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Gushan District, Kaohsiung · Art centre

ALIEN Art Centre

An art centre beside the Kaohsiung Light Rail Shoushan Park stop, two minutes from the platform to the ground-floor galleries.

A long pale cloth held half-unrolled on a clear wall support, red stitching running through Roman letters and other characters, with loose thread at both ends.

Chang En-Man, The Great Deluge: Oral History from Pacavalj

Chang En-Man · 2026 · Reverse-stitch embroidery on cotton cloth

Chang En-Man, The Great Deluge: Oral History from Pacavalj. Red reverse stitching runs through a Pacavalj flood account preserved in a 1935 colonial record. Image supplied by the artist and published by GQ Taiwan. Editorial use.

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The Gesture of Being runs from September 12 to August 29, 2027, putting five very different methods — Chang En-Man, Shi Jin-Hua, Yeesookyung, Charwei Tsai and Yeh Wei-Li — in one place.

The centre stands at No. 111, Gushan 1st Road, about two minutes on foot from the Kaohsiung Light Rail Shoushan Park / ALIEN Art Centre stop and roughly ten minutes from Yanchengpu MRT.

Hours are Tuesday to Sunday, 10:00–18:00, closed Monday except public holidays. A Mandarin tour runs daily at 15:30 for about 40 minutes. Admission is NT$180 full, NT$120 half and NT$90 concession. Photography is allowed without flash or a tripod; staff guide visitors who need the lift, and an accessible toilet is on the first floor.

A blue circular field built in layers of mineral pigment on linen, with fine script running through it.

Charwei Tsai, With as Many Bodies as There Are Atoms in the Realms

Charwei Tsai · 2026 · Lapis lazuli and mineral pigments, watercolor and ink on linen

Charwei Tsai, With as Many Bodies as There Are Atoms in the Realms. Buddhist scripture runs through a blue field of lapis lazuli and other mineral pigments, watercolor and ink on linen. Image supplied by the artist and published by GQ Taiwan. Editorial use.

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A dark brick room with a desk, stool, books, lamp, shell, cable reel and suitcase around a bright framed view of rock and vegetation.

Yeh Wei-Li, Suitcase / Shuinandong, Ruifang

Yeh Wei-Li · 2026 · Photograph

Yeh Wei-Li, Suitcase / Shuinandong, Ruifang. Books, tools, furniture and a framed view occupy a brick room in Shuinandong. Image supplied by the artist and published by GQ Taiwan. Editorial use.

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Shi Jin-Hua walks bare-chested beside a graphite-darkened wall with drawing equipment strapped to his body and a pencil line trailing behind him.

Shi Jin-Hua, Pencil Walker

Shi Jin-Hua · 1996–2015 · Performance, pencil, wall

Shi Jin-Hua, Pencil Walker. Shi walks against a graphite-darkened wall with drawing equipment strapped to his body. Image supplied by the artist's estate and published by GQ Taiwan. Editorial use.

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A broad rounded white ceramic body assembled from fragments, with celadon and decorated shards clustered densely at the top and every join drawn in gold.

Yeesookyung, Translated Vase TVGW 2

Yeesookyung (photograph: Yang Ian) · 2026 · Ceramic shards, epoxy, 24K gold leaf, 144 × 120 × 115 cm

Yeesookyung, Translated Vase TVGW 2. Ceramic fragments joined with visible gold-leaf seams. Photograph: Yang Ian. Image supplied by the artist and published by GQ Taiwan. Editorial use.

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Two minutes on foot from the Kaohsiung Light Rail Shoushan Park / ALIEN Art Centre stop, or about ten minutes from Yanchengpu MRT. The exhibition is on the ground floor with lift access and staff assistance, and an accessible toilet on the first floor. Tuesday to Sunday 10:00–18:00, closed Monday except public holidays. Admission NT$180 full, NT$120 half, NT$90 concession, with a daily Mandarin tour at 15:30.

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