Immersive VR films are bringing overlooked chapters of Taiwan’s history back into view, from the Tapani Incident trials to the forgotten Vietnamese refugee camps on Penghu. By blending historical research with visceral storytelling, these works invite audiences to experience the past not as distant fact, but as lived memory.
Despite the prevalence of satellite data, traditional map-makers continue to tell remarkable stories with historical and contemporary images of Taiwan. In the age of smartphones, satellite data shows us the world in real-time to an accuracy of up to 30 centimeters per pixel with just the tap of an app. How can traditional maps, produced…
The opening of the National Palace Museum branch in nearby Taibao is bringing more tourists to the area. Until recently, when tourists made their way to Chiayi City it was usually as a stopover on the way to or from the mountains of the scenic Alishan region nearby. But as of this year there is…
Industrialist Shi Wen-long shares his eclectic and fascinating collection of art and artifacts through his private museum. If an exhibition center wants to be taken seriously – yet displays a stuffed polar bear across the corridor from medieval Indian weaponry, while oil paintings by the likes of Anthony van Dyck share the upper floor with…
