Date｜10.31.2026-03.01.2027
Veune｜Tainan Art Museum
(Text / Tainan Art Biennale)
When we speak today of what “Tainan” is, or what it might become, who gets to tell its story? Looking back through the history of Taiwan’s colonial and authoritarian eras, one may wonder who were the dreamers of the city’s future, the narrators of its stories, and the agents who shaped its development? And when we encounter Tainan’s historic sites and temple traditions, what is our relationship to those who have narrated their stories for us?
Like an ultimate-move catchphrase from anime, “Unfolding Circuits” takes Tang Te-chang Memorial Park as its curatorial point of departure, branching into thematic strands like seven radial paths extending from a circle in different directions. Yet at their center lies a common question: When we look at history anew, how might we consider what its narrators have left unsaid? Beyond narratives told by colonizers and authoritarian rulers under martial law, how might we become narrators ourselves, creating possibilities for telling history from our own perspective? And, amid the complex transformations of the contemporary world, how do we tell the story of our own generation?
Jam Wu
Born in Tainan in 1979, the artist has long worked with paper cutting, integrating window patterns, festivals, temple culture, and diverse traditions. After returning to Tainan, the artist founded the “Paper-Cutting Cooperative,” and engaged local women in collaborative creation. Her recent work explores Austronesian cultures and Indigenous weaving traditions, while pondering how paper cutting can take root and serve as a cultural form distinctive to Taiwan.
