent Hsu (徐崇育) and jazz band Harlem Inc., a music performance titled "Harlem Legacy: Back to St. Nick’s Pub" will be presented at the Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival, as part of its online program "Jazz From Around the World."
'Vision Taiwan' Programme - 10th CVF at BFI Southbank
The highly popular "Vision Taiwan" programme, supported by the Ministry of Culture and Taipei Representative Office in the UK, will be showcasing two Taiwanese films "As We Like It" and "Get the Hell Out" in the 10th CVF at BFI Southbank.
Taiwan Post New Wave Cinema Project II at SOAS
The Centre of Taiwan Studies, SOAS launched its much anticipated second edition of the Taiwan Post-New Wave Cinema Project, which carried through its mission to raise awareness of contemporary Taiwan cinema by presenting a brand new season of director focused film series followed by live Q&A sessions online.
Jun T. Lai’s ‘Bloom Paradise’ at Sculpture in the City
Turning the City of London into an urban art gallery, the 10th edition of Sculpture in the City included Jun T. Lai’s ‘Bloom Paradise’ on display in the streets of the capital’s financial district for the first time – amongst a selection of eighteen artworks in total.
Taiwan Pavilion 'Swingphony' at 2021 London Design Biennale
Sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Taiwan, organised by the Taiwan Design Research Institute (TDRI) and curated by Bito, the Taiwan Pavilion presents its Swingphony exhibition at 2021 London Design Biennale. The inspiration comes from the diversity of religions in Taiwan, combined with physics – The Schumann Resonances.