Curated by Mali Wu and Francesco Manacorda, the Taipei Biennial 2018 officially announces its title: Post-Nature—A Museum as an Ecosystem. Taking this title as their starting point, the curators will approach the ever-changing nature of an ecosystem and how this is reflected in artistic and institutional practice. This exhibition will investigate how systemic theory can be reflected in artistic and institutional practice, underlining the reciprocal dependency which every system relies upon to survive.In Post-Nature—A Museum as an Ecosystem, the curators will use the exhibition to reconsider the museum as a model. In their most conventional forms, exhibitions grow quickly, occupy a limited time span, and have little ability to sustain their reach, while museums instead develop slowly and organically, respond carefully to their environments and preserve their own longevity. At the same time, if too rigidly confined by an architectural and conceptual framework, a museum can become an isolated space for art contemplation, rather than remain open to constant ecosystemic transformation, osmosis and growth.As outlined in the curatorial statement, Post-Nature—A Museum as an Ecosystem will engage with different ecosystemic models, focusing particularly on the significance of reciprocal dependency, and how this form of working tends toward a holistic common good. While the exhibition venue, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, will act as the central nervous system of the Taipei Biennial, the experimental methodology of this biennial will transform the museum into a platform for multi-disciplinary discussion, which intends to extend outward and reach multilateral resonance outside of the architectural limits of the exhibition.Source：TFAM．「POST-NATURE」
Contents
Preface／LIN Ping, Director of Taipei Fine Arts Museum
"Post-Nature" as a Social Space for Resetting／Mali WU
The Unlikely Overlap between Ecosystems and Museums／Francesco MANACORDA
The New Wicked Universality／Bruno LATOUR
For a Philosophy of the Wilderness／Levi R. BRYANT
From Arisan to Satoyama: A Global Environmental History／Kuang-Chi HUNG
The "Post" of "Post-Nature" and after "Post-Nature"／Iris Tsung-huei HUANG
The Sound of Silence: My Perspective on Nature Writing／WU Ming-Yi
Doing Multi-Species Ethnography in the Age of Post-Nature／Yen-ling TSAI
The Reality and Imagination of a Post-Natural Ecosystem: Looking at the Taipei Biennial from the Perspective of Sense and Sensibility／Shin-Cheng YEH
Floor plans
Henrik Håkansson
Rachel Sussman
Tue Greenfort
Vivian Suter
Helen Mayer Harrison & Newton Harrison
Julian Charrière
Wu Ming-Yi
Chen Chu-Yin + Solar Insects Vivarium Workshop, Paris 8 University
Ting-Tong Chang
Ursula Biemann
Mycelium Network Society (Franz Xaver + taro + Martin Howse + Shu Lea Cheang +global network nodes)
Robert Zhao Renhui
Gustafsson & Haapoja
Nicholas Mangan
Futurefarmers
Duane Linklater
Ingo Günther
Indigenous Justice Classroom
Allan Sekula
Ke Chin-Yuan + “Our Island”
Jumana Manna
Kuroshio Ocean Education Foundation
Taiwan Thousand Miles Trail Association
Open Green
Keelong River Watch Union
Hsiao Sheng-Chien
Lucy Davis (The Migrant Ecologies Project)
Alexey Buldakov
Lu Ji-Ying
Huang Hsin-Yao
Laila Chin-Hui Fan
Au Sow-Yee
Khvay Samnang
Huai-Wen Chang + MAS (Micro Architecture Studio)
ET@T
Je�rey Hou & Dorothy Tang
Zo Lin–Weed Day
Jui-Kuang Chao + Tainan Community University
Ruangsak Anuwatwimon
Martha Atienza
Candice Lin
Zheng Bo
Film Screenings
List of Works
Acknowledgements
