Black Books Documenta Assemblage 2023

The Sharing Talks

Dates: November 13, 14, 20, 21, 2023, from 6pm to 9pm
Venue: Tonsan Bookstore

Regarding the sharing talk events, we have friends from AMP3 in the Philippines introducing their experience in cultivating civil solidarity in Asia;

Friends from Hong Kong will share their practice in writing and collaborating on community media;

A translator familiar with Korean culture will share her reflections on the life of a Korean anarchist;

Whistleblower Leny will echo the elder Jin Shu in calling out to the youth: What is anarchy?! and his own journey;

The “failed capitalist record industry player” Ada will share his late-life insights on Chomsky and relevant examples in Taiwan;

Korean friend Lee Dong-yi will share his spiritual development on Jeju Island and his exploration journey;

A group of Korean “alternative education” teachers and students, who are just on a research trip in Taiwan, will also share their experiences;

Friends who cannot come to Taiwan will have pre-recorded interviews shared during the exhibition, including friends from the historically rich IISH (International Institute of Social History); Anarchist musician Nawrocki from Ukraine, living in Canada, will share the aspirations behind his recent music, writing, and theatrical performances; interviews with the community from The Commoner in the UK;

A Taiwanese researcher of Emma Goldman; And a whole host of international community writings will be on display.

Additionally, a selection of documentary relics, images, etc., from the previous two editions will be listed in the preparation for the exhibition.

The topics for the four days are as follows:

November 13th

1. The creation of the thesis novel “Hengzhou” and the publication of a small magazine on justice for people with disabilities (Cantonese/Mandarin/English)

2. The practice of music culture connections among musicians in the Asian region and the vision of peace in civil society (English)

November 14th

1. What does Chomsky have to do with the Taiwanese pop music industry? Looking back at the history of Taiwan’s music industry bubble wars through Old Hang’s predictions. (Mandarin)

2. My Jeju Island upbringing and the Taiwan trip of a Seoul alternative school (Korean/Mandarin translation)
Jeju Island was once a significant place of enlightenment for the cellist poet Dong-yi, who then led a group of students from a Seoul alternative school in Taiwan…

November 20th

1. Expecting the government? A 20-year social participant’s observation report. A report of disappointment from an active participant in social movements. (Mandarin)

2. A colonial woman’s voice: Kaneko Fumiko’s prison writings (Mandarin)
The life poem that failed to be voiced in the grim year of 1926; hoping to be heard again in 2023. The text belongs to Kaneko Fumiko and my Korean film translation.

November 21st

1. The attributes and relationships of sound and nature. Sharing imaginative sounds beyond anthropocentrism. Besides making sounds, are we willing to listen? (Mandarin)

2. What is anarchy? (English/Cantonese/Mandarin)
An attempt to transcend definitional thinking, searching for an indescribable song of life through experience and practice.