The Way Back Home.
5 films
As a kid growing up glued to the TV, I used to dream of flying to Japan just to cheer for Vivian Hsu’s group “Black Biscuits.” Japanese entertainment had an indescribable magic for me—everything on screen felt so beautiful, so funny, so captivating. Not like Taipei, which always seemed kind of gray.
In my early twenties, I decided to leave Taipei and chase my dreams in Japan. In the blink of an eye, 14 years passed in Tokyo—and I grew up. I finally realized that what I once saw on television perhaps only ever existed on television.
Living in Japan is a whole other story—more often than not, it’s been about gritting my teeth and “eating bitterness” until I was full. Just last week, I happened to hear Ambassador Frank Hsieh on the radio here. He chose to introduce Taiwan with two songs: You Must Fight to Win and Twilight Hometown.
Hearing those songs on Japanese radio, I felt unexpectedly emotional.
“The hometown of twilight keeps calling me, calling me...”
People say that traveling is a way to find the road home—
I think now, I finally understand what that means.
Curator
李漢強
藝術家。出生於台灣台北市。東京造形大學（造形專攻）碩士畢業。從幼年時看的綜藝節目中感受到日本文化的奇妙，於2007年前往日本。作品題材主要來自於對當代消費社會與生活的觀察，得到日本「1_WALL」平面藝術大獎。目前居住於日本東京。
