Artist Talk
Date: Saturday, October 4, 2025
Time: 13:30–17:00
Venue: Auditorium, B3, New Taipei City Art Museum
Audience: General Public (Maximum capacity: 150 participants)
Registration: Online registration is required. Single-session sign-ups are not accepted.
Session I｜Sound from the South: Regional Perspectives on Modern Architecture｜13:30–15:05
This session focuses on the diverse responses of modern architecture in the Global South, exploring how architectural practices engage with tropical climates, cultural contexts, and environmental awareness to create spaces of shelter and healing. Speakers will share how regional vocabularies, material sensibilities, and everyday experiences challenge the limitations of temperate architectural thinking, demonstrating resilience and innovation in navigating between fear and cure.
｜Panelist｜Jay CHIU, ROAN Ching-yueh
｜Speakers｜Kay Ngee TAN, LIAO Wei-li, CHEN Donghua, Boonserm PREMTHADA
*Speaker CHEN Donghua will participate online.
*Simultaneous interpretation in Mandarin and English will be provided. Please bring a valid photo ID to borrow the interpretation equipment.
Session II｜Architecture Disenchanted and Re-enchanted: Rethinking the Local and the Modern｜15:15–17:00
This panel engages with the dialectics of disenchantment and re-enchantment, reflecting on how modern architecture can respond to contemporary challenges through locally grounded practices. The discussion will examine the processes of transformation between tradition and modernity, everyday life and spirituality, revealing how architecture—within reconstructed contexts—can return to its essential role as shelter, becoming a vessel for cultural vitality and healing power.
｜Panelist｜CHAN Wei-Hsiung, ROAN Ching-yueh
｜Speakers｜HUNG Hao-chun, FCHY Architect Lab, Divooe ZEIN, LAI Po-wei
*Simultaneous interpretation in Mandarin and English will be provided. Please bring a valid photo ID to borrow the interpretation equipment.
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Notices
1. Please register using your full legal name as shown on your photo ID, along with valid contact information.
2. Simultaneous interpretation (Mandarin–English) will be provided. A valid photo ID is required to borrow interpretation equipment.
3. Admission to the symposium does not include exhibition tickets. To visit the exhibition, please purchase an admission ticket separately.
4. The symposium will be fully recorded and photographed. By attending, participants agree to grant the organizer, free of charge, the right to use any images, video, or works produced during the event that may include their likeness. The organizer may reproduce, adapt, edit, transmit, exhibit, or publish such materials worldwide, in perpetuity, and in any form, strictly for non-profit promotional purposes. Participant names may also appear in related publications.
5. The organizer reserves the right to modify, interpret, or cancel the event, and to adjust the program as necessary. Any changes will be announced via email or on-site notices.
Contact Information
New Taipei City Art Museum
Tel: +886-2-2679-6088 ext. 424 (Ms. Fu)
Email: publicprogram@ntcart.museum