International Conference: A Blast of Lyricism: Contemporary Taiwanese Art and Its Global Connections

04/11/2025
Free Event, Registration is Required: Register Here   International Conference A Blast of Lyricism: Contemporary Taiwanese Art and Its Global Connections   3-4 November 2025 Lecture Theatre 2.55, Edinburgh Future Institute  University of Edinburgh 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh EH3 9DF, United Kingdom *In-Person Conference*   This international con...
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Hospice Care of the Post-Republican 《姚瑞中:後民國的臨終關懷》

06/11/2025
2025 Spotlight Taiwan Lecture   Hospice Care of the Post-Republican 《姚瑞中:後民國的臨終關懷》      Artist Jui-Chung YAO  Confronted with the inferiority complex shaped by Taiwan’s unique history and distorted society, ordinary people—me included, an indignant middle-aged man—are left powerless. This led to the creation of projects such as Territory Take Over (1994), whi...
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THE POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE RUINS 廢墟的政治地理學

05/11/2025
Venue: 2.55 Edinburgh Future Institute, University of Edinburgh 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh EH3 9DF, United Kingdom   2025 Spotlight Taiwan Conference Keynote Lectures     THE POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE RUINS   廢墟的政治地理學     JUI-CHUNG YAO(姚瑞中)  As civilisation develops and changes, abandoned spaces inevitably emerge. Ordinary people call them...
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WITHIN THE PULSE OF TIME: AVA HSUEH’S ABSTRACT PAINTING 此時彼刻 — 薛保瑕的抽象繪畫

04/11/2025
Venue: 2.55 Edinburgh Future Institute, University of Edinburgh 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh EH3 9DF, UK   2025 Spotlight Taiwan Conference Keynote Lectures   WITHIN THE PULSE OF TIME: AVA HSUEH’S ABSTRACT PAINTING 此時彼刻 — 薛保瑕的抽象繪畫     AVA PAO-SHIA HSUEH(薛保瑕) Time is not unidirectional but, by contrast, shuttles back and forth between num...
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2025 Spotlight Taiwan VR Filmfest in Scotland: Showcase of Digital Artist Ya-Lun Tao 陶亞倫教授科技藝術專場

05/11/2025
Venue: 2.55 Edinburgh Future Institute, University of Edinburgh 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh EH3 9DF, UK   2025 Spotlight Taiwan VR Filmfest in Scotland: Showcase of Digital Artist Ya-Lun TAO 2025 蘇格蘭臺灣光點電影節:陶亞倫教授科技藝術專場   Ya-Lun TAO 陶亞倫 Ya-Lun TAO (b.1966) was born in Taipei, Taiwan. Ya-Lun Tao is a pioneer in the Taiwanese new media art scene. He is the reci...
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Challenge Biomedical Paradigm Through Art and Design

18/09/2025
2025 Spotlight Taiwan Lecture Challenge Biomedical Paradigm Through Art and Design by Kuang-Yi KU (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University) In this talk, artist and designer Kuang-Yi Ku will present a selection of bio-art and speculative design projects developed in collaboration with scientists and medical professionals. His work explores themes of the human body, sexual...
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Re-Shooting

29/05/2025
2025 Spotlight Taiwan Lecture Series Time: 29 May 2025 14:15-15:15 Venue: 2.35 | Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI), 1 Lauriston Pl, Edinburgh EH3 9EF Registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2025-spotlight-taiwan-lecture-artist-hui-yu-su-tickets-1317205028699?aff=oddtdtcreator   Re-Shooting Artist SU Hui-Yu (蘇匯宇) In recent years, Su Hui-Yu has employed th...
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TAIWAN FILMFEST 2024 電影//開麥拉

23/10/2024
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 grandfathe...
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Narration of Non-Conversational Portraits: Home and “Unhomely in Taiwanese Video Art 臺灣錄像藝術中的「家」與「非家」

11/10/2024
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 ana...
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SELF-EXOTICISM 異己國情調

19/09/2024
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 sp...
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Cityscapes at the Qianlong Emperor’s (1736-1795) Court: The Rise of Spatial Performativity and Imperial Territoriality

17/10/2024
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 s...
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