2024 Spotlight Taiwan Film Festival in Scotland Part I - Time: 7 Oct 15:00-17:00 *Post-screening Q & A with the film director Hong Jun-Yuan 《YIFANG》(義方) 洪鈞元 Hung Jun-Yuan｜臺灣 Taiwan｜2023 | Colour｜14"48 The film director, Hong Jun-yuan, hails from Chiayi, Taiwan, by way of marriage to a local. His work interweaves the remarkable contributions of his wife’s grandfather from the Japanese colonial era, reflecting the minor yet significant events in the d...

2024 Spotlight Taiwan Lecture Time: 11 October 2024 15:00-16:00 (followed by the screening of films) Venue: 5.21 Project Room, Evolution House, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh. 74 Lauriston Place Edinburgh EH3 9DF, United Kingdom Narration of Non-Conversational Portraits  -“Home” and “Unhomely” in Taiwanese Video Art This talk focuses on exploring and analyzing the representation of family as a method of creation in Taiwanese video art. By...

2024 Spotlight Taiwan Taiwan Lecture, University of Edinburgh   2024 History of Art Research Seminar, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh Time: 19 September 2024 17:15-18:15, followed by a drink reception Venue: The Hunter Lecture Theatre, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh. 74 Lauriston Place Edinburgh EH3 9DF, United Kingdom *The event is sponsored by the 2024 Spotlight Taiwan Project funded by the Ministry of Culture, Taiwan...

Cityscapes at the Qianlong Emperor’s (1736-1795) Court: The Rise of Spatial Performativity and Imperial Territoriality     Professor Cheng-hua Wang (王正華) Princeton University This lecture aims to discuss two issues arising from the study of eighteenth-century Chinese cityscapes mostly made at the Qianlong emperor’s (1736-1795) court. The first regards the spatial performativity of streets and urban landmarks reified in paintings, and the sec...