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Taiwanese Artist HUANG I-Chieh Open Studio on Sept 27 at 18th Street Arts Center |
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The 18th Street Arts Center will host a casual brunch where you’ll start your day visiting Artist-in-Residence open studios from 10:30 to 11:30 AM and exploring the exhibition Tom Van Sant: An Earth Twin at the Digital Dawn.
Huang I-Chieh is an artist based in Taipei, Taiwan. His practice includes various media, ranging from video and installation to public interventions. He also collaborates with other artists, architects, and activists on community projects. In this open studio event, Huang I-Chieh will exhibit an installation made of bamboo paper and share Asian memorial culture, as well as the history of Asian immigrants and the California Gold Rush. More information about Huang I-Chieh , please visit https://18thstreet.org/artists/huang-i-chiehjuly-september-2024/
Event: 18 Street Arts Center x For Freedoms Brunch (Free + Open to the Public)
Date: September 27 (Fri.), 10:30AM-12:30PM
Location: 18th Street Arts Center (Olympic Campus)
1639 18th Street. Santa Monica, CA 90404
More Information: https://18thstreet.org/event/18-street-arts-center-x-for-freedoms-brunch/
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2024 Hawaii International Film Festival unveils "Spotlight on Taiwan" lineup |
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The Taiwan Academy of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles in partnership with Hawaii International Film Festival (HIFF) will showcase the program “Spotlight on Taiwan” featuring extraordinary 3 Taiwanese features.
Lineup highlights include Su Hung-En’s directorial debut, “Hunter Brothers," which tells how Indigenous brothers recover their lost brotherhood at the very place where the accidental patricide occurred. “Who'll Stop the Rain," by Su I-Hsuan, is based on the historical background of the student strike in 1990, an era of freedom, and the aspirations of the youth for their own identity and independence after the lifting of martial law in Taiwan. “Dead Talents Society," a horror comedy by John Hsu with the theme of urban legends, tells the story of ghosts who strive to develop their acting careers in the underworld and aspire to become superstars in the spiritual world.
Additionally, a special screening of "Old Fox," Taiwan's entry for the Best International Feature Film category at the 2025 Academy Awards, is slated for October 22. A film directed by Hsiao Ya-Chuan that deftly captures a social spectrum set against the backdrop of social change and economic turmoil at the end of the 1980s.
The 44th annual Hawai‘i International Film Festival (HIFF44) will showcase 92 feature films, 114 shorts, 40 world premieres and 31 US premieres across the islands from Oct. 3 to Nov. 10.
For more information about Taiwan Spotlight, please visit https://hiff.org/2024-fall-grid/?_sections=spotlight-on-taiwan
For the special screening of “Old Fox”, please visit https://hiff.org/events/hiffselects-oldfox/
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“Huang Yi & KUKA” Kicks Off 2024 US Tour |
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Supported by Ministry of Culture of Taiwan (Republic of China), "Huang Yi & Kuka" by Huang Yi Studio will be performed at California Institute of Technology, Oregon State University, and Warren Miller Performing Arts Center in October 2024.
Huang Yi Studio was founded in 2010 by the renowned Taiwanese choreographer Huang Yi. His creative approach is different from the general public’s perception on traditional dance companies. With his talents and artistic vision in dance, Huang Yi has created many thought-provoking digital artworks.
“Huang Yi & KUKA” is a piece where humans and robots dance poetically, and converse tenderly. Throughout the rhythms and exchanged gazes between the dancer and KUKA, human behaviors have become mechanical and rigid, while KUKA has turned ingenious like a human. With Huang Yi’s elaborate design, robots, under the condition of inability to improvise, can interact with dancers, and through interaction, express heartwarming affections. “Huang Yi & KUKA” is not just a product that integrates arts and technology. Moreover, it allows the audience to reexamine the relationship between “humans” and “tools.”
Event information
Caltech, California
Location: Beckman Auditorium
Date: Oct. 18 8:00 pm
Oct. 19 8:00 pm
Ticket:
10/18 (https://www.caltech.edu/campus-life-events/calendar/huang-yi-kuka-1)
10/19 (https://www.caltech.edu/campus-life-events/calendar/huang-yi-kuka-2)
Oregon State University, Oregon
Location: Patricia Valian Reser Center for the Creative Arts (PRAx)
Date: Oct. 24 7:00 pm
Ticket: https://prax.oregonstate.edu/events/huang-yi-and-kuka
Warren Miller Performing Arts Center, Montana
Location: Warren Miller Performing Arts Center
Date: Oct. 29 7:00 pm
Ticket:https://ci.ovationtix.com/35512/production/1213308?performanceId=11523093
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Jenna Tang on Tour for “Fang Si-Chi's First Love Paradise” |
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“Fang Si-Chi's First Love Paradise is the first and only novel by Taiwanese author Lin Yi-han, who passed away following the release of this book in 2017. The protagonist, Fang Si Chi, a 13-year-old, chooses to rationalize the process of being raped as a sign that the teacher loves him. The book centered on the victim’s personal questioning under the pressure of sex, power, and academics has become the most influential book of Taiwan’s #MeToo movement.
The English version, translated by Jenna Tang, was released by HarperVia in May 2024. Supported by Taiwan Academy in Los Angeles, Jenna Tang will be conducting in-depth discussions on this book at the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB), the University of California Riverside (UCI), and Chapman University from October 21 to 23.
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2025 ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship: Literature from Taiwan Open Call! |
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The Taiwan Academy of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles (TECO-LA) partners with the American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) to launch the “Emerging Translator Mentorship: Literature from Taiwan” program. The program will select one emerging translator who will receive mentoring from an experienced translator on a translation project. Online submissions for this program are being accepted until November 30, 2024, at 11:59pm PT.
Translators who have not published more than one full-length of translated work are eligible to apply. The Ministry of Culture will provide support to the selected translator to work with the mentor for a nine-month period starting in February 2025.
Lin King, who has received the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers will serve as the mentor. She has translated Taiwanese Literature Yang Shuang-Zi’s novel Taiwan Travelogue (Graywolf, 2024) and the historical graphic novel series The Boy from Clearwater (Levine Querido, 2023-2024) to English.
The selected translator will have the opportunity to participate in the ALTA annual conference in the fall of 2025, facilitating valuable networking connections with publishers. For more information or to apply, please visit https://www.literarytranslators.org/2025-mentorship-program
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