This Is Not An Embassy (Made in Taiwan)
Sat, Apr 13
|Zhongzheng District
Time & Location
Apr 13, 2024, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Zhongzheng District, No. 21-1號, Zhongshan S Rd, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City, Taiwan 100011
About the event
This Is Not an Embassy (Made in Taiwan)
By Stefan Kaegi
This piece is an attempt to simulate the establishment of an impossible embassy. How would we imagine a territory that is not officially recognised as a state and yet comes to life on stage in every performance?
Geologically, Taiwan is part of the “Pacific Ring of Fire”, a seismically particularly active zone on the edge of the Pacific, where huge tectonic plates collide, leading to frequent major earthquakes. The island’s political stability is similarly fragile and it is in danger of being crushed between power blocs and agitation.
In 1945, Taiwan became a founding member of the United Nations and a full member of the Security Council as “Republic of China”. In 1971, however, Richard Nixon re-established relations between the US and mainland China, and the “Republic of China” had to leave the UN. Ever since, Taiwan has struggled to find diplomatic recognition.…