In 2022, the Former Japanese Navy Fongshan Communication Center began to undertake a large-scale renovation. The monument is also an important habitat of the almost extinct endemic introduced species “Debtorfly”.

The Nationalist navy retreated to Taiwan in 1949 after its failures in the Chinese Civil War. Disputes and conflicts arose frequently from the four factions in the navy, among which there had been nearly hundred naval vessels mutinied and surrendered to the enemy in merely one year. In the 1950s, under the rallying cry of “one family everywhere,” the navy mounted a massive purge in itself, during which lots of soldiers were brought to the wireless communications station and never came back.After the cummnication enter was designated as a national monument in 2010 and reopened to the public, its previous role as a restricted military base unintentionally created an undisturbed habitat for this species of butterfly to thrive.

To investigate Debtorfly and its biouniqueness, this project will accumulate regional negative equity and propose to construct a “Debtorfly Ehco Story Museum” in the communication center. The museum is expected to transform the collective karma on this land into energy for regional revitalization through efforts on the conservation of the endemic species, the care for human rights, and the development of creative industries.

▍Date： 2024/12/28 (Sat.) 19:30-20:20
Duration: approx. 50 mins, with no intermission.

▍Venue： C-LAB Art Space I, Gray Box

▍Admission Info： Free Admission via Online Registration