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Fabulous production for this essay on Taipei- images plus three or four different kinds of take on the experience of that city—the flanneur, the blitzed, the shopper, the tourist, the pin-headed & allusive intellectual—all facets of the author. Hyper-Taiwan presents an exemplary meditation on the experience of urban spaces and de-centred cultural identity. Artist, essayist & gonzo-theoretician, Kurt Brereton is something of a two-way conduit & permeable membrane between east & west, Asia & Australia. Hyper-Taiwan is beautiful as a photographic essay on the surprising meld of cultures happening in Taiwan and on the continuities that obtain there despite change. Brereton proposes that Taiwan is the first postmodern country of the 21st Century, a dynamic example of a post-media digital culture at work. Essay headings- Culture Shock, Scooterology, Hyper-Taiwan, Digital-Taiwan, Becoming Taiwan, Rhizo-Taiwan, Chronography, Yuanzumi, Cuteology, Beetlenut Beauty Boxes, Digital Design Futures, Art in the Age of Digital Reproduction, & Hyperart Scans give some indication. — That is, essays on contemporary art, design & cultural issues, networked with visual and textual commentary. Features the work of young Taiwanese new media artists & designers. Over 250 full colour pages. |
