Text: AQ Editorial Department Walking out of Jiantan MRT Station, the first landmark you can see is the Taipei Performing Arts Center. This local art center, dubbed "Preserved Egg Tofu", has a solemn iron-grey exterior, but the interior is completely phone database different from the exterior's coldness: walk through the halls dominated by silver, white and gray, and go up to the theater. On the floor, the blue like seawater seeps into the theater, and the rehearsal field is mixed with soft pink, giving it a gentle and bright temperament. This internal and external contradiction and harmonious characteristics are also like Shilin,
where it is located. The history of Shilin District has always been diverse and subtle. It has night market snacks for the common people and a politically solemn former presidential residence. If you climb to a higher altitude, the Caoshan Pavilion on Yangming Mountain is also an extension of political symbols; Tianmu at the foot of the mountain was once the representative of the "Tianlong Kingdom" - a gathering place for foreign envoys, US troops stationed in Taiwan, and imported department stores. Therefore, as a local art center in Taipei City,
how to interpret what is local culture, and how to extend it to the world to become the representative of the capital of goodness, is the first question of the North Art Center. 1_73MXV8HvRst1nWAR0Ia2tg Photo Credit: © Yushiro Oto Sea-like blues and soft pinks add warmth to the theater space For Lin Caiyun, manager of the program department, this is also after the preparations for the opening in 2016 and the trial operation for more than two months from March 2022. Finally, the transcripts that have been hidden in his arms for a long time can be submitted to the audience: cloth La Ruiyang Dance Company, Cai Mingliang, Xie Chunde, Foca Formosa Circus, Savier Leroy, etc.,