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Speaker: Hung Kuang-chi (Associate Professor, Department of Geography, National Taiwan University)
Date: April 13, 2025 (Sun.)
Time: 14:30-16:30
Venu: Urban Intertidal
Address: No. 37, Minquan New Road, Yilan City, Yilan County, Taiwan
Organizers: Chen Chen-po Cultural Foudation, National Taiwan Museum
Attentions:
1. Doors will open 30 minutes before the talk begins. The ending time may be adjusted based on the speaker.
2. If you are unable to attend, please email mmicrocosms@gmail.com to cancel your registration so that your seat may be offered to others.
There are countless ways to appreciate a painting, but what stories can we uncover when viewing it through the lens of natural history?
As 2024 draws to a close, the Chen Cheng-po Cultural Foundation and the National Taiwan Museum presenteed a special exhibition in honor of Chen Cheng-po, a celebrated painter of the Japanese colonial period. The exhibition showcases eight of his paintings, created between 1924 and 1947, capturing landscapes from every corner of Taiwan.
Chen Cheng-po once said that his art was about seizing “moments worth depicting” and that every artwork must possess something. But what exactly are the fleeting moments he preserved in these eight paintings? And what is that something he tried to express through the lens of natural history?
In this talk, Professor Hung Kuang-Chi will take us on a journey through the landscapes of Chen Cheng-po’s Taiwan, offering a deeper understanding of the world he once lived—a world that remains part of our own. Along the way, he will share behind-the-scenes stories from his experience as both a scholar and a curator, revealing the hidden threads that connect art, history, and nature.
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