01 Jiu-fen Autrefois la cible des mineurs d’or à partir des années 1890, Jiu-fen fut la région la plus prospère de Taïwan, comme en témoigne le premier cinéma ouvert dans le pays. Pourtant à la fin des années 1970, le filon se tarit et la ville se désertifie, jusqu’en 1989 lorsque le film de Hou Hsiao-Hsien, « La Cité des Douleurs », la remet en lumière.

#Capitalism #Tourism #UrbanDevelopment

02 Concrete Jungle La côte est de Taiwan, mince bande de terre entre les montagnes de plus de 3000 mètres de hauteur et le bleu profond de l’Océan Pacifique, est certainement l’un des lieux où admirer la Nature et toutes ces forces. Pourtant le train qui nous transporte longe tout au long du parcours les usines de la « Compagnie de Béton du Bonheur ».

#Capitalism #Urban #OverDevelopment #Environment #Happiness?

Nostalgia 2.0 : Taiwan, myths and realities

This photography show invites you to explore "the Heart of Asia - Taiwan", and tends to connect the past and the present, nature and concrete, the legacies of a colonial past and resolutely Asian soul.

Through photography, we objectively record how these elements cohabitate on the island, offering the viewer to think about their complexity and incongruity.

Each series focuses on the color palette of Asia, including the gray of city, the natural green of tropical and the warm red of lantern at the temples.

01 Jiu-fen Once crowded by the gold-rushers in 1890s, Jiu-fen was the most prosperous region in Taiwan, where located the first and biggest cinema of the country. However, after people digged out the gold in 1970, it became all silent. Not until A City of Sadness (1989), directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien, it got people’s attention again.

#Capitalism #Tourism #UrbanDevelopment

02 Concrete Jungle East coastline of Taiwan, lying on the 3,000 meters high mountains and facing at the deep blue Pacific Ocean, the most stunning spot to embrace nature. Yet, on the train we couldn’t ignore one after another factories, named after ‘Happiness Concrete Company’.

#Capitalism #Urban #OverDevelopment #Environment #Happiness?

異鄉漂泊 2.0 : 台灣，神話和現實

這項攝影展邀請觀者前往探索「亞洲之心—台灣」，試圖連接過去和現在、自然和工業，呈現殖民歷史遺產下的堅定亞洲靈魂。

以攝影的方式，客觀記錄這些元素如何共存在這座島嶼，以提供觀者去思考其中的複雜關係及不協調性。

每個系列都以亞洲色彩為中心元素，包括城市的灰，熱帶的自然翠綠，及鮮紅的廟宇燈籠。

Estelle, Ruei-Jen Wu

Curator / Photographer 1986, Taipei

Axel Gallois

Engineer / Photographer 1987, Paris