Peiyi Yu

The Disinformation Booth at Taipei 101 and the Falun Gong

"China intentionally release COVID virus?" reads the title of one of the plaque boards on the information device placed in front of Taipei 101 at a juncture that saw heavy tourist traffic. Consisted of multiple plaque boards, a screen and speaker on auto replay, free pamphlets, and a mock 101 on top, the art device resembled a news booth. The information, listed in multiple languages, included China’s human rights abuses, calls to end CCP, but also patently unfounded conspiracy theories about the Chinese government intentionally releasing the COVID virus that put China itself in a 2 years lockdown, and an economic coma from which it has yet to fully recover....

A Snapshot on Public Art: An Interview with Cal Y Canto Dance Group

The young audience exclaimed when the dancers of Cal Y Canto dance group wheeled a giant goldfish kite to swoop over them, aghast with wonder. Cal Y Canto‘s performances at the New Taipei City Children’s Art Festival had created a following for themselves. Their performances between July 14 to July 20 at the Children’s Art Festival regularly gathered a crowd of youthful audience every night at 8:30pm. The dancers saw their free for all performances for children as a way to “recover the public space"...