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The Opening of Aka Chen’s Titanium Art Exhibition In The Bowers Museum |
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| In collaboration with the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, Taiwan Academy presents the exhibition “The Eternal Garden” displaying Taiwanese artist Aka Chen’s titanium jewelry works since November 16. Aka Chen is one of the most renowned artists in the world working on titanium art with pioneer techniques. This time, 20 works consisting of 100 pieces of jewelry are displayed to demonstrate the artist’s conception of nature. Due to its high melting point and hardness, titanium is a really challenging material which takes time to carve. To show the exquisite outlook of his work, the most advanced display technology developed by Taiwanese manufacturer “AUO Corporation” was introduced in the exhibition too, showing our soft power in combining culture and technology. We welcome all the audience to visit the exhibition before April 13 of next year. Check https://www.bowers.org/ for more information. |
Cloud Gate Dance Theatre's “13 Tongues” in Denver |
Photo Credit: 13 TONGUES / Performed by Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan / Choreographer: CHENG Tsung-lung / Photo by LIU Chen-hsiang
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Cloud Gate Dance Theatre will perform its iconic work “13 Tongues” on November 23rd and 24th at the Robert & Judi Newman Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Denver. This piece, choreographed by Artistic Director Cheng Tsung-Lung, draws inspiration from his childhood memories of the Wanhua district in Taipei. Through dynamic scenes and a fusion of diverse music, the performance explores Taiwan’s street culture and religious traditions. On stage, dancers move to the rhythms of Taiwanese folk music, Taoist chants, and electronic music, blending the vibrancy of city life with spiritual depth, while inviting the audience to engage with East Asian culture.
“13 Tongues” explores the universality of human emotions through the language of movement, appealing to audiences from various cultural backgrounds. This performance not only showcases Taiwanese culture but also delves into profound human stories, offering Denver audiences a rare artistic experience and deepening their understanding of Taiwan’s cultural heritage.
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Date: November 23, 7:30 pm / November 24, 2pm
Location: Gates Concert Hall, The Newman Center for the Performing Arts, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado
Ticket: https://newmancenterpresents.com/cloudgate |
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Taiwanese-American Director Wins Grand Jury Award at San Diego Asian Film Festival |
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| Congratulations to Vicky Du for receiving the Grand Jury Prize at the 2024 San Diego Asian Film Festival for her "Light of the Setting Sun" (迴光返照), a 73-minute documentary that delves into her family's intergenerational trauma from the Chinese Civil War to the present. She said that her family has been through a difficult period and can’t talk about it. This sets her on this journey to find her family’s history and piece together with archival materials and through connecting with family members she never met before. The prize shows the validation of affirmations of that beautiful process. |
Focus on Taiwan at the Asian World Film Festival (AWFF) |
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The Focus on Taiwan lineup included director Ya-Chuan Hsiao’s multiple Golden Horse-winning drama “Old Fox,” Taiwan’s official submission for the 97th Academy Award® for Best International Feature Film, and three Oscar®-qualified shorts: Fish Wang’s animated “Ghost of the Dark Path,” Xu-Zhan Zhang’s stop-motion animated “Compound Eyes of Tropical” and Birdy Wei-Ting Hung’s live action “A Brighter Summer Day for the Lady Avengers.”
The directors headed to the Culver Theater in Culver City from Taiwan for the special screenings, drawing enthusiastic filmmakers and audiences and enhancing the filmmakers’ visibility in the lead-up to the Oscars.
Focus on Taiwan was held on November 15, 2024, and supported by the Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA), the Taiwan Ministry of Culture, and the Taiwan Academy in Los Angeles. |
Yáng Shuang-zi’s ‘Taiwan Travelogue’ translated from Chinese by Lin King wins U.S. National Book Award for Translated Literature |
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Lin King accepted the award with Yáng Shuang-zi, who delivered remarks in Mandarin, which King then translated for the audience. Yang highlighted the divided identities of Taiwanese, saying, “Some people ask me why I write about things from a hundred years ago. I always tell them, writing about the past is a means of moving toward the future. Some think they are Chinese, just as some thought they were Japanese 100 years ago. I wrote this book to explore what it means to be Taiwanese.”
Set in 1938, the story begins when the protagonist, Aoyama Chizuko, a well-known Japanese writer, arrives in Taiwan for a lecture tour. Chizuko’s journey is accompanied by her Taiwanese translator, Chizuru. The novel takes us on a tour across Taiwan for a feast of railway and culinary adventure, revealing Taiwan’s food customs, the cultural differences between Taiwan and Japan, and a friendship between two women from different worlds.
The first novel by a Taiwanese author to ever receive this honor! Purchase at Bookshop, IndieBound, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and more.
For more information, please visit https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/taiwan-travelogue |
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