Hsu Chia Wei

Hsu Chia Wei, born 1983 in Taichung, Taiwan. Lives and works in Taipei, Taiwan.

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Ruins of the Intelligence Bureau
(FRA 2015, 4K, 13’30’’, Chinese)
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After its defeat in the Chinese Civil War, a unit of the Kuomintang troops fled to Thailand in circa 1950. Like stateless persons, the soldiers settle in the Thai village of Huai Mo, which would become a base of the American CIA during the Cold War.

Chia Wei Hsu, Ruins of the Intelligence Bureau, FRA 2015, 13’30’’. Courtesy of the artist
Chia Wei Hsu, Ruins of the Intelligence Bureau, FRA 2015, 13’30’’. Courtesy of the artist