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Bring the HEART OF ASIA to the United Kingdom & Beyond.
Edinburgh Fringe 2023, Taiwan Season’s teams parade through the streets of Edinburgh.
The Cultural Division is a branch of the Taiwanese diplomatic mission, the Taipei Representative Office in the UK, headed by Representative Vincent Chin-Hsiang Yao.
Since its establishment in November 2012, the Cultural Division has worked to introduce Taiwanese culture to audiences in the UK, Ireland and Nordic countries, supporting Taiwanese artists in bringing their works to new shores, and helped to facilitate Taiwan-UK cultural collaboration and understanding.
Through a deeper understanding of Taiwanese culture, we hope that you will have a deeper understanding of Taiwan!
For more information, please visit: https://www.roc-taiwan.org/uk_en/
Taiwan and the UK enjoy a close partnership with frequent, mutually beneficial exchanges in arts and culture. Taiwan remains a crucial destination for renowned UK-based artists and organisations. Meanwhile, the UK has hosted and continues to host many of Taiwan’s top artists and creative professionals, presenting to British audiences the best cultural content Taiwan has to offer. The Cultural Division and the Ministry of Culture Taiwan have partnered with organisations to host performances and exhibitions comprising of a wide range of disciplines to showcase Taiwanese talent, artists and events. These include The Coronet Theatre, Hayward Gallery at Southbank, Liverpool Biennial, King’s College London, London Craft Week, Glastonbury Festival, Tate Modern, Whitechapel Gallery, Barbican Centre, London Design Biennale, Sadler’s Wells, The Place, Edinburgh Fringe, and many more. In addition to these exchanges, the quality and calibre of Taiwanese cultural content have been widely recognised by British audiences and critics. For example, the Taiwanese author Wu Ming-Yi's book “The Stolen Bicycle” was long-listed in the Booker International Prize in 2018, while Taiwan’s Cloud Gate Dance Theatre was named the Outstanding Company at the 19th National Dance Awards in 2019.
In the field of cinema, the London East Asia Film Festival has been bringing a number of the latest Taiwanese films to London in Autumn annually, making Taiwan and its cinema a pillar of the Festival by attracting the UK audiences with many recent releases and a special Taiwan night to celebrate the country’s long-lasting impact on the film industry. Taiwanese cinema enjoyed in the UK is not only varied in terms of genre and historical setting, but also contributes to furthering inclusivity and human rights. The Ministry of Culture has collaborated with the Queer East festival every year, which highlights LGBTQI+ movies and short films from East Asian countries. This has drawn the attention of British audiences to queer communities in Taiwan.
In 2024, new projects and continued partnerships have brought a more multifaceted view of Taiwanese cinematic culture to British audiences. For instance, a special film season entitled "Taiwanese Cinema: Now and Then" was hosted at the Garden Cinema, an independent cinema with brilliant curatorial concept. The programme showcased classic and contemporary Taiwanese films and included post-screening discussions with the filmmakers, which were very popular with the audiences. In 2023, the second edition of Hong Kong Film Festival UK partnered with the Ministry of Culture, Taiwan, to include a section called “A Mirror Image: HK X Taiwan Documentaries,” which introduced representative productions from Taiwan and Hong Kong to UK audiences and explored how documentaries respond to social and environmental changes in the two regions with screenings in London, Manchester, and Edinburgh.
Regarding contemporary art, Taiwanese artist Kuang-Yi Ku’s immersive performance piece “Bat Night Market”, which combines bioscience and digital technology, debuted at the 2024 London International Festival of Theatre. The performances sold out and were highly praised in the professional media. Furthermore, the London-based institution, Delfina Foundation, continues its partnership to offer a residency for a Taiwanese artist or curator in 2024. UK also hosted many Taiwanese indigenous artists and craftspeople. For instance, during the 2023 London Craft Week, Taiwan was represented by an exhibition and workshops of textiles and baskets made with traditional indigenous weaving techniques. Moreover, the 2023 Liverpool Biennial commissioned an installation by the artist Eleng Luluan from the Rukai people, while the Hayward Gallery at Southbank Centre presented an installation by indigenous artist Aluaiy Kaumakan as part of an exhibition in 2023. Taiwanese artist Michael Lin was also commissioned to create a site-specific public artwork for the Café in Hayward Gallery.
In the field of design, the Taiwan Pavilion: ‘Visible Shop’ at 2023 London Design Biennale was awarded the Best Design Medal for the most exceptional design. Furthermore, in September 2023, many talented Taiwanese designers took part in London Fashion Week, bringing Taiwan’s outstanding creativity to a more varied audience in several iconic venues across London. For instance, two of the most prominent examples are Cludia Wang, who showcased her works at Tate Modern, and Apujan, a Taiwanese designer based in London, who showed his designs at Somerset House. Apujan also participated in London Fashion Week 2024 with his own brand. His designs were widely appreciated in the fashion media and featured in Forbes magazine.
As for performing arts, exchanges between Taiwan and the UK have been on the rise. In Spring 2024, the exciting Taiwan Festival was held at the renowned Coronet Theatre with the support of Taiwan’s Ministry of Culture. Featuring ground-breaking performances in dance, music, visual art, and physical theatre, as well as cutting-edge VR and immersive experiences, the festival had a dynamic programme bringing the best of Taiwan’s creativity to London, with numerous performances being shown for the first time in the UK. Highlights of this remarkable festival include a specially commissioned, large-scale installation by world-renowned artist Cheng-Tsung Feng, innovative choreography by Hung Dance and Anarchy Dance Theatre, brand-new theatre productions by the prestigious Riverbed Theatre company, and intimate musical gigs by the talented Yujun Wang.
Scotland has also become an essential hub for Taiwanese culture. Since 2014, Taiwan has presented the best performing arts programme under the name of Taiwan Season to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, a global artistic and cultural phenomenon. The groups participating in 2024’s Taiwan Season included Bon Appétit Theatre, Seed Dance Company, 0471 Acro Physical Theatre, and D_Antidote Production, who displayed diverse creative approaches and were highly praised by the audience and critics. The subsequent Taiwan Season Reception attracted British and international media, artists and cultural organizations. In 2023, Taiwanese dancer and choreographer Su PinWen was invited for the first time by the famous Dance Umbrella to perform ‘Girl’s Notes’ in London. Subsequently, together with choreographer Wang Yeu-Kwn, Su took up a residency at the renowned London-based dance institution The Place. Moreover, the famous Cloud Gate Dance Theatre performed in the UK in late 2023, bringing Cheng Tsung-Lung’s ‘Lunar Halo’ to Sadler’s Wells in London.
These varied exchanges continue to highlight the strong and dynamic cultural ties between Taiwan and the UK and expand the international market for Taiwanese artists.