September 26, 2007

中秋节快乐!!!

mmmm … mooncakes … green tea mooncake with one yolk hong kong elegant flavour

July 16, 2007

we were thinking about each other

I returned to Judith Butler last week, beginning a rereading of Gender Trouble and placing Undoing Gender on order at...

April 18, 2007

homeless dance co

In-between rehearsing, last night I drifted up to the 4th floor of Asialink for drinks and hanging out with the...

February 18, 2007

新年快乐! 恭喜发财! – hoping that meat prices don't go up

Yes, I am missing not being in Guangzhou, or joining hundreds of millions on the country's trains. So, from Mary...

October 25, 2006

ghost eyes: strange visions from hong kong and beyond

From curator of international kebabs Emile Zile, also famous in Melbourne for FOOTSCRAY AUDIO-VISUAL SOCIAL CLUB is the fruits of...

August 16, 2006

savage formosa

National Geographic is one of those magazines like good chocolate I get breathless over when each new issue arrives in...

April 29, 2006

taipei art-punk squats

One of my favourite blogs from Taiwan is Anarchy in Taiwan or gotmahmojo who recently wrote a big piece on...

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April 23, 2006

第三届广东现代舞周 3rd Guangdong Modern Dance Festival

Last year I was less than flattering about the dance I saw at the 第二届广东现代舞周 2nd Guangdong Modern Dance Festival...

April 17, 2006

supernaut is lazy (but can read...)

I'd probably be better using del.icio.us for all the stuff I read, but I found on top of keeping supernaut...

February 16, 2006

sex porn art casting shock ban!

I think I'm becoming a one-trick whore for we-make-money-not-art, because all I seem to do right now is read them...

October 26, 2005

濁水溪公社 ltk commune is gonna rock you

During my months in Taipei, hanging out at The Wall, and pretty much constantly amazed at what a cool arts...

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October 2, 2005

scraping tai-gu off the wheel

It must be the time for old things to be revisited, and as always through whatever is going on around...

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September 18, 2005

a jew in china is not a parsimonious monkey

Some uppity group called with a bad name, Peacetime Foundation of Taiwan have decided the world would be a better...

April 11, 2005

2005 Asia Young Choreography Projects

The World Dance Alliance is currently seeking is currently seeking choreographers from across the Asian region for the annual choreographic...

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April 2, 2005

天邊一朵雲 - The Wayward Cloud

Taiwan film-maker 蔡明亮 Tsai Ming-liang's porn musical 天邊一朵雲 - The Wayward Cloud opened un-cut though with an adult rating in...

March 27, 2005

小城之春 - The best Chinese-language movies of all time

The Hong Kong Film Awards have voted 小城之春 Spring in a Small Town, directed by Fei Mu as the number...

March 17, 2005

china demonstrates small-dick syndrome

The big news since I landed in Melbourne that everyone wants an answer to is, "When do they begin bombing...

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February 23, 2005

transsexuals on supernaut

It's only out of sheer laziness that I haven't done this before. So while I'm freezing my arse off in...

February 21, 2005

taiwan punk fucks the shit up

I missed The Deported play at 這牆 The Wall a few weeks ago, but this piece by band-member AndyO on...

February 16, 2005

airports hotels taxis and slow internet

I'm travelling again, having left Taipei on Monday morning and spent a fun day in Hong Kong catching up with...

February 13, 2005

leaving taiwan

I'm leaving Taiwan tomorrow morning after 3 1/2 months here. It's been very cool, I like this place alot, and...

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February 11, 2005

are we having fun yet?

So I didn't make it to Yu Shan, but found some granite to pull on at some other peaks in...

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二十號倉庫 stock 20

I went down to 二十號倉庫 stock 20 yesterday, the Taizhong artist Village, which along with the Taipei Artist Village is...

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vertical limit

I'm off to Hehuan Shan for the next few days. My plan to climb Yu Shan alone was thwarted, so...

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February 10, 2005

burp ...

Heading back to Taipei tomorrow after a week of eating. Posting will occur like a Chinese fireworks inferno some time...

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January 31, 2005

平行輸入 pseudo hackers

My last night in Taipei was also the opening of the new 台北當代藝術館 MOCA exhibition, 平行輸入 Pseudo Hackers Art in...

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January 28, 2005

going offline

It's been three months since I walked into this studio at the Taipei Artist Village. It's been my home for...

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25302 marks of scope

Two new shows opening in Taipei and Tainan. This weekend at 新樂園 xinleyuan, is 25302 marks of scope, and at...

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January 26, 2005

非常經濟實驗室 wayward economy

Main Trend Gallery, which was part of Co4 Documenta last year has just opened 非常經濟實驗室 wayward economy, curated by...

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the free meal ticket

The best thing about being an artist is the travelling and parties. In the last three years, I have spent...

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January 24, 2005

music non-stop

I paid a visit to 這牆 The Wall on Saturday night. Well only got as far as the record shops...

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January 21, 2005

陽明山國家公園 yangming shan

Today I went to 陽明山國家公園 Yangming Shan National Park, a 1/2 hour scooter ride up into the hills north of...

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aakzb - channel_a

The last couple of nights a big bunch of guys from Burkina Faso have been playing long into the evening...

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January 17, 2005

小白兔唱片 white wabbit records

Downstairs in the underground alleys next to The Wall is a world of Taiwan and Asian music purgatory. No Kenny...

January 16, 2005

psycho and the chain

Paul Emmaunel and Dr. Richard Maggs are chewing paint again, this time at ffotogallery in Penarth, along with Taiwan artist...

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January 8, 2005

asian blog awards

The results are in for the 2004 Asian Blog Awards. Go over and check it out, and see some new...

January 7, 2005

art village @ taiwan

Before I came to Taiwan and the Taipei Artist Village, I had a pretty slim idea about what was going...

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January 5, 2005

6 years of documentaries

Last month Taipei had the hype of 台北金馬影展 Golden Horse Film Festival and the much less hyped 台灣國際紀錄片雙年展 Taiwan International...

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January 3, 2005

in the mountains

I spent the weekend in Taizhong with Shang-ping, one of the artists in residence at the Taipei Artist Village. His...

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December 27, 2004

金屬永生 satanic beast spawn

This one's for you, Emile. What I really needed to do was get out and bang my head, and last...

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December 26, 2004

i am alive and you are dead

The 台北國際藝術村 Taipei Artist Village had a Christmas open studio yesterday, and I was determined to bitch-slap any Christmas cheer...

December 13, 2004

the white diamond

Werner Herzog's new film opened the 台灣國際紀錄片雙年展 Taiwan International Documentary Festival on Saturday. Last night under clouds that threatened rain...

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December 12, 2004

saturday art special

There's so much art on at the moment, I missed the opening of the Taiwan International Documentary Festival yesterday. It...

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December 11, 2004

paul emmanuel is psycho

Paul Emmanuel hooked up with his psychiatrist last night at 新樂園藝術空間 SLY Art Studio to eat some paint and answer...

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December 7, 2004

Co4 ... so what?

Along with some of the gang from 新樂園藝術空間 SLY Art Studo I spent the afternoon at 大趨勢畫廊 Main Trend Gallery...

December 6, 2004

台北金馬影展 golden horse film fest awards

The best film award in the 台北金馬影展 Golden Horse Film Festival has gone to a mainland China film portraying life...

December 5, 2004

what i read this week

Back for another wash-cycle of what happened in Asia this week (that I read about), and no matter what else...

第二屆新樂園跨領域藝術節 SLY art 2nd new field art festival

The group exhibition I am part of at SLY Art Studio opened this evening, with much eating drinking and music...

December 2, 2004

passion no patience

Pei-jen Tsai, who I hung out with in Vienna last year, and missed by a few weeks at the Taipei...

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November 27, 2004

hong yi at huashan

華山創意文化園區 Huashan was going crazy today with a couple of openings and the C04 台灣前衛文件展- Co4 taiwan avant-garde documenta II...

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colin at the taipei artist village

Last night Colin, one of the Australians staying in the Taipei Artist Village played a concert in the main gallery...

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November 26, 2004

me at 新樂園藝術空間 sly art studio

Next Saturday at 新樂園藝術空間 SLY Art Studo is the opening of the 2nd New Field Art Festival. Along with Thierry...

November 25, 2004

making art in china

What's it like to be a foreign artist in residence in China? Last night, three of us from the Taipei...

November 22, 2004

UBU and TRSIMF

One festival finishes, another begins. Last night was the final of three ear-splitting nights of some of the best rock...

November 20, 2004

硬地音樂展都會嘉年華 UBU 2004

Last night was the start of the UBU 2004 Music Festival, around the corner from the lawn party 華山創意文化園區 Huashan...

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《水火祭 disaster solemnity troy 特洛依》at huashan

In-between Co4 Documenta and UBU a bunch of artists and me spent a couple of hours sitting and drinking on...

C04台灣前衛文件展 - Co4 taiwan avant-garde documenta II

In another Friday of art overdose, the 大趨勢畫廊 Main Trend Gallery played host to the opening of C04台灣前衛文件展 - Co4...

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November 18, 2004

shunji iwai

Filmmaker Shunji Iwai is having a screening of four of his films in Taipei over the next two weeks. Not...

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November 15, 2004

locus - jien-hua huang at 新樂園藝術空間 sly art space

Another exhibition also opened on the weekend which I didn't get along to, but saw while being set up...

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November 14, 2004

it park - chen kaihuang tchenogramme

Last night, the 伊通公園 ItPark in I-Tong St near the TAV had the opening of 陳愷璜 Chen Kai-Huang's 關於 'TCHENOGRAMME...

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November 13, 2004

城市謠言 - 華人建築展 2004 The Rumor of China Towns

Blowing off the opportunity to see Ned Kelly at the Film Festival, the next stop for the night was MOCA...

ned in taipei

Last night was the opening of the 2004 Australian Film Festival in Taipei down at the Leofoo Cineplex put together...

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November 9, 2004

let's talk about sex baby

It's a sex-arama in across China and Taiwan this week. Leaving behind me in Guangzhou is the second annual sex...

tremors

I was lying in bed last night reading my Chinese word frequency dictionary (I need to go to a bookstore...

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October 31, 2004

arriving in taipei

Another blindingly early start on the jet-fuel trail. I divide my flights up into sections: 1) taxi to Guangzhou East...

October 10, 2004

what's going on?

I've been very busy the last couple of weeks with getting ready for my residency in Taipei at the Taipei...

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September 27, 2004

skate till you die or go home

Unlike Melbourne and many western cities these days where skating is either prohibited on the streets or pushed as far...

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September 18, 2004

雲門舞集 Cloud Gate Dance Theatre

雲門舞集 Cloud Gate Dance Theatre is about to open its autumn season in Taipei with new works by Wu Kuo-chu...

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September 12, 2004

18個個展 18 Solo Exhibitions

The 金門碉堡藝術館 Bunker Museum of Contemporary Art a gallery located in old artillery bunkers on Kinmen, opened its exhibition 18...

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September 9, 2004

華山 huashan - when art becomes industry

What's in a name? When it comes to art, there's a big world between an arts and cultural centre, and...

September 8, 2004

nude dancers = happy dead

The Straits Times has a piece on why the Hungry Ghost Festival in Taiwan is keeping the ghosts very happy...

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September 4, 2004

beautiful new horizon

Asia Art Archive's September newsletter has a travelogue from Taipei researcher Mio Iwakiri, who travelled to Tainan in August for...

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September 2, 2004

fiction.love again

Fiction.Love opened a couple of weeks ago at 台北當代藝術館 Taipei Museum of Contemporary Art, and got a bit of a...

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August 23, 2004

ximending

The Taipei Times had a piece on Ximending, which sounds like either the kind of place I'd want to live...

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Do You Believe in Reality? - 台北雙年展 2004 Taipei Biennale

The 台北市立美術館 Taipei Fine Arts Museum announced the theme of the 台北雙年展 2004 Taipei Biennale on Friday, called Do You...

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August 19, 2004

Fiction.Love

Opening in Taipei tomorrow at the 台北當代藝術館 Taipei Museum of Contemporary Art with the catchiest post-modern name of the week...

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