#Lin Yu-Chih

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We Best Love: Fighting Mr. 2nd | S02E02

Taiwanese Drama - 2021, 6 episodes

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[chicademartinica]

I can not find the footage of Chris Wu visiting the set anymore but Kiseki Dear to me (apparently written to be the other H3 but Trapped ate the budget) has a bone to pick with how BOTH History 3s ended.

They said Wayne will not mourn, Wayne WILL KILL.. Lin Pei Yu sis welcome back to the style you gave us with HISTORY OBSESSED and Trapped.

[fyeahcindie]

This is a beauty, a brand new single from singer-songwriter 持修 Chih Siou =D

*Deepest Apologies to ChihSiou and Big Thank You to @zhuhongs for the heads up!

Producer: 鍾濰宇 Yu / Everydaze aka 王宥盛 Yoshen Wang Arrangement: Everydaze Guitar: 羅紹恩 Shaoen Lo Bass: 王育嘉 Yu-Chia Wang Drums: 林子祈 Benny Lin

Links:  YouTube,  StreetVoice,  Instagram,  Official site,  Spotify

Let's have a listen to another gorgeous tune, from her *his !!!! album that came out in at the very end of 2021:

Arranger: 持修 Chih Siou / 羅紹恩 Shaoen Lo Acoustic Guitar: 羅紹恩 Shaoen Lo Backing Vocals Arranger: 持修 ChihSiou / 鍾濰宇 Yu

[heretherebedork]

Okay, so Kiseki has given us Wayne Song & Huang Chun Chih in supporting roles, we got Aaron Lai & Hank Wang making cameos (and if I had it my way, the cameo would lead to a spinoff series of them in Japan). So, are we gonna get appearances from the Plus & Minus cast next? Actually, give me Lin Yu & Anderson Cheng from Love is Science! Just put in ALL the Taiwanese BL actors in this series! Make it the gayest crime world EVER!

I want all of them. Every cameo. I want all the BL actors to pop their heads in, be gay, do crimes and leave. All of them.

The gayest mafia ever.

Filled to the brim with gay crime.

Just... just gay crime. Everywhere.

[bengiyo]

Kiseki: Dear to Me Eps 1 & 2 Stray Thoughts

New Taiwanese BL that’s going to feature a medical student going to jail for a gangster! Wayne and Chun Chih are going to appear in this. Say less!

Also, I want to thank them for NOT releasing this on the weekend.

Episode 1

Lin Pei Yu loves to have one of her boys show up and physically place the boy they like in their vehicle.

I kinda like that we’re going to see the past. This is the second Taiwanese BL that’s been incredibly reassuring about the trajectory of the show in either the credits or the opening. This is probably more of MODC fallout.

Wayne’s character is going to cut someone with a knife while Chun Chih’s character watches!!

November 2008. So the present is only like 2012? Amazing.

We’re off to a great start! Threatening to frame him for a murder! Coerced wound tending! False imprisonment! Forced cohabitation!

Not him describing Fan Zhe Rui as a stray cat!

Wait, the scholarship information is saying 2018, and that phone looked newish.

Now we’ve got inter-gang intrigue!

Chen Yi wiped blood off his man’s face and then shit-kicked that man into a summersault. Very sexy. He and AiDi are working for me.

Oh ho, so we aren’t leaving the memory of the mom telling Ze Rui to underperform behind, and now Zong Yi is instantly capitalizing on it. Humans are so adaptable. I love it here.

“I’m not your trash can.” 🎶 Look at us baby. Look at us now. 🎶

WAYNE IS THE MAJOR ANTAGONIST!!! He just slashed a man’s throat while eating a sucker. Incredible.

Episode 2

Wayne is playing evil and sexy. Chun Chih is his subordinate. This show just keeps on giving.

Absolutely perfect comedy executed on the foot stomp into feeding moment.

This use of peppers as a coercion tactic was so unexpected and fun to watch. My goodness.

Bai Zong Yi’s friends are a bunch of crumb crushers.

“Did you use up all the food in the fridge?” is so real.

Oh no. Child abuse trauma.

Whoever Fan Zhe Rui may or may not have stabbed, he does seem to be gentle with Bai Zong Yi.

I’m such a sucker for touch-starved characters instinctively reaching out to hold someone in their sleep. Bai Zong Yi has nice lips, too.

Yeah, probably shouldn’t have kissed Zong Yi, my dude.

Why are these boys hiding amongst the trash getting mad that people are throwing trash into the trash disposal area?

Yeah, I’m with Zong Yi. He’s already being pushed around in this dynamic, and taking sexual liberties is a bridge too far.

I’m excited to see how Ai Di and Zong Yi become friends.

This was so much fun! I’m so glad to have another Lin Pei Yu show!

[miss0atae]

Let's Talk about Chu - Review

All the most engaging BLs I’ve been watching are now finished or about to end, so I needed to fill the time with something else.

That’s how I decided to start Let’s Talk about Chu, a Taiwanese series which came out this year and is available on Netflix.

The pitch is simple enough :

“Chu Ai, a wax technician, runs a sex education vlog on the side. Living by her motto of "Only Sex, No Love," she has a long-term sexual relationship with Ping Ke. In the face of the challenges and conflicts that arise from the Chu family's, unfulfilled demands for sex and love, can Chu Ai find the answer to desire and self-discovery and start a relationship that goes beyond the physical?”

The synopsis made it seems like the main character was Chu Ai, but it’s not true. The main character is the Chu Family, as a whole.

Chu Yeh Mei Chih and Chu Cheng Nan are the parents. They don’t have a really good relationship. They let things between us goes without have a proper conversation and now they live with resentment.

Chu Yu Sen is the oldest son. He is lying about his job to his parents to hide the fact he is earning his money from being an expert card gambler. He is also openly gay and has an open relationship with his current boyfriend and things are not going well. He will eventually meet a gangster and things will change...

Chu Wei is the oldest daughter. She is married to Lin Shi Chieh who is older than her and he is a teacher in University. She desires a deeper connection with her husband because she feels they lost the passion in their relationship.

And finally, we have Chu Ai, the sex education vlogger who has a friends-with-benefits relationship with Ping Ke who also have to deals with his own vision of what is love or relationship based on what he witnesses in his family.

I have to admit, I didn’t like the first episode. However, I know myself and I also always hate the first episode. I don’t know why, but I start to know if I like a series after the second episode. That’s why I never trust my first impression. I’m glad I didn’t stop after the first episode because this series is awesome. It’s very engaging for several reasons.

First of all, because this series deals a lot with sexual relationships, it’s important when the actors can translate that well and here it works. They all have a really good chemistry. Nothing feels too awkward, but it is also not trying to portray “too perfect” moments. I would like to also add there isn’t that much nude-scenes despite the series focus on sex and love.

I also appreciate how it centered the story around different stages of relationship. We have the old couple who never talked, the queer relationship, the open relationship or friends-with-benefits relationship… You can see the point of view of a younger generation on what is love or sex, but also the view of the older generation.

Finally, the series also allows you to have an insight on different issues such as not wanting children despite being pressure to have them, sexual compatibility, STI, childhood trauma, homophobia, abandonment… just to name a few.

My favorite couple were the oldest sister and her husband. They have an age-gap and he also was her teacher, when she was in university. At first, I found her annoying because she never seems to understand how her husband may not want the same things at the same time she wanted it, but I started to understand her after a few episodes. They lacked proper conversation about what they wanted, because when the passion is not there anymore, you have to connect differently. Their couple is all about, how your relationship can turn if you don’t communicate enough. Despite their issues, you could feel their love for each others.

My second favorite couple was the oldest son and the gangster he met. I wasn’t expected them to end up together, but what a ride it was. They really are good for each other and they fulfill what the other needs. Of course, they don’t get to this point without facings some difficulties, but their unexpected relationship is really wholehearted. They get more grow than some BL couples and I also like how it gave us an insight of what is it to be gay in Taiwan nowadays.

I was less interested by Ai because I felt she was the least likable character. It is mostly due to how she treated Ping Ke. I felt she was usually not fair to him. I agree, he also needed to express his feelings more, but when you learn about his family story you kind of get why he is this way. I feel like Ai, as his friend, should have known more but I can see why it wasn’t that easy for her. They are cute, but I believe their relationship is not as interesting as the others. I liked them both more as individual character than as a couple.

Finally, I connected less with the parents because their relationship made me think of my own parents and I didn’t really like what it said about my reality. I feel the mother has a real personality while the father remains bland because we don’t see him that much as he is not present a lot in the series. The mother is struggling a lot and I really appreciate how she grew from it and learn more about her children but also about what she yearn for. Brownie points to the mother (she is one of us) who was watching a BL series on Gagaoolala.

Overall, this series is a true gem. Taiwan can really produce amazing series and they should not be overlooked because they really have something to offer.

[bl-bam-beyond]

THE BEST AND WORSE & I AIN'T WATCHING THAT by Country (CHINA&TAIWAN)

Disclaimer: Taiwan did not release very many BL's this year so let's get to it.

Top 6

6. STAY WITH ME: I didn't expect much from this Chinese series. Said to be a Bromance Version of ADDICTED HEROIN it tells the story of new stepbrothers Su Yu & Wu Bi, they meet in school and have a contentious relationship but soon they are closer than brothers. This Series is a BL disguised as a Bromance. I can look at then as Bai Luo Yin and Gu Hai however this series is better than I expected and has announced it's second season.

5. VIP ONLY: this series is still airing and I like it but I don't love it. The seme is hot af but the uke seems too childlike at times. Gu Jing is a talented chef and Liu Li is writer...a gay themed writer.

4. HIStory 5: Love in the Future: this series from the HIStory Franchise premiered in 2022 on this day December 28. However the bulk of it's episodes aired in early 2023. It contained 2 couples. I liked both but I liked the main couple most. I didn't love the premise exactly but it was middle of the road for me. Hence 4 out of 6

3. STAY BY MY SIDE: I adored this story or better yet the handsome straight laced college student with the gloom and doom face until he meets quirky university student Bu Xia. Jiang Chi created a relationship in his mind and was completely into Bu Xia even though the closeness Bu Xia wanted from Jiang Chi was self serving and in no way romantic but Jiang Chi fell and fell hard. Bu Xia's mere presence brought a smile to Jiang Chi.

2. YOU ARE MINE: this series was excellent and I adored it. The story of a president of a corporation falls for cute quirky secretary who happens to be man.

AND NUMBER 1...thereby the winner is....

1. KISEKI: DEAR TO ME: this series was a hit for me. With two couples it truly delivered a captivating story. It brought many a Taiwan BL Guest Roster including Wayne Song, Huang Chun Chih, An Jun Peng, Aaron Lai, Hank Wang, Wilson Liu, Chi Cheng Xuan and Max Lin.

And both couples were excellent but most especially the side couple but both delivered.

Anti Reset originally scheduled for this year by Vidol (along side Stay By My Side, You Are Mine and VIP ONLY) will air February 2024

@pose4photoml @lutawolf

[dear-indies]

hi there! hope you're having as good a time as can reasonably be expected right now. i was wondering if i could please get some suggestions for fcs who could play the 27 year old child of shu qi? the father's fc is tbc / he'll be an npc and i've got lauren tsai for a younger half sibling already but i'm looking for fcs to suggest on a wc for the 27 year old child. the wcs gonna be pretty open so no specific vibe is needed, or anything, just some fcs to suggest to people. tysm in advance

Olivia Liang (1993) Taiwanese.

Oceana Wu (1993) Taiwanese.

Qiu Shi Lun (1993) Taiwanese.

Fandy Fan / Fan Shao-hsun (1993) Taiwanese.

Tsao Yu-ning (1994) Taiwanese.

Lin Yanjun (1995) Taiwanese / Chinese.

Darren Chen / Kuan Hong (1995) Taiwanese.

Ann Li / Ann Louie Li (1995) Taiwanese / Filipino, Chinese.

Michelle Dee (1995) Taiwanese / Kapampangan Filipino, Indian.

Huang Chun Chih (1996) Taiwanese.

Snowbaby / Cai Rui Xu (1996) Taiwanese / Uzbek, Tibetan.

Sunnee / Yang Yunqing (1996) Taiwanese / Thai, Chinese.

Here you go!

[al59]

… et des mentions spéciales

J’ajoute parmi les sex-symbol qui ont captivé mon regard les européennes comme Constance Labbé, Camille Lou, Claire Romain, Élodie Fontan, Leslie Medina, Pauline Cheviller, Emma Colberti, Audrey Fleurot, Marion Barbeau, Sara Mortensen, Lola Dewaere, Sylvie Filloux, Fauve Hautot, Maud Baecker, Laurie Peret, Laura Felpin, Claire-Lise Lecerf, Emmy Stévenin, Deva Cassel, Emma Mackey, Armande Boulanger, Ingrid Chauvin, Angèle, Yael Grobglas, Sauce Ena, Pepe Gracia, Marta Nieto, Carla Campra, Ana Tameno, Sofia Pernas, Celeste Dalla Porta, Benedetta Porcaroli, Carolina Rey, Giulia Elettra Gorietti, Giulia De Lellis, Ginevra Francesconi, Grace Ambrose, Franka Potente, Nell Tiger Free, Ella Purnell, Mimi Keene, Aimee Lou Wood, Simone Ashley, Jemima Kirke, Lily Frazer, Amelia Gething, Sacha Parkinson, Jaime Murray, Amrit Maghera, Madeleine Mantock, Anna Shepeleva, Larisa Nabatova, Alexandra Rebenok, Valentina Lukashuk, Karolina Bacia, Magdalena Wasylik, Julia Łukowiak,… et les océaniennes comme Eliza Scanlen, Abbey Lee Kershaw, Jessica Grace Smith, Abbie Chatfield, Lucy Barrett, Ruby Kammer, Rachael Taylor, et Charlee Fraser,

… mais aussi américaines, canadiennes ou latino-américaines comme Jessica Chastain, Lauren Ambrose, Krysten Ritter, Julie Bowen, Pink, Billie Eilish, Charli XCX, Molly Griggs, Sophie Thatcher, Stephanie Hawkins, Sophie Nélisse, Nia Sondaya, Diana Hopper, Umi Meyers, Francesca Eastwood, Marisa Ramirez, Penelope Mitchell, Julie Benz, Christina Robinson, Aimee Garcia, Brea Grant, Najarra Townsend, Stephanie Pearson, Kelly Connaire, Ariel Winter, Sarah Hyland, Emma Bell, Jamie Tisdale, Mircea Monroe, SZA, Keke Plamer, Sexxy Red, Summer Walker, Doechii, Ice Spice, Lizzo, Latto, Jhené Aiko, GloRilla, Aziza Scott, Tika Sumpter, Alexandra Shipp, Skai Jackson, Lisa Lopes, Coco Jones, Maude Apatow, Brenda Song, Dia Frampton, Sarah Minnich, Renée Darmiento, Monique Candelaria, Melonie Diaz, Sarah Jeffery, Julia Garro, Ariana Neal, Ellen Tamaki, Nicole Kampouris, Halston Sage, Madison Wolfe, Brighton Sharbino, Ryan Newman, Julianne Arrieta, Hannah Anderson, Kelly Kruger, Jessica Lucas, Jane Levy, Stephanie Sigman, Mishel Prada, Emily Tosta, Natalie Martinez, Mía Maestro, Diane Guerrero, Gina Rodriguez, Cristina Rodlo, Yara Martinez, Chloe Fineman, Carolina Gaitán, Sol Rodriguez, Fernanda Urrejola, Samantha Siqueiros, Isabella Castillo, Scarlet Gruber, María Gabriela de Faría, Sharon Leal, et Carmela Zumbado,

…enfin africaines comme Candîce Hillebrand, et Tyla,… ou asiatiques comme Odeya Rush, Esti Ginzburg, Bar Paly, Neta Alchimister, Noa Tishby, Anna Zak, Rachel Saanchita Gupta, Sarah-Jane Dias, Anushka Manchanda, Waluscha De Sousa, Shalmali Kholgade, Monali Thakur, Sunidhi Chauhan, Tulsi Khumar, Ananya Pandey, Tao Tsuchiya, Fukada Kyoko, Kyoko Fukada, Sana Minatozaki, Sonoya Mizuno, Rola, Ikumi Yoshimatsu, Anna Sawai, Alice Hewkin, Samantha Ashley, Janthavy Norton, Yu Nan, Zhong Chuxi, Wu Xuan Yi, Chen Du Ling, Peng Lin, Cheng Xiao, Yu Shuxin, Rainie Yang, Yang Mi, Zhang Huan, Hong Dai Lin, Zhao Wei Dong, Liu Wu Han, Joe Chen Qiao En, Liu Yan, Lin Chih Ling, Li Xiao Luo, Celina Jade, Yanin Vismitananda, Hong Ji-yoon, Lee Se-young, Han Ji-min, Yoomee Lee, Choi Hee-jin, Kim Hye Yoon, Chae Won-bin, Kim So-hye, Cho Mi-yeon, Cho Yi-hyun, Han Seung-yeon, Han So-eun, JeA, Exy, Hani, Solbin, Lee Si-a, Ha Seung-ri, Yoon Chae-kyung, No Jeong-ee, Eunbin, Woo Da-vi, et Hwang Bo-reum-byeol.

[goalhofer]

2024 olympics Taiwan roster

Archery

Yu-Hsuan Tai (Taipei)

Chih-Chun Tang (Taipei)

Zih-Siang Lin (Taipei)

Tsai-Chi Li (Taipei)

Yi-Ching Chiu (Taipei)

Chien-Ying Lei (Taipei)

Athletics

Chun-Han Yang (Yuli Xiāng)

Ming-Yang Peng (Hsinchu Xiàn)

Yu-Tang Lin (Penghu)

Bo-Ya Zhang (Hsinchu)

Badminton

Tien-Chen Chou (Taipei)

Yang Lee (Kaohsiung)

Chi-Lin Wang (Taipei)

Hong-Wei Ye (Taichung)

Tzu-Ying Tai (Kaohsiung)

Chia-Hsin Lee (Kaohsiung)

Boxing

Chia-Wei Kan (Taipei)

Chu-En Lai (Pingtung Xiàn)

Hsiao-Wen Huang (Taipei)

Yu-Ting Lin (Taipei Xiàn)

Shih-Yi Wu (Taipei)

Nien-Chin Chen (Hualien Xiàn)

Breakdancing

Chen Sun (Taipei)

Canoeing

Shao-Hsuan Wu (Taipei)

Kuan-Chieh Lai (Taipei)

Chu-Han Chang (Taichung)

Fencing

Yi-Tung Chen (Taipei)

Golf

Cheng-Tsung Pan (Bellevue, Washington)

Chun-An Yu (Scottsdale, Arizona)

Pei-Yun Chien (Taipei)

Wei-Ling Hsu (Taipei)

Gymnastics

Chia-Hung Tang (Taipei)

Hua-Tien Ting (Taipei)

Judo

Yung-Wei Yang (Taichung)

Chen-Hao Lin (Taipei)

Chen-Ling Lien (Taipei)

Shooting

Meng-Yuan Lee (Taipei)

Kun-Pi Yang (Taipei)

Heng-Yu Liu (Taipei)

Wan-Yu Liu (Taipei)

Ai-Wen Yu (Taoyuan)

Chia-Chen Tien (Hsinchu)

Chia-Ying Wu (Taipei)

Yi-Chun Lin (Taoyuan)

Swimming

Kuan-Hung Wang (Taipei)

An-Chi Han (Taipei)

Table tennis

Cheng-Jui Kao (Taipei)

Yun-Ju Lin (Taipei)

Chih-Yuan Chuang (Kaohsiung)

Tung-Chuan Chien (Taipei)

I-Ching Cheng (Tainan Chéngshì)

Szu-Yu Chen (Taipei)

Taekwondo

Chia-Ling Lo (Taipei)

Tennis

Su-Wei Hsieh (Taipei)

Chia-Yi Tsao (Taipei)

Hao-Ching Chan (Taipei)

Yung-Jan Chan (Taipei)

Weightlifting

Wan-Ling Fang (Taipei)

Hsing-Chun Kuo (Yilan Chéngshì)

Wen-Huei Chen (Taipei)

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We Best Love: Fighting Mr. 2nd | S02E03

Taiwanese Drama - 2021, 6 episodes

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[ericayuwenhuang]

Here is where we meet

Here is where we meet 2023/06/29-10/15 Venue: Chiayi Art Museum 1F-3F Supervisors：Ministry of Culture, Chiayi City Government Organizers：Chiayi Art Museum, Tianmei Art Foundation Collaborators：TKG+, Mind Set Art Center, Each Modern Curator：Erica Yu-Wen Huang Artists：Wang Po-Yen, Wu Chuan-Lun, Lin Yi-Hsuan, Lin Ying-Chieh, Chiu Chen-Hung, Chang Chih-Chung, Zhang Xu-Zhan, Chang Cheng-Chun, Chuang Ho, Kuo Yu-Ping, Chen I-Chun, Chen Sung-Chih, Chen Ching-Yuan, Chen Ching-Ming, Huang Chih-Cheng, Liao Chi-Yu, Liu Chih-Hung, Cheng Nung-Hsuan, Jian Yi-Hong, Lo Yi-Chun Archive Room - Participating Artists：Ding Chien-Chung, Niu Jun-Qiang, Wang Po-Yen, Shih Meng-Hsin, Wu Chuan-Lun, Li Yi-Fan, Li Ting-Huan, Lin Hao-Bai, Lin Yi-Wei, Lin Ying-Chieh, Chiu Chen-Hung, Chiu Chien-Jen, Hung Sheng-Hsiung, Hsu Yin-Ling, Shiu Sheng-Hung, Chang Chih-Chung, Zhang Xu-Zhan, Chang Cheng-Chun, Chang San-Hsueh, Chuang Ho, Kuo I-Chen, Kuo Yu-Ping, Chen I-Chun, Chen Sung-Chih, Chen Kuan-Ying, Chen Fei-Hao, Chen Ching-Yuan, Chen Ching-Ming, Huang Chih-Cheng, Huang Xuan, Yang Han-Chiao, Liao Chi-Yu, Liao Zen-Ping, Liu Chih-Hung, Liu Feng-Ling, Cheng Nung-Hsuan, Ou Jing-Yun, Hsieh Jhou-Yu, Jhong Jiang-Ze, Lo Chan-Peng, Luo Jr-Shin, Lo Yi-Chun

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Voices of Photography 攝影之聲 Issue 26 : 末日棲居 Dwelling in the Apocalypse

面對不可預期的來日，我們是否與德國詩人腓特烈．賀德林（Friedrich Hölderlin）曾言的「詩意地棲居」更加疏遠？災害與戰禍、虛假與算計，人類世界無限擴張的野心和欲望未曾降低，人的存在也愈來愈難以賦添詩意。而衝突升高的國際政治情勢，使此刻相隔末日只剩兩分鐘的「末日時鐘」竟回到與1953年冷戰時期的同一等級，成為二戰結束以來與末日距離最近的年代。我們如何可能地棲居——在末日到來的大地？

志賀理江子迷離如夢般的影像書寫，是她在2011年親歷東日本大地震之後對於存在與死亡的感知路徑。在新作《Human Spring》中，志賀試圖打開如今已逐漸被封閉但仍存於人類內在的自然性與身體感，透過繪織意識流般的圖景，呈現著對於人性與生存本身的冥思啟示。林諭志的《Asongcalledformosa》是他在漫長的家園行旅中刻錄的私房曲盤—故鄉與里人、工業區和荒涼的海岸、父親在二戰時遭日本軍徵召至南洋服役的往事記憶⋯⋯，跨越數十年的影像在此首次發表，島嶼的戀曲與哀歌幽幽鳴奏，旅人一路踽踽低吟。1980年代起投入錄像裝置創作的袁廣鳴，作品反映著對於日常生活的不安覺察，自上世紀末的《關於米勒的晚禱》、《離位》到本世紀的《城市失格》、《能量的風景》、《棲居如詩》、《日常演習》等系列作品，發散著前末日感氣息的寓言，這些寓言緩慢漂移在去人化的現代社會空間，直至世界轟然炸裂。

在本期中，謝佩君深度描寫美國藝術家克利斯迪安．馬克雷（Christian Marclay）與亞瑟．賈法（Arthur Jafa）各自運用現成影像蒙太奇的創作，傳遞著影像生產中戰爭、暴力的末世預警，這兩件於今年威尼斯雙年展中受到矚目的錄像作品，同時反映著本屆「願你生活在有趣的時代」這個對現今世界充滿各種不確定性���喻義主題。陳儒修則從影史開展的歷史性一幕—「火車進站」—指出電影發展的開端與災難的關聯、災難電影與現實經驗的糾葛，以及電影本身所造成的歷史性災難。

日本在今年告別「平成」年代並開啟「令和」年號，對日本的政治與文化進入新的階段有著重要的象徵意義，張世倫從昭和天皇裕仁於1946年發表的「人間宣言」開始，針對天皇形象在戰後的轉變與影像包裝歷程，進行了細緻地視覺解析，檢視天皇制度綿延而生的歷史記憶與文化政治。「攝影書製作現場」單元則近訪日本藝術書籍出版社赤赤舍創辦人姬野希美，記錄了外界少見的編印工作實況。

今年三月起，《攝影之聲》與空總台灣當代文化實驗場合作舉辦了一系列由藝術家和影像研究者帶領的「歷史後像：攝影史敘事工作坊」，嘗試推進攝影史的當代意義與創造性思索。本期我們特別摘錄其中由高重黎主持的「影像機器工作坊」談話，在這份講稿中，他以視覺原理出發，揭示藝術與文學創作如何回應攝影與視覺，並創造出強調手眼協作感知的「觸／視頭部造相術」，為思考攝影／視覺史帶來新的啟發。關於工作坊系列的更多內容，我們將在後續製作的專題中呈現。同時，我們近期也將舉辦攝影史論壇與相關活動，等待你一起來參與。

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In the face of unpredictable days ahead, have we drifted even further away from the “poetic dwelling” the German poet Friedrich Hölderlin so poignantly described? Disasters and wars, lies and scheming - the ambitions and desires that plague the human world never cease to expand, making it harder to imbue the presence of humans with a sense of poetry. As the threat of conflict in global politics rises to its highest level since the Cold War in 1953, where the “doomsday clock” stays at two minutes to midnight, we are closer than ever to the end since World War II. How do we possibly survive on this land as the apocalypse closes in?

Shiga Lieko’s dream-like imagery creations reflect her perception of life and death after living through the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011. In her latest work, Human Spring, Shiga attempts to recover the sense of nature and self that lies within all humans but has since been forgotten and buried. She does so through the use of imagery that flows like a stream of consciousness, presenting a picture of meditation on human nature and survival itself. Lin Yu-Chih’s Asongcalledformosa is a private songbook he created on a long travel home, filled with songs like that of his hometown and its people, the industrial area and the desolate coast, and memories of his father being recruited by the Japanese army to serve in Southeast Asia. These images taken over the course of decades are published for the first time, singing the love and sorrowful songs of this island that the traveler hums along to as he set out on his journey. Yuan Goang-Ming has been working with video installation since the 1980s, and his work illustrates a sense of uneasiness towards daily life. From About Millet’s The Angelus and Out of Position created at the end of last century, to more recent works such as City Disqualified, Landscape of Energy, Dwelling and Everyday Maneuver, a sense of our past and last days permeates his creations, the message of which is drifting afloat in the modern social space that has been dehumanized, until the world can finally take no more.

In this issue, Hsieh Pei-Chun describes in great detail American artists Christian Marclay and Arthur Jafa’s works that consist of found footage, and are warning of war and violence. Their works received much attention in this year’s edition of the Venice Biennale as they reflected the metaphorical theme of the Biennale that hints at uncertainties in today’s world, “May You Live in Interesting Times”. On the other hand, Chen Ru-Shou draws a connection between movies and disasters, the entanglement of disaster films and real-life experience and finally the disasters brought about by filmmaking itself.

Japan’s era name change from Heisei to Reiwa this year is symbolically significant both for her politics as well as her culture which have also entered a new era. Chang Shih-Lun takes a look at the post-war transformation in the external images of Emperor Hirohito since his “Declaration of Humanity” in 1946, analyzing in detail the memories of history and cultural politics that followed Japan’s imperial system. Furthermore, the Photobook Making Case Study segment features a rare behind-the-scenes look at printing work with Himeno Kimi, founder of AKAAKA, a Japanese art book publisher.

Since March this year, we have been co-organizing with C-LAB the Afterimage of History: Photography History Narrative Workshops, a series of workshops led by artists and imagery researchers, promoting the critical thinking of contemporary meaning and creativity in the history of photography. In this issue, we are featuring an excerpt from artist Kao Chung-Li’s lecture in his Imagery Machine workshop, in which he spoke about the principles of visual imagery, and revealed the ways art and literary creations responded to photography and visual perception. (Kao also created a concept called “chù/shìh tóu bù jhào siàng shù” (tangibility of touch/sight head phase-image making method), a method to illustrate the perception of touch and sight in image creation, inspiring new ways to approach photography and visual history.) We will be featuring more content from the workshops in future issues. At the same time, we will also be organizing a forum on photography history, and we look forward to your participation.

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