Partners
The Tsai Ming-Liang 2020 program is organized by independent programmer J. Michael Eugenio, Tom Vick of the National Museum of Asian Art, La Frances Hui of the MoMA, Alex Kong and Serin Lee of Doc Films, Andrea Pierro of the Visiting Artist Program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Michael Metzger and Malia Haines-Stewart of Block Museum, scholar Jean Ma, Paola Iovene of the Center for East Asian Studies at the University of Chicago, Caren Wu and Kanglan Chin of the Taipei Cultural Center in New York, and Sabina Shie of TECO Chicago—in collaboration with Tsai Ming-Liang and his producer Claude Wang. The program is supported by Taipei Cultural Center in New York, with local support in Chicago from the Center for East Asian Studies and TECO Chicago; and in DC from TECO DC.
The Museum of Modern Art and MoMA PS1 celebrate creativity, openness, tolerance, and generosity. They aim to be inclusive places—both onsite and online—where diverse cultural, artistic, social, and political positions are welcome. They’re committed to sharing the most thought-provoking modern and contemporary art, and hope you will join them in exploring the art, ideas, and issues of our time.
Founded in 1935 as the Film Library, MoMA’s film collection now includes more than 30,000 films and 1.5 million film stills; the strongest international film collection in the United States, it incorporates all periods and genres.
A division of Harvard Library, the Harvard Film Archive is dedicated to the collection, preservation and exhibition of film. It maintains an extensive archive of over 40,000 motion picture prints, audiovisual elements and ephemera from around the world and from almost every period in film history. Located in the historic Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts on the Harvard University campus, the HFA cinematheque is renowned for its diverse programming of films which—due to age, rarity, challenging content or format—are not screened regularly or often even available for viewing at all. Further enhancing the cinematic experience, the HFA regularly invites filmmakers to discuss their work after screenings. The 188-seat theater accommodates DCP, 35mm, 16mm, Super 8 and all variety of video formats.
As the National Museum of Asian Art, the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery preserve, exhibit, and interpret Asian art in ways that deepen our understanding of Asia, America, and the world.
Experience multiple perspectives on Asia through the lens of classic and contemporary film. The National Museum of Asian Art’s world-class film series offers opportunities to see films not widely available in the United States, as well as to meet directors, actors, and film scholars.
Doc Films is the nation’s oldest continuously operating film society. Doc screens all kinds of films, from canonical classics to indie gems to Hollywood blockbusters, often featuring films that can’t be seen elsewhere. Films screen every day of the academic year in Doc’s fully equipped and state-of-the-art theater, each night of the week dedicated to a particular theme throughout the quarter. Besides regular screenings, Doc hosts a variety of special events, such as conversations with directors, faculty members, critics, or other experts as well as sneak previews and student films. Doc is exclusively run by volunteers who manage every aspect from programming film series to projecting films.
Tickets to all shows are only $7 each—or, buy a season pass for $40 to get unlimited access to every one of the calendar’s 70+ films. The full calendar can be found on their website:
The Visiting Artists Program is a public forum that features today's most influential practitioners and thinkers. Founded in 1868, the Visiting Artists Program is one of the oldest public programs of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Formalized in 1951 with the establishment of an endowed fund by Flora Mayer Witkowsky, the Visiting Artists Program has featured over 1,000 international artists, designers, and scholars representing more than 70 countries through a diverse mix of lectures, screenings, conversations, and readings. The Visiting Artists Program provides a platform for innovative ideas that inspire and educate.
An invaluable resource for SAIC students, the Visiting Artists Program is central to SAIC's interdisciplinary curriculum. In addition to public lectures, visitors directly engage with SAIC students through studio critiques and roundtable discussions, fostering a greater understanding and appreciation of contemporary art and culture.
The Block is a dynamic, imaginative, and innovative teaching and learning resource for Northwestern and its surrounding communities, featuring a global exhibition program that crosses time periods and cultures and serves as a springboard for thought-provoking discussions relevant to our lives today. The museum also commissions new work by artists to foster connections between artists and the public through the creative process. Each year, the Block mounts exhibitions; organizes and hosts lectures, symposia, and workshops involving artists, scholars, curators, and critics; and screens classic and contemporary films at its in-house cinema. The museum also reaches national and international audiences through its traveling exhibitions, publications and website. Its growing permanent collection of approximately 6,000 works focuses primarily on prints, photography, and drawings.
The Taipei Cultural Center is primarily responsible for planning, promoting, and implementing a variety of arts activities, as well as supervising the operation of Taipei Gallery and Taipei Theater. The Cultural Center has played a significant role in enhancing Taiwan's cultural image and promoting international cultural exchanges. To cope with the new trend of global cultural competition, the Taipei Cultural Center, expanding beyond just New York City, has been actively bringing Taiwan's cultures to North America.
The Taipei Cultural Center provided funding for Tsai Ming-Liang’s visit.
Established in 2000, Homegreen Films is led by professional Asian filmmakers including Tsai Ming-liang, Lee Kang-sheng, and Claude Wang. Its objective is to develop films that have global perspective and originality.
The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Chicago (TECO in Chicago) provides consular services, news about Taiwan, economics/trade and cultural information. TECO in Chicago’s jurisdiction include seven states in the Midwest which are Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin.There are multiple divisions providing services in TECO in Chicago which include the Consular division, Education division, Economic division, Press division, and the Cultural Center of TECO.
The current Director General of TECO in Chicago is Johnson Chiang.
TECO in Chicago provided funds for the Doc Films retrospective and is one of the hosts for the January 17 opening reception, as well as Tsai Ming-Liang’s April symposium at the University of Chicago.
The Center for East Asian Studies at the University of Chicago (CEAS) is an interdisciplinary nexus, clearinghouse, and resource for academic exploration and support related to the study of China, Japan, and Korea. For over 60 years, its mission has been to nurture scholarship of the highest level across the humanities and social sciences, and to facilitate deeper understanding of the region at the University of Chicago and beyond.
CEAS provided funds for the Doc Films retrospective and is one of the hosts for the January 17 opening reception, as well as Tsai Ming-Liang’s April symposium at the University of Chicago.