Partner exhibition at .CHB, Dorotheenstraße 12, 10117 Berlin
Curated by I-Wei Li, Pierre Bongiovanni, Chin-Wen Chang
Artists: Fujui Wang, Pei-Shih Tu, Chi-Yu Wu, Chao-Tsai Chiu, Li-Ren Chang, Yi-Ya Chen, Yen-Ju Lin
Opening: 24 January 2014
Open daily: 25 January - 31 January 10:00-19:00, 1 February - 2 February 14:00-19:00

Schizophrenia Taiwan 2.0 is a touring exhibition, dealing with the inner turmoils of the „Lovely Island“ off China’s mighty mainland’s southeast coast. The exhibition brings thirteen emerging Taiwanese new media artists to major European festivals as well as prominent art spaces in Germany, France, and Russia. After the first stop at this year’s edition of Ars Electronica in Linz, Schizophrenia Taiwan 2.0 will be on view in early 2014 as official part of the exhibition program of transmediale, festival for art and digital culture in Berlin.

Taiwan can be viewed as a microcosm of a world history that has led to today’s globalized reality. Following successive colonization by the Dutch, the Japanese, and the Chinese, this island nation has thrived on cultural exchange. In Taiwan, opposites coexist: It is simultaneously center and periphery; embodies progress and tradition; represents East and West, what is Chinese both internally and externally. The tension between its well-defined national identity and the still unsettled legal status with respect to mainland China is omnipresent and manifests itself in people’s everyday lives.

The exhibition project Schizophrenia Taiwan 2.0 addresses these contradictions and dualities. The works by the participation artists revolve around the technological progress that is revolutionizing the world by fracturing traditional narrative structures and advancing media to the status of central economic factor. Born between the era of color TV and that of smartphones, and born in a country responsible for a considerable share of the world’s production of high-tech devices, Taiwan’s young media artists are fully aware of the potential as well as the risk of globalization and cybernetics. Their works reflect the challenges that are now facing Taiwan and the entire world.

Further Information:
www.schizotaiwan.net 

Organized by The Association of the Visual Arts in Taiwan (AVAT), SidebySide Studio e.V, and La Maison Laurentine.

SideBySide Studio e.V., Association of the Visual Arts in Taiwan, La Maison de Laurentine, and Balassi Institute – Collegium Hungaricum Berlin (.CHB) are official partners of the transmediale 2014 afterglow and Schizophrenia Taiwan 2.0 is part of the festival's exhibition programme.

Schizophrenia Taiwan 2.0 Events Programme

Free Admission

Venue: Collegium Hungaricum Berlin (.CHB), Dorotheenstraße 12, 10117 Berlin

Friday 24 January
18:00-24:00
Media Façade

20:00-20:45
Hyper Transmission Version 1. Sound performance by Fujui Wang

Saturday 25 January
14:30-15:15
Schizophrenia Taiwan 2.0 guided tour by Pierre Bongiovanni

15:30-18:30

Performing a Polis: The Hannah Arendt Working Group. Reading workshop by Fred Dewey

Wednesday 29 January

17:00-24:00

Media Façade

Thursday 30 January
17:00-24:00

Media Façade

19:00-20:30

Kunst Apotheke Salon: Schizophrenia – Global Symptom or Sickness Today? Panel discussion with I-Wei Li, Pierre Bongiovanni, and Mao Kálmàn

21:00-21:45

Hyper Transmission Version 2. Sound performance by Fujui Wang

Friday 31 January

17:00-24:00
Media Façade

17:30-19:00

Conversation with Artists – Li Ren Chang, Pei Shi Tu, Jun Jieh Wang, Fujui Wang

19:00-20:30

Hi from the Global South. Networking event for curators, artists, and cultural workers

Saturday 1 February

14:30-15:15

Schizophrenia Taiwan 2.0 guided tour by I-Wei Li

15:30-18:30

Performing A Polis: the Hannah Arendt Working Group. Reading workshop by Fred Dewey