The Sunflower Movement 2.0?
Protests have broken out in the past two weeks against efforts by the KMT, in alliance with the TPP, to expand legislative powers. This has sparked protests that went from around 300 participants on Friday, May 17th, to 30,000 on Tuesday, May 21st, with fears regarding the impact on political freedoms from the changes. Many participants are high school or college students, a fact that is a rejoinder to the political narrative that has developed in past years that youth universally support the TPP.
Some have the protests to be a second Sunflower Movement, as these are among the largest civic mobilizations in the last ten years, with exponential growth in protest mobilization around an issue that was not widely discussed more than a week ago. Is this a valid comparison? What powers do the KMT and TPP seek and why has this provoked such alarm about civic freedoms?
New Bloom editor Brian Hioe will give a talk on these issues. Hioe was a participant in the 2014 Sunflower Movement, helping found New Bloom in the aftermath of the movement. Likewise, he was responsible for documenting the movement, in the form of the 400,000-word oral history archive and encyclopedia of the movement, the Daybreak Project.
Indigenous Resurgence and the Unfulfilled Promises of Taiwan’s Basic Law on Indigenous Peoples
New Bloom is proud to host a talk by University of Ottawa Professor Scott E. Simon on "Indigenous Resurgence and the Unfulfilled Promises of Taiwan’s Basic Law on Indigenous Peoples" on Tuesday, May 21st at 7PM.
Event entry NTD100
Talk is in English
Talk Abstract:
The cultural-political literature of Indigenous Resurgence, in Taiwan as well as in other settler-colonial contexts, focuses on the continuing existence of Indigenous ways of living in the world. Gaya, the ethical and legal system of the peoples known today as Seediq and Truku, is a paradigmatic example. Focused on the clan-centric alang, Gaya has long been a source of Indigenous resistance claims to sovereignty, from the anti-colonial uprising of Mona Rudao against the Japanese to more recent demonstrations around various developmentalist and social issues. Indigenous leaders know that they have never ceded their sovereignty to any state. Since the 1980s, Indigenous peoples around Taiwan have attempted to renegotiate their relationship with the state in ways that accord with their own legal traditions. Since the passage of the 2005 Basic Law on Indigenous Peoples, the state has held out the promises of self-government, but failed to pass the necessary legislation needed to implement it. In the meantime, Taiwanese society and the global context continue to change. What are the hopes and obstacles to Indigenous resurgence and sovereignty in today’s Taiwan?
Speaker Bio:
Scott E. Simon, trained in both Japanese and Chinese, works in East Asian Studies. He did his Ph.D. in Anthropology at McGill University, and his postdoctoral work in Sociology at the Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica, Taipei. Co-holder of the Chair of Taiwan Studies at the University of Ottawa, he has lived in Taiwan for ten years and returns annually for field research. He has also done field research in Japan and Guam. His research interests include Indigenous rights, development, the contribution of Taiwan to the Indo-Pacific,
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Sonic Deadhorse 音速死馬 @sonicdeadhorse
BooBii HmmAhh @lucky_pachinko @drrilesss @insidethejellybasin
Leisure Time @anceau.pl
BRAINLESS @brian.hioe
Dawang Huang 黃大旺 @yingfantw
DJ Mishka 李敏如 @min_pie_
Andy Liu 劉永誠 @yuzora
04/13 7:00 入場 Entry
破曉咖啡 Daybreak Cafe
入場 300
300 Entry
眉頭緊皺，為我們的皮膚畫上皺紋：我們年少的自己對著我們瞪著不認同的眼光。
過了十年我們能夠召喚太陽花閃爍光影嗎？
又或者我們只是在操弄著自己過去的死靈法師？
2014年三月到底發生了什麼？
太陽花真的發生了嗎？
不存在的警察在哪裡？
用問句結束會這段介紹更會令人深思嗎？
無托邦是一場合作式，社群為主軸的創作、享受與討論空間。透過音樂、藝術與思想，舉起利斧劈開無味的打卡上班的晚期資本地獄。除了討厭鬼之外誰都歡迎。
Brows furrowed tightly, etching wrinkles into our skin, our younger selves are watching on disapprovingly.
A decade on, can we, conjour the fleeting shadows the Sunflower Movement.?
Or are we just necromancing the corpse of our past?
What really did happen in march 2014 in Taiwan?
Did the Sunflower Movement ever really happen?
Where is the nonexistent cop?
Does ending in a question make this paragraph seem more thought provoking?
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自古以來為了讓某國「正當」的佔領一塊被宣稱為無人居住的領土，有一句話會被賜予這塊土地：無主地
2/24 歡迎來到我們的無主地。
評論家說：
「海外丸泥，不足為中國加廣」皇帝康熙形容台灣，17世紀。
「直狐狢之窟，非人類所宜至也」郁永河形容南崁，17世紀。
「一塊狗屎爛蛋沒有任何東西的土地」加拿大卑詩省專上教育及未來技術廳長羅品珍形容1948年之前的巴勒斯坦，2023年1月30日。
「巴勒斯坦有所謂的文化或歷史嗎？沒有。」以色列財政部長貝紮萊爾-斯莫特里奇，2023年3月20日。
「這根本是鬼島」我叔叔，幾天前年夜飯時。
這次的《無托邦》我們想聲援被帝國主義的戰爭機器摧毀自主權與土地的巴勒斯坦。
一部分的收入將直接援助在台灣直接被這次的還在進行的屠殺影響的巴勒斯坦運動者，關於我們將如何計算這筆錢的方法，將由另一篇貼文解釋。
🎪參與藝術家
¡nSand!
dri!
BRAINLESS
Jean-Paul Weaver
Andy Liu (劉永誠)
還有其他後續更新
🧧入場費
300 元 (100給藝術家平分/200援助巴勒斯坦)
🎴無托邦(們)
「無托邦」有可能是正在發展中的空間。又或許是樂手犯下錯誤時，倒吸的那口氣、心跳漏掉的那一拍。還是或許在節目下一個材質綻放之前那一瞬間的等待？該不會是在被爭議的政治邊緣，在期待中凝聚著極樂？我們還不確定，但在我們回盪的眼神照望之下，沒被踐踏過的土地或需知道吧。
無托邦是一個持續演變、合作、實驗式的活動。它的核心試圖保留空間給不完美、不確定、與互相來回玩耍的事物。透過聲音、裝置、行為與思想，舉起利斧劈開無味的打卡上班的晚期資本地獄。除了討厭鬼之外誰都歡迎。
Often a phrase has been
酷兒科技二月工作坊
Queerin Tech's February workshop
滿10位開課
Class confirms with 10 people registering.
座位有限，報名連結掃QR Code、臉書活動頁面或自介連結
Limited seating, registration through the QR Code, Facebook Event, or link in bio.
What is this? 這甚麼？
科技產業中酷兒不夠多，同時一個人坐下來看兩小時的教學真的很無聊。所以我們希望開這個以女性與酷兒為主的Touchdesigner定期工作坊。
There’s not enough queers in tech and following 2 hour alone tutorials suck. That’s why we’re starting this recurring Touchdesigner-focused creative coding workshop for queers and women.
Touchdesigner 是個有免費版功能很強、直覺式、節點式與Python一起跑的軟體環境。擅長及時生成影像也可以用來控制燈光、跑MIDI、光雕、做使用者介面...以及更多。他與業界常用的環境架構與系統都有內建功能，也可以跑複雜的秀與裝置。
Touchdesigner is a powerful, quite intuitive, node-based programming environment that runs with Python. It excels in creating live visuals and can be used to control lighting equipment, run midi, projection map, build UI, and so much more. It has integrations with most commonly used frameworks and protocols and is able to run complex shows and installations.
這個工作坊會從基礎開始，教你如何做及時生成影像、做自己的UI軟體以及任何Touchdesigner 可以做的事情。
This workshop will go from the basics to teaching you how to make live generative visuals, create your own software with UI elements, or anything that Touchdesigner can do.
地點 Location:
破曉咖啡 Daybreak Cafe (New Bloom)
No. 110, Bangka Blvd, Wanhua, Taipei Taiwan
2023/02/14 (三 Wed.)
1:30 ~ 4:30 PM
入門 Intro 1/2 : 開始使用Touchdesigner 2D 功能 Starting with Touchdesigner in 2D
4:30 ~ 6:00 PM
休息 Break
6:00 ~ 9:00 PM
入門 Intro 2/2 : Touchdesigner 中的 3D 與數據
Rübezahl @ruebezahl_electronics
柚子王國/巨人山脈
Pomelo Kingdom/ Karkonosze
神話中的Rübezahl是來自歐洲的巨人山脈的仙人，騎了單車好幾年，最終到了一個寶島， 在它的東海岸的柚子國決定要定居，把自己任命國王。現在獨大此柚子像雜草一樣長、牛奶像何流的偏僻之處。
Rübezahl is a mountain spirit and shapeshifter from the Karkonosze mountain range in europe. After cycling around for many years, he found his new home on the eastern shore of a treasure island, in the ominous Pomelo Kingdom, where pomelos grow like weeds and milk flows like rivers, finally crowning himself to be the king of this secluded piece of soil， and reigning with a hard hand.
🌆Audio🌅Visual🌄Installation🌃Performance🛣️
BRAINLESS
Rübezahl
Hsiang-Hsin “Malikah” Wang
李敏如 Minju Lee
劉永誠 Andy Liu
11/03 1900 Daybreak Cafe 破曉咖啡
Entry Fee TBA
入場費待決定
Atopia is a collaborative, community-driven space for creation, enjoyment, and discussion. Through music, art, and ideas, dreamers and dabblers try to take an axe to the monotony of the late-capitalist hellscape known as the nine to five. All are welcome (except bigots and dicks).
無托邦是一場合作式，社群為主軸的創作、享受與討論空間。透過音樂、藝術與思想，舉起利斧劈開無味的打卡上班的晚期資本地獄。除了討厭鬼之外誰都歡迎。
🌆Audio🌅Visual🌄Installation🌃Performance🛣️
BRAINLESS @brian.hioe
Rübezahl @ruebezahl_electronics
Hsiang-Hsin “Malikah” Wang
李敏如 Minju Lee @min_pie_
劉永誠 Andy Liu @yuzora
Entry Fee TBA
入場費待決定
Atopia is a collaborative, community-driven space for creation, enjoyment, and discussion. Through music, art, and ideas, dreamers and dabblers try to take an axe to the monotony of the late-capitalist hellscape known as the nine to five. All are welcome (except bigots and dicks).
無托邦是一場合作式，社群為主軸的創作、享受與討論空間。透過音樂、藝術與思想，舉起利斧劈開無味的打卡上班的晚期資本地獄。除了討厭鬼之外誰都歡迎。
Helin Ulas
Berlin/Dikmen
柏林/Filmen
I live in a place where the landscape seems to be the color of concrete and tones of toilet marble - where penguins are the headliner for news.
我住在一個地形似乎為水泥的顏色的地方，一個有幾百頓的馬桶大理石的地方，一個企鵝為當日頭條的地方。
Daybreak Cafe 破曉咖啡
9/20(Wed 三)
🌆Audio聲音🌅Visual視覺🌄Installation裝置🌃Performance表演🛣️
李敏如 Minju Lee
BRAINLESS
ASTROJOKE
Helin Ulas
Celestin Meunier
劉永誠 Andy Liu
💲100~300🤑
