Category: ARTICLE

TAINAN PUBLIC LIBRARY

MOST OF THE LIBRARIES IN TAIWAN EARN THE TITLE OF ‘THE LAND OF SILENT’. THEY ARE PLACES WHERE TYPING AND MOUSE-CLICKING SOUNDS COULD DISTURB THE PEOPLE INSIDE. HOWEVER, TAINAN PUBLIC LIBRARY IN YONGKANG DISTRICT DESIGNED BY MECANOO AND MAYU ARCHITECTS SEEMS TO HAVE A MORE FRIENDLY VIBE AND ALLOWS ANYONE TO SPEAK UP AND DISCUSS WITH OTHERS WITHOUT FEELING GUILTY

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THE ‘STRICTE INTIMITE’ EXHIBITION

EMPTY FISH TANK, A PAIR OF PANTS LAYING ACROSS THE HANDRAIL, MYSTERIOUS LETTERS WORK ON GLASS WINDOW SPREAD OUT A VAGUE FEELING OVER THE SPACE OF THE ‘STRICTE INTIMITÉ’ EXHIBITION AT SHOPHOUSE 1527. THE EXHIBITION INVITES US TO CONTEMPLATE THE ‘INTIMACY’ WE ARE USED TO, OR PERHAPS IT IS SO ROUTINE THAT WE ALREADY FORGET THAT WE ARE USED TO.

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