Publisher’s Statement

Austronesia · Container Arts Festival

• October 6, 2007/April 2008

“Across Oceans and Time, Art in the Contemporary Pacific”, a division of the “Austronesian Contemporary Art Development Project” was launched.

• December 8, 2007/January 13, 2008

“Sustainable Cosmopolis ––2007 Kaohsiung International Container Arts Festival” was launched.

• Late 2007/Early 2008

At the Neiweipi Cultural Park, the containers are all about the “Austronesian Contemporary Art Development Project”, the sea, and ecology.

• The “Austronesian Contemporary Art Development Project” is heading to the sea, and the containers are drifting in all directions.

• Late 2007/Early 2008

The containers of the “Austronesian Contemporary Art Development Project” have been assembled, debated, landed, linked, mapped, and confronted inside Neiweipi Cultural Park.

• As marine systems develop; the land is also deeply valued.

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【Special Report】

• Fang Xing-Ren’s Achievement in Calligraphy and Art—A Glimpse into the Infinite: Fang Xing-Ren Memorial Exhibition ｜ Lin Jin-Chung
• Kaohsiung: A Bidonville’s Theory of Eco-Evolution—Curatorial Concept of 2007 Kaohsiung International Container Arts Festival ｜ Chen Hung-Yi
• The International Conference of “Turmoil , Representation and Trends : Modern Chinese Painting , 1796-1949” ｜ Yang Tun-Yao
• A Journey of Kaohsiung Architecture—On the Architectural Style of Kaohsiung from 1683-1945 (Part 2) ｜ Su Ling-Hsiu and Li Ying-Yi
• Next Sex: Issues Regarding Sex Under the Influence of Technology and Culture in Contemporary Art—A Case Study of Matthew Barney’s Cremaster Cycle 4 (Part 1) ｜ Hsu Su-Chen

• In the Name of Culture—The Visual Arts Strategy of Local Government Departments of Cultural Affairs ｜ Lee Jiunshyan
• Waiting for the Advent of the “New” Yeast—On the Visual Arts Strategy of the Cultural Affairs Department of Pingtung County Government ｜ Huang Chih-Wei
• Would the South Win or Lose? —On Nanying Awards’ Future ｜ Liu Chih-Yuan
• The Intersection of Geology, Fossil and Fine Arts—Chiayi Municipal Museum ｜ Sidar
• Light Our Home Up With Art! —“Art as Environment—A Cultural Action on Tropic of Cancer in Chiayi County ｜ Li Hsing-Chieh
• To “Act Rightly” or To “Win” —The Case of Penghu County's Cultural Strategy and the Potential Value of Erdai Art Hall ｜ Chou Yi-Hung
• Naive Art, Austronesian Hometown—The Combination of Art, Industry and Tourism as in Taitung’s Visual Arts Strategy ｜ Kao Tzu-Chin

• Linking with Art—As the Initiator of the “Austronesian Contemporary Art Development Project” (Part 1) ｜ Lee Jiunshyan
• Drifting, Leaving, Meeting, Merging: Artist Residency at KMFA—Tafong Kati and Sapod Kacaw ｜ Tseng Mei-Chen