I will give you an update for already my week 9 of my Taipei stay. Deadlines and a agenda full of appointments is my current situation but I am looking forward to it! First a small news flash: A typhoon in Taiwan! Yes my first typhoon! But so far it looks more like a very … Continue reading Preparing photoshoot
1. Textiles: Working on the suits I’ve been working hard on realizing the suits based on the children’s drawings. I was also searching for professionals to help me with making it because I am not so skilled to make the garments very presentable. I am working now together with 2 fashion design students from Hsing … Continue reading Textiles, Computer games and facing the heat!
A collection of my Taipei moments I captured in a second short movie. Continue reading MOVIE: Taipei Part 2
I selected the 4 drawings I am going to realize with the senior models. And I made the miniature suits for creating them in real life. I selected the drawings on the interesting cultural differences. Drawing 1: Drinking Tea Drinking tea or getting hot water out of a machine is very common here because you can’t drink … Continue reading Selecting the drawings
Today I could visit 2 elderly who are also participating in the Thursday activity from Hondao. They are also going to be in the final photoshoot for my Grey Power project. It was really nice to see something more about their daily lives here in Taipei. Wujanshi is 80 years old and living with her … Continue reading Visiting people’s homes
Every Thursday morning I am joining the activity group in Neihu, which is 45 minutes traveling for me but it’s more then worth it. Slowly after a couple of weeks I begin to connect with the seniors more and more. Even though I can’t understand anything during the activity and they can’s speak English with … Continue reading Enjoyable moments in Taipei
Currently I am in the executing phase so I am needed to buy material like textiles and papers. I went to the Yongle Textile markets and walked through the Dihua Historic Street. Lovely traditional Street! Continue reading Street impressions Dihua Historic Street
Collecting children’s perspective about their grandparents Here is a selection of images to give you an idea the workshops. Bring an object to school that reminds you of your grandparents. You can see they all brought personal objects from their grandparents. Some stories are giving a nice overview of the cultural aspects here in Taiwan: … Continue reading School workshops Elementary Schools in Taipei
(The little paper above it printed by the 96-year old man who is also participating one of the Hondao activities. He wrote his own personal tips for a healthier life: Eat more vegetables, eat less meat. Use less salt and more vinegar and exercise everyday and go out the house) Unfortunately just after I edited … Continue reading A small update
A short video of my first impressions from Taipei TAIWAN-part1 from Yoni on Vimeo. Continue reading MOVIE: Taipei Part 1
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