Exhibition
展覽
Not Chinese Taipei
可以不中華嗎？
Aug 23 - Aug 24
8月23日 - 8月24日
12:00pm - 6:00pm
About the Program
Baseball, once an Olympic sport, is immensely popular in North America, Latin America, and East Asia. The World Baseball Classic (WBC) even gathers top teams from five continents. But have you ever wondered why some teams can’t choose their own name? Beyond athletic performance, what else defines a team?
This exhibition explores these questions through the stories of the iconic Vancouver Asahi in Canada and Taiwan’s historic Kano baseball team, examining how ethnicity has shaped Major League Baseball (MLB). It asks: what does team and player identity mean to a nation’s people? And are we truly aware of the historical ties across diverse ethnic backgrounds in sports?
By tracing the evolution of baseball in Taiwan—including the vital contributions of Indigenous players—and unpacking the political complexities behind “Chinese Taipei” versus “Team Taiwan,” the exhibition invites audiences to reflect: does “Chinese Taipei” truly represent Taiwanese athletes? While sports celebrate pride and glory, do they sometimes also reinforce misrepresentation?
*Exhibition curated by Unu (Atayal, Amis) and Gordon Low
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TAIWANfest Toronto is grateful to be held on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of many nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples, that is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. We acknowledge our privilege to be gathered here, and commit to work with and be respectful to the Indigenous peoples of this land while we engage in meaningful conversations of culture and reconciliation.