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Changing Faces of the Monster: Taipei Biennial 2012

Volume 12, Number 2, March/April 2013
by Sylvie Lin


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Sylvie Lin's review and observation on the 2012 Taipei Biennial which adopted the theme "Modern Monsters/Death and Life of Fiction" and explored questions around modernity through the monstrous figure of Taowu from Chinese mythology.


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Sylvie Lin, Taipei Biennial, 2012, Anselm Franke, Taowu, Modern Monsters/Death and Life of Fiction, Hannah Hurtzig, The Museum of Gourd, The Waiting Hall: Scenes of Modernity, Harun Farocki, Parallel, The Museum of Ante-Memorials, Angela Melitopoulos and Maurizio Lazzarato, The Life of Particles, Kao Chung-Li, The Taste of Human Flesh, Chen Chieh-Jen, Happiness Building, The Otolith Group, Daughter Products (1952–62), Chia-En Jao, ARMS, Fernando Bryce, ASIA, The Museum of Crossing, Ashish Avikunthak, Vakratunda Swaha, The Museum of Rhythm