Mirage：Disused Public Property in Taiwan


	The truth that Taiwanese government was most reluctant to admit 　　5 years of research by around 200 students 　　Exposed over 400 cases of disused public facilities –This book includes 100 selected cases. 　　Often seen in places around Taiwan, these large and unused public facilities are also known as “mosquito pavilions”. They often arise from inappropriate policies, where government, in the name of expanding internal consumptions and closing the urban and rural gaps, misjudge usage rates, implement inappropriate plans and designs, giving rise to the disused spaces around the country, a practice that till this day still remained. This project was executed by “Lost Society Document” formed by artist YAO Jui-Chung and students, targeting public facilities that cost huge funds in construction over the recent twenty years, every year one hundred cases that required the most attention and review was collected to form Mirage: Disused Public Property in Taiwan, over the past four years four volumes was published. This book selected one hundred critical cases from the four hundred cases exposed by the series, outlining the absurd state of Taiwanese society. In addition to providing the public a reference for reflection, it also allowed youths who have yet to serious observed their hometown to open up an alternative dialogue through the lens of the camera.


	目錄 Editor's Preface Article The Power of Action: YAO Jui-Chung and Mirage I: Disused Public Property in Taiwan LU Peiyi 1. Infrastructure Facilities First Parking Structure, Mingjian Township, Nantou County Fourth (Renai) Parking Structure, Puli Township, Nantou County Second Parking Structure, Qieding Dist., Kaohsiung City Jiouru Airport, Pintug City, Pingtung County Hengchun Airport, Hengchun Township, Pingtung County 2. Industrial Parks Hsinchu Biomedical Science Park, Zhubei City, Hsinchu County Changhua Coastal Industrial Park, Changhua County Xinxing Industrial Zone within the Offshore Industrial Park, Taixi Township, Yunlin County Vanilla and Herbal Medicine Biotechnology Park Construction, Dalin Township, Chiayi County Taikang Organic Farms, Liuying Dist., Tainan City Xingda Offshore Fishing Harbor, Qieding Dist., Kaohsiung City Freight Park, Kaohsiung International Airport, Kaohsiung City Environmental Science and Technology Park, Fenglin Township, Hualien County Non-Toxic Agriculture Park, Shoufeng Township, Hualien County 3. Cultural and Educational Facilities Central Film Studio (China Film Studio), Beitou Dist., Taipei City Bunun Cultural Museum, Renai Township, Nantou County Buffalo Park Yidu Performance Building, Taibao City, Chiayi County National Palace Museum Southern Branch, Taibao City, Chiayi County Cultural and Creative Industry Market, Hengchun Township, Pingtung County Aboriginal Cultural Industry Promotion Center, Guangfu Township, Hualien County Aboriginal Cultural Guildhall, Hualien City, Hualien County Xiushan Branch of Sanhe Elementary School, Taimali Township, Taitung County Huayuan Branch of Sanhe Elementary School, Taimali Township, Taitung County Leshan Branch of Hot Spring Elementary School, Beinan Township, Taitung County Shangde Branch of Taiyuan Elementary School, Donghe Township, Taitung County Nanxi Branch of Zhangyuan Elementary School, Changbin Township, Taitung County 4. Sports Facilities Datsun Swimming Pool, Dacun Township, Changhua County Public Swimming Pool, Taixi Township, Yunlin County Public Swimming Pool, Sihu Township, Yunlin County Public Swimming Pool, Huwei Township, Yunlin County Public Swimming Pool, Jiali Dist., Tainan City First, Third and Fourth Floors of Healthy Life Fitness Centre, Southern Taiwan Science Park, Tainan City Public Swimming Pool, Ludao Township, Taitung County 5. Social Welfare and Activity Centers Qingfu Elderly Leisure Activity Center, Dongshi Dist., Taichung City Kezikeng Public Housing, Zhushan Township, Nantou County Elderly Long-Term Care Center, Kanding Township, Pingtung County Fifth Public Cemetery Crematorium, Toucheng Township, Yilan County Taitung Nursing Home, Ministry of the Interior Eastern Region Senior Citizen’s Home, Ludao Township, Taitung County 6. Industry Retail and Outlet Centers Chien-Cheng Circle (Taipei Circle), Taipei City Northern Exhibition Hall, Dayuan Dist., Taoyuan City Waipu Fishing Port Recreational Fishery Center, Houlong Township, Miaoli County Chung Hua Town: Shopping Mall (Former Taiwan Sugar Corporation), East Dist., Taichung City Boziliao Fishing Harbor Products Outlet Center, Sihu Township, Yunlin County Hai’an Road Underground Street, Tainan City Lanyu Handcraft Exhibition and Sales Center, Lanyu Township, Taitung County Lanyu Farming Resources Supply Center, Lanyu Township, Taitung County 7. Office Buildings Former Zhongzheng First Precinct, Taipei City Police Department, Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City Qingcun Cadre Training Center of Ministry of Defense, Zhongshan Dist., Taipei City Zhuwei Beach Park Administration Center, Dayuan Township, Taoyuan City Shuiwei Beach Park Adminstration Office Building, Houlong Township, Miaoli County Tianxiang Wenshan Hotel, Siolin Township, Hualien County Fenglin Summary Court, Fenglin Township, Hualien County Taitung Sericulture Improvement Workshop, Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Taiwan Provincial Government 8. Markets Central and the Fifth Public Business Market (Zhongli Central Consumer Market), Zhongli City, Taoyuan City Third Floor of Chu-Lien Public Retail Market, Hsinchu City First Public Market, Dali Dist., Taichung City Second Floor, Public Retail Market, Wuri Dist., Taichung City Second Floor of Public Retail Market, Shengang Dist., Taichung City Fourth Floor of First Public Retail Market, Fengyuan Dist., Taichung City Second Floor Food Court of First Public Retail Market, Lukang Township, Changhua County Second to Third Floor, First Public Retail Market, Xihu Township, Changhua County Eriun Public Retail Market, Erlun Township, Yunlin County Youche Public Retail Market, Eriun Township, Yunlin County Public Retail Market, Shuilin Township, Yunlin County First Public Retail Market, Beigang Township, Yunlin County Public Retail Market, Taixi Township, Yunlin County Niucuo Public Retail Market, Taixi Township, Yunlin County Lunfeng Public Retail Market, Taixi Township, Yunlin County Sixth Naphtha Cracker North Embankment Fish Wholesale Market and Retail Center, Mailiao Township, Yunlin County Retail Market, Dapu Township, Chiayi County Second to Fourth Floor, Third Public Retail Market, Madou Dist., Tainan City Anping Tourist Fish Market, Tainan City Jiangjun Fishery Harbor Tourist Fish Market Fish Stocks Retailing Center, Jiangjun Township, Tainan County Guanting Public Retail Market, Neimen Dist., Kaohsiung City Tourist Fish Market, Qianzhen Dist., Kaohsiung City Second and Third Floor of Template Public Retail Market, Yancheng Dist., Kaohsiung City Xingda Harbor Area Public Market, Qieding Dist., Kaohsiung County Public Production Oolong Public Retail Market, Xinyuan Township, Pingtung County Second Floor of Public Retail Market, Dongshan Township, Yilan County 9. Construction Facilities Waste Composting Demonstration Factory, Waipu Dist., Taichung City Landfill Site, Houli Dist., Taichung City Linnei Waste Incineration Plant, Linnei Township, Yunlin County Elevated Water Tower and Reservoir Pool, Liuying Technology and Environment Industrial Park, Liuying Dist., Tainan City Incineration Plant, Liuqiu Township, Pingtung County Hualien Renewable Fuel Demonstration Plant, Fengbin Township, Hualien County Waste Incineration Plant, Taitung City, Taitung County Wang Jiang Bridge, Wangan Township, Penghu County 10. Tourism and Recreational Facilities Keelung Islet Visitor Center, Keelung City Dayuan Coastal Recreation Area Visitor Center, Dayuan Dist., Taoyuan City Daan Seaside Resort, Da’an Dist., Taichung City Children’s Activity Center, Aofengshan Park, Qingshui Dist., Taichung City Ecological Leisure Park, Lukang Township, Changhua County San Tiao Lun Beach Park, Sihu Township, Yunlin County KunXi Bay Cultural Zone Tourist Center (Gold Coast Boathouse), Tainan City Citongjiao Coastal Recreation Area, Fangshan Township, Pingtung County Urban and Rural Landscape Vision Center and the Heart of Huilan Solar City, Sixth Stage Re planning Dist., Hualien City Multifunctional Fishing Harbor Fishery Center (Formerly Bird Step Stone Shopping Plaza), Hualien City, Hualien County Shanyuan Miramar Resort, Beinan Township, Taitung County Pescadores Island Visitor Center, Xiyu Township, Penghu County Interview Mirage Project: Interview with YAO Jui-Chung CHENG Shao-Hong


	作者簡介 Yao, Jui-Chung 　　Born in 1969. Lives and works in Taipei. He graduated from The National Institute of The Arts (Taipei National University of the Arts) with a degree in Art Theory. His works have been widely exhibited in numerous international exhibitions. In 1997, he represented Taiwan in “Facing Faces-Taiwan” at the Venice Biennale. After that, he took part in the International Triennale of Contemporary Art Yokohama (2005), APT6 (2009), Taipei biennial (2010), Shanghai Biennale (2012), Beijing Photo Biennale (2013), Shenzhen Sculpture Biennale (2014), Venice Architecture Biennale, Media City Seoul Biennale (2014), Asia Triennial Manchester (2014), Asia Biennale (2015) and Sydney Biennale (2016). YAO is the winner of The Multitude Art Prize in 2013 and 2014 Asia pacific Art Prize. YAO specializes in photography, installation, and painting. The themes of his works are varied, but most importantly they all examine the absurdity of the human condition. Now, YAO Jui-Chung is currently workings as an artist and teacher at the National Taiwan Normal University Department of Fine Arts. www.yaojuichung.com LSD (Lost Society Document) 　　LSD is a group made up of students from Taipei National University of the Arts and National Taiwan Normal University. In the beginning of the semester in 2010, YAO Jui-Chung asked the students about their expectations for this class whether to follow the normal class format or to investigate the “mosquito hall”. The students decided to do field studies. They identified 147 cases in six months and compiled the book Mirage I: Disused Public Property in Taiwan, which outlined the absurd situation in Taiwanese society and embodied the fact that “misguided policy is worse than corruption.” Meanwhile, this artistic action took a part of the 2010 Taipei Biennial Movement Project. It was widely reported by the media, and attracted a high level of attention from the government. It even prompted a call from the Vice President and a visit from the Premier of the Executive Yuan. After the meeting, YAO & LSD have constantly been working on the project and published Mirage almost every year: Mirage I (2010), Mirage II (2011), Mirage III (2013), Mirage IV (2014), Mirage V (2016) and Mirage (English version, 2016). The numbers of LSD members have increased to over 200 students and growing. The students’ art action was like a stone thrown into a pond, using artistic methods to hold up a social issue to scrutiny and engage the awareness of the people in regards to that issue. 　　www.yaojuichung.com/htdocs/?page=lsd