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2022-05-06
ISSUE #565
Ongoing
22 Taiwanese films, shorts and documentaries will come under the spotlight at the annual Singapore Chinese Film Festival (SCFF), which will run from Apr. 29 to May 8. SCFF 2022 will be a mixed format of in-cinema and virtual events with a total of 52 titles from Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore.
For the first time, the Ministry of Culture leveraged an OTT platform to broadcast high-quality Taiwanese films in India, encouraging Indian audiences to learn about Taiwan through films and increase their interest in Taiwan. The selected films will demonstrate the diversity and richness in the culture of Taiwan.
The Culture Division of the Taipei Representative Office in the United Kingdom, with the support of the Ministry of Culture, has helped bring the works of Taiwanese artists Li Yuan-chia and Hsieh Tehching to feature in Whitechapel Gallery's Spring Exhibition, "A Century of the Artist's Studio 1920-2020," from Feb.24 to Jun. 5.
Ministry Updates
NCPI Taipei celebrates first anniversary
To mark the first anniversary of the National Center of Photography and Images (NCPI), the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts held a celebration ceremony on Apr. 27. NTMoFA's Director Liang Yung-fei expressed his appreciation and presented certificates to those who previously donated their works to NCPI.
Musician Matt Hsu
Collaborated with Taiwan hip-hop luminaries Chunyan, ILL MO, and vocalist Cait Lin, Taiwanese-Australian multi-instrumentalist Matt Hsu produced a hip hop track "Welcome to the Neighbourhood: Taiwan," a song that celebrates cultural heritage and won the World Music Award at the 2022 Queensland Music Awards.
New art-and-technology platform to debut in Taiwan
In a special partnership made possible by Taipei Cultural Center in New York, American arts organization Rhizome and Digital Art Center Taipei have teamed up to debut a new art-and-technology platform, 7000x7000.tw, bringing together up-and-coming artists and technologists to collaborate and create new things.
Cultural Features
Tu Cheng-hsi, more popularly known as Soft Lipa, is a rapper, poet, and founder of music label RSDR. Tu is particularly known for his breezy, jazzy rhythms and melodic flow. At the 2021 Golden Melody Awards, his most recent album "Home Cookin" saw him walk away with the awards for Best Male Mandarin Singer, Best Mandarin Album, and Best Music Video.
Singer | Tu Cheng-hsi (Soft Lipa)
The Museum of Archaeology, Tainan Branch of the National Museum of Prehistory officially opened on Oct. 19, 2019 at the Southern Taiwan Science Park and covers an area of 2.44 hectares, with a lower level and four upper levels. The museum building was designed by Taiwanese architect Kris Yao, who presented the concept of exploring downward, introspecting, and interweaving the past with the present.
Museum of Archaeology
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