#wedding proposal in taipei

[princess-of-purple-prose]

[ID copied from alt: A digital comics for Omniscient reader's viewpoint done in black, white and yellow. A serene scene of Yoo Joonghyuk and Lee Seolhwa patrolling the city bathed in sun's light. It seems foggy and unstable, as if an illusion or a memory. Lee Seolhwa is glancing at stoic Yoo Joonghyuk, content with just being around.

A sudden explosion interrupts their patrol, and Yoo Joonghyuk in a rush grabs Lee Seolhwa by hand to run away.

It is only after they are safe that he notices and reluctantly lets go, apologizing. Lee Seolhwa is smiling, grabbing his hand herself instead: "Let's keep walking like that". A corner if the page is burned, leaving uneven edge.

A burned page again, but a new scene: Lee Seolhwa is talking to a patient she's treating, telling them that she will accompany them in chinese. Yoo Joonghyuk is intrigued.

He comes over when Lee Seolhwa is done, crouching near her. Yoo Joonghyuk: "When did you pick up a translator skill?" Lee Seolhwa: "I just know the language". She is smiling brightly at his curiosity.

Lee Seolhwa continues: "My mother was taiwanese. She always had stories about Taipei. I guess i just wanted to feel closer to her?". Behind her is her own memory, of a mother in a hospital bed smiling at her, petting her head. She keeps talking, and Yoo Joonghyuk watches her with the same loving eyes her mother did.

Lee Seolhwa, filled with emotions, asks him if he has any childhood memories to share, but Yoo Joonghyuk doesn't answer long enough to make her worry. He looks calm, if a bit sad in a bitter sweet way. Yoo Joonghyuk: "I... Don't remember much about my childhood. Or anything at all, if i'm being honest? But..."

Behind them, night falls, golden stars appear on the sky. Yoo Joonghyuk continues: "I remember Mia. She was so tiny... I wanted to raise her right... So i worked a lot to afford everything she could ever need." Lee Seolhwa carefully asks him, if that's it, and he says, that it is all.But then asks her to tell more of her own stories, to which she obliges. Burned edges of the page almost hide her.

Burned corner leaves Yoo Joonghyuk faceless in the first frame, while Lee Seolhwa is looking at him lovingly. They are laying near the campfire, bathed in it's warm light. Lee Seolhwa is the one to propose: "Let's get married". Yoo Joonghyuk stutters, turning to her, asking if she's serious, to which she replies "Wouldn't joke about something like that".

Yoo Joonghyk kisses smiling Lee Seolhwa, in the background Lee Jihye is seemingly fighting Kim Namwoon for the chance to play some part at their wedding. To the side is Lee Hyunsung, he is smiling brightly. All the edges of the page a burned, almost cutting off Lee Seolhwa's and Yoo Joonghyuk's legs.

Some time passes again, and it seems to be peaceful. There are golden rings on both of their hands. They are attempting felting. Lee Seolhwa: "Don't worry, i'm sure you'll do great. I learned felting before the scenarios.." Yoo Joonghyuk looks the most relaxed he has ever being, wearing something other than his usual clothes, with yellow felt in hands and Mia hanging on his shoulder: "Were you good?" Lee Seolhwa: "...Not really". He snickers, while Mia is asking them for a duck.

The results are uneven: Lee Seolhwa's could look better, lopsided and flat, while Yoo Joonghyuk's, unsurprisingly, looks great. Lee Seolhwa is somewhat annoyed at grinning Yoo Joonghyuk calling her duck cute. Mia is just excited to have two ducks, she is asking Lee Seolhwa to make them into keychains. The atmosphere is so light and warm. And yet the edges are burned once again."

A shot from the back. They are walking through the city, Mia holding hands with Lee Seolhwa and Yoo Joonghyuk behind them. two ducks are hanging from Mia's backpack. Burned edges conceal Lee Seolhwa's body and parts of Yoo Joonghyuk's head, leaving Mia untouched. The background is unreadable, just a yellow glow.

A front view, now with their faces visible. Yellow light is slowly turning orange. Everyone looks happy, especially Yoo Joonghyuk. Burned edges occupy even more space now.

Lee Seolhwa pasues, looking back at Yoo Joonghyuk: "Too mesmerised to move?". He agrees. She is moving in to caress his cheek, a golden ring visible in the light that is slowly turning more orange. Burned edges still there, eating at the pages.'

The page consists of two different, half burned pages. The upper one is Yoo Joonghyuk leaning in the touch, bathed in the warm orange light, as calm as ever. The lower, the pne which edge seems to already burned to ashes, is Yoo Joonghyuk from turn 1863. He is covered in scars, and the hand on his cheek is not Lee Seolhwa's but Kim Dokja's. Behind him, the light is almost red.

The page is burned to crisp. On the bright red background, Yoo Joonghyuk is standing motionlessly, endlessly tired and covered in scars. In front of him Kim Dokja is arguing with older Lee Jihye, he is holding his shoulder, while Lee Jihye is pointing at him.

'The burned edges on the bright red background are eating at Yoo Joonghyuk, his lower body already burned. Kim Dokja is holding him by the shoulders. "Think of happy memories". Yoo Joonghyuk is slumped forwards, his face hidden.

Two tiny figures on a red background. It's Kim Dokja huggin motionless, unresponsive Yoo Joonghyuk. End ID]

I never meant to feel so dark and cold

@leejihye is back to sponsoring my alive time by commissioning me!!

the outline that makes the heart ache is by @leeseolhwa and the headcanons are from @directorofthefalselastact ! team effort indeed :3

[absolutebl]

BL in Taiwan & Gay Marriage 

The Taiwanese BL industry casually flexing Taiwan’s marriage equality muscles. 

Taiwan is the only country in Asia where same sex marriage is legal. 

Taiwanese BL would like you to know about it. And so would I, frankly. So here’s a chronicling of them flexing these well deserved (and hard earned) muscles. 

History 2: Right or Wrong (2017) flexed first. At the time the courts had just put into effect that same sex marriages would be legal in two years, so the main characters plan to marry in two years. Then there is a flash forward scene of the two of them wearing wedding rings. This is the first example of two gay characters being legally married in an Asian BL drama. 

Predictive flexing. 

HIStory 3: Make Our Days Count (2019) the bridge proposal.

Craving You (2020) is half about a gay wedding and that wedding is depicted in the last episode. 

We Best Love (2021) Flexes in season one and two, including an engagement. 

History 4: Close to You (2021) has two couples flex in sequence and depicted the couple who got engaged in HIStory 3 getting married. 

Papa & Daddy (2021) is much less BL and tunnels into being gay in Taiwan (rose tinted spectacles, of course). It showcases Pride* but also how the power of legalization and positive coverage by the mainstream media can broaden minds and guide culture from tolerance to acceptance. Legalization isn’t just so people have the same basic human rights and social protections, it’s so that non-queers realize that marriage equality is humane, decent, and good. 

Be Loved In House: I Do (2021) a pretty near pitch perfect ultra soft BL that had the side dishes get engaged and it was so cute. 

Love Is Science? (2021) ground breaking het romance where the main couple ends up sort of engaged but it’s the BL side couple who get the ultra romantic proposal in the end. Brilliant! Mark & OuWen will live on forever as my favorite disaster bi + confident gay pairing. 

Plus and Minus (2022) from the same people who brought us BLIHID another soft sweet romance, this time divorce lawyer friends-to-lovers who end up getting married in the final episode. Also shows the wedding night (special ep 13) and a gay couple suing for divorce. 

Meanwhile, in Vietnam... 

Mr Cinderella (2022) 

Thailand 

Actually I believe that this (in 2016′s Grey Rainbow) in the first depiction of a gay marriage in a BL - if you think of this show as BL.  

2020′s TharnType 2 

And Japan

Cherry Magic movie, 2022 

ALSO Korea 2022 gave us, I think, their first depiction of gay marriage in any Kdrama at all in Cherry Blossoms After Winter. 

*** Quick note about Papa & Daddy’s Taipei Pride footage because I think it’s super important: 

Taipei 2020 - March for the World

in 2020 Taiwan’s Pride in Taipei was called March for the World. Why? Because initially Taiwan managed to control C19 better than any other country, they were the only place able to hold pride safely, so they did it for all of us. 

I don’t feel like they got enough recognition for this. 

(source)

[shireenseno]

To Pick a Flower 2021, 17 min, color/B&W, HD Exhibited as part of the group exhibition “Hold the Mirror up to His Gaze: the Early History of Photography in Taiwan (1869-1949)” 2021.03.25 - 08.01 Taipei National Center of Photography and Images Curated by Hongjohn Lin Organized by National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, National Center of Photography and Images 

Exhibiting Artist(s): Photographer (Photo Studio): St. Julian Hugh Edwards John Thomosn Lai Afong George Uvedale Price Endō Photo Studios Zhudong Photo Studio Shih Chiang (Erwo Photo Studio) Lin Cao (Lin Photo Studio) Chang Chao-Mu (Chang Photo Studio) Wu Jin-Miao (Jin-Miao Photo Studio) Lin Shou-Yi (Lin Photo Studio) Wu Chi-Jhang (Mingliang Photo Studio) Huang Yu-Jhu (Guanghua Photo Studio) Long Chin-San Peng Ruei-Lin (Apollo Photo Studio) Deng Nan-Guang Chang Tsai Lee Ming-Tiao

Artistic Research: Shireen SENO Gao Jun-Honn Chang Chien-Chi Tsao Liang-Pin Liang Ting-Yu ZHUANG Wu-Bin Chen Fei-hao Chen Chin-pao Nowhere Island Journal

To Pick a Flower

My mother used to tell me that our dining table was as old as I am. I wonder how old the tree was when it was cut down and turned into our table. I am fascinated by such processes of transmutation from the natural world to the human realm, and how a tree takes on new lives long after it has been cut down.

I would like to propose a video essay incorporating archival photographs from the American Colonial Era in the Philippines (1898–1946), exploring the sticky relationship between humans and nature and its entanglements with empire.

During my research, I came across a photograph of a young bride posing for an outdoor portrait, but in place of a groom there was a potted plant. An air of uncertainty abounds. Could it be that her groom is running late or has failed to show up? Is she hesitant to enter into marriage with him, or at all? Or perhaps she is just so uncomfortable and just can’t wait for this photograph to be taken? I imagine it was very hot at the time, and here she is under the sun in a heavy, tight-waisted wedding dress.

Later on, I found a similar photograph of another woman posing outdoors next to a potted plant. I’m not sure if she is a bride, but she is wearing formal attire. This time, the woman is not looking at the camera. She is slightly turned to the side, and her gaze is downward to the dirt road at her feet. Her face is not very clear, but she appears to be in some discomfort. Her left-hand rests on the leaves of the small potted plant at her side, which is almost like a pet or a companion, definitely an object of comfort to her.

There’s a tension to image-making that makes it so interesting—to keep moments of life with you, but in doing so, perhaps you also take something away from them. As a friend once said to me, it’s kind of like picking a flower: it’s beautiful and you want to take it, but you’re killing it at the same time. The camera enables us to straddle that fine line between life and death.

Taking plants and trees as a starting point, this work aims to explore the roots and growth of photography and capitalism in the Philippines.

Exhibition overview

“Hold the Mirror up to His Gaze: the Early History of Photography in Taiwan (1869-1949)” examines the power relations of photographic techniques, colonial experience, and modernity. It explores the context of photography prior to the middle of the 20th century in Taiwan. The exhibition features 600 precious images from the National Center of Photography and Images, also combining nine different artistic research projects, to act as a supplement or something like a footnote to the content. This acts serve as supplements to the exhibited photographs. In terms of display, it is presented in the form of Aby Warburg's Atlas Mnemosyne. Through the juxtaposition of montages, the state of high-density compression of a century’s Taiwanese photography is presented. The highly compressed diachronic structure attempts to emerge the possibility of the "hauntology" of the image. This allows us to reevaluate artistic techniques in terms of their politics, culture, and social history in the global scale. Both on implicit and explicit, a glimpse for the image of Taiwan appears in form of writings of light.

“Hold the Mirror Up to His Gaze” has commissioned 9 artistic research projects to intervene in the exhibition, where they act as supplements. These supplements function like footnotes, branching out as addenda to the exhibition. The nature of art research is its non-replicability. It must emphasize the integration of exhibition, research, and heuristic processes, in addition to the epistemology that is born within. Each invited artist has proposed a specific theme by which to intervene into the exhibition and form open-ended discourses.

More: https://ncpiexhibition.ntmofa.gov.tw/en/Exhibition/SubtopicDetail/21040211465485203?expoId=21011911215622632

[ctl-yuejie]

a small something for @florbexter: thank you for writing fic to cheer everyone up and being lovely in general! enjoy!

Not putting a pin into tying the knot (I’m sorry, I see myself out)

Andy has been silent for quite a bit now, eyebrows drawing more and more together. It doesn’t take one of the best detectives of Taipei to know that something’s up.

Finally, Andy flicks Shaofei’s lapel, manicured nails only slightly grazing the material as if it offended him personally. Which it obviously has.

Shaofei realizes that he’s pouting by now, something that usually works on Tangyi but he’s dealing with Andy who sadly has only eyes for the suits he’s currently trying on so his best effort in deliberately deepening his sad expression is in vain.

But really, he’s mostly irritated with himself because Andy is just acting as expected.

Getting Andy to help him choose a suit was his idea, going to Tangyi’s tailoring business to get one was so as well, going to a wedding that requires some form of formal dress – he really should have thought about that when he proposed to his boyfriend.

“This. Is not the suit for you.” 

Shaofei manages to zone out thinking about Tangyi just in time before Andy goes into a detailed rant about just how the fabric is wrong for the occasion. _______________________________________________________________________

It had been a spur of a moment thing, really.

Exhausted from work and the new responsibilities that came with taking on the position of acting chief of his department he had immediately relaxed when he returned home, the house like a beacon in the summer night, the smell of cooking hitting him as soon as he had entered through the door. Leaving his shoes messily at the entrance he had hurried towards the living room to watch Tangyi plate up an arrangement of spicy dishes.

“Welcome back.” That simple greeting had been it.

Shaofei still remembers the warm feeling that had went through his body when Tangyi looked up at him expectantly, crooking an eyebrow teasingly as he’d just stood there mesmerized.

Really unfair how his boyfriend just looked so perfectly serene, when each of his actions conveyed so much fondness that Shaofei wasn’t sure how to deal with it. He really needed to find an outlet for all these feelings.

Shaofei had dropped his bag right there and jumped Tangyi from behind to hug him, effectively hindering him from finishing preparing dinner.

“I’m home” he had mouthed against Tangyi’s neck, smiling when he felt him shiver in turn.

“If you don’t let me go we can’t eat. You seem exhausted Ah-Fei.”

Really Tangyi was pushing it with how perfect he was and how ridiculously attracted Shaofei was to all of him. So he really shouldn’t be blamed for blurting out a “Let me marry you.” right then and there.

Tangyi’s hands that had softly caressed his arms around his waist had stilled, and it seemed to take him a lot of effort to turn in Shaofei’s grasp to look at him.

“What?” His voice had been worryingly horse and shaky.

Instead of answering Shaofei just made noises of protest when Tangyi had tried to entangle himself.

“What....you just.....”

“I said, let me marry you.” Shaofei had grumbled, trying to get back into the embrace.

They had been at a stalemate for a moment. Shaofei had been convinced that this was the right course of action: obviously a proposal was the only possible outlet for all the feelings he had for Tangyi. The thought that Tangyi was standing frozen against his chest because he might not think of himself as worthy enough to get proposed to was horrible enough to make him cling onto him with even more conviction. 

It had been a heartbreaking minute until he could feel Tangyi go lax in his grip so he finally allowed him to turn around. The worry must have been obvious on his face since Tangyi tried to smile despite the tears running down his cheeks. 

They had stood like that until the grumbling of Shaofei’s stomach had finally coaxed a genuine laugh from Tangyi.

The little “I will” that followed had made their dinner just that more delicious. _______________________________________________________________________

The chime on the door brings him back to the present. Andy somehow has managed to put him in a new jacket and is about to put some pins into the fabric, shaking his head disapprovingly at the dazed face he must be making. Tangyi joins them in the back of the store, silently taking in the sight, before his hand softly holds onto Shaofei’s hip and he gets closer for a kiss. Andy wails in despair as Shaofei moves to comply, trying to get the pins in anyway.  

Tangyi steps back in time to not get a stray needle pinned into him, but his eyes never leave Shaofei.

“I really like this one.”

“Both of you shut up, this is definitely just the beginning, I don’t trust any of your choices. Come here so I can dress you both for your wedding so you at least have a reason to look at each other this mushily.”

Grinning, Shaofei goes for another kiss.

[treethymes]

Vive l’amour 愛情萬歲 (1994, dir. Tsai Ming-liang)

In the final shot of Vive, one not only sees, but also hears more than one needs to in order to “read” the image (the visual, rather than aural, metaphor is revealing). Here Tsai amplifies the hyperrealist effect by introducing sounds that would have made one feel uncomfortable in an isolated, private state, a sense that can only be heightened in the company of strangers sharing the auditorium of a cinema theater. Should I/we really be watching---and listening to---a woman cry for six minutes? (Of course, watching it for the first time, we don’t yet know how long she is going to cry, which can only make it seem longer---that is, slower.) Does she really have to cry for such an extended duration? Isn’t this a little excessive? Why won’t the film just move on?

As our minds ponder these questions to the soundtrack of Mei-mei’s sobbing, we are made acutely aware that we are watching a film, whose long-take image is staring back at us even as we gaze upon it; a film that elicits a corporeal response from us as we wriggle in our seats in a state of discomfort, wondering what the people around us are feeling, both emotionally and physically. We are trapped on both accounts: trapped in the diegetic world of inconsolable sobbing and trapped in an auditorium listening to these uncomfortable sounds alongside strangers. We wonder when all this crying will come to an end. We are tempted to check our watches in the dark. Time passes... very slowly.

In his discussion of the final shot of Vive, in which he contemplates a different set of questions from the ones I listed above, Richard Read suggests that “the film’s generosity lies in the time it accords to the slow development of such questions” (2000, 112). This temporal generosity makes possible both cognitive reflection and corporeal reaction. More crucially, it also allows silence to become, as in the case of John Cage’s music, “a composite of aleatory audience sound and... emptiness” (Margulies 1996, 50). In Vive’s final shot we hear the sound of silence and uncomfortable sounds of crying; we also react to the sound of our own shuffling in the seats and other sounds (people coughing, walking out) emanating from an auditorium that has been turned into a supersonic sensorium in which to experience a corporeal cinema.

Song Hwee Lim, Tsai Ming-liang and a Cinema of Slowness

Vive l’Amour was originally to be your first film. How did the form change from the initial idea, until several years later when it was finally made?

Back when Hsu Li-kong first approached me to make a feature film, my first idea was to make Vive l’Amour. I came up with the story of a woman who has an affair with a man she doesn’t know just before her wedding, but gets caught by her fiancé. I wanted to explore the life of yuppies in Taiwan and how they meet at parties and pubs. The term “yuppie” had only just started appearing in Taiwan, but it really described the lives of these wealthy, professional single people who began to emerge as a new social class. There were also a few films that tried to portray this new social group, like Edward Yang’s Confucian Confusion. So I started working on a script, and as I explored their world I decided that I really didn’t like them; there was something very artificial about their lives. So I gave up on that approach, but I still like the original story and one day I may yet go back to it. The focus of the story, however, was not on the characters but on an apartment building, which I thought I could develop, and eventually that aspect of the film became the current version of Vive l’Amour.

Later, because of my experience making such television movies as All Corners to the Sea and The Kid, I felt I was more closely in tune with adolescents and teenagers. I had spent a lot of time around the arcades and teenage hangouts in Taipei, so I had a handle on what their lives were like. So I proposed to Hsu Li-kong that I instead make a film about young people [which became Rebels of the Neon God].

Michael Berry, Speaking in Images: Interviews with Contemporary Chinese Filmmakers

[roxanne-tamayo]

5 Best Romantic Places to Propose Marriage in Taipei, Taiwan

5 Best Romantic Places to Propose Marriage in Taipei, Taiwan

Do you know any best romantic places to propose marriage in Taipei? Taiwan is a hot destination right now for travelers. It is one of the cheapest destinations, especially from the Philippines. It is the cheaper alternative of Japan and South Korea if you want to experience the cold weather during winter, spring and fall. As an individual who keeps on coming back to Taiwan. I come up with this…

[dreamingsushi]

Before we get married - Episode 10

I must say that I am very much in love with the introduction song.  The lyrics are really beautiful.  I don’t know.  Whenever I hear it, I can’t help but sing.  I actually bump head because I was singing it at work and ended up having stitches.  Hahaha.  What good music will make us do.

Anyways soooo here we go again!

So Weiwei just got to Shanghai to see mister Li Haoyi who is not happy at all to see his future wife.  He’s more preoccupied by his job.  I think he should just propose to his job and see if it’s going to make him happier that way.  He complains about having to work overtime and when she tells him she came because she just wanted to see him, he goes about how she should have told him earlier, so he could plan everything and take her to nice places.  Well I believe he would never have made the time to take anywhere anyways.  This guy has an obsession with planning.  Do you think he has a bullet journal?  It could seriously help him relax a whole lot.  I might suggest it to the writers if ever there is a spin off someday.  And then he just goes back to work like that, leaving Weiwei alone, without kissing her goodbye or smile to her.  What a jerk seriously.

So later, when she unpacks her luggage, she finds back a letter for Haoyi and then she opens it.  The content does not please her.  Can you guess what Scooter delivery boy did? Yup.  He increased the loan for the house.  When Weiwei tries to call him, he just tells her he has to go to KTV with his collegues and invites her over.  When she goes, it’s only to see him singing his arms around Maizi’s shoulders so she leaves without saying anything.  She gets drunk with wine (why do they always drink so much wine??) and calls Kefei to tell her everything but then the signal is bad and she falls asleep crying.

I must say that the whole KTV scene was so fake.  I mean, they didn’t even put the microphone pouf on top of it to protect it from germs.  And the pretending singing was poor.  I wish they were singing for real and they just took out the sound instead.  KTV is so much funnier than that...  Anyways.

Next morning, Haoyi comes back as if nothing happened, sees Weiwei sleeping on the ground, wakes her up but only to find a mad Weiwei.  They fight because of the mortgage increase.  Weiwei is upset that she had to find out about their mortgage being increased in that way, that if he wanted to change the plans he should first discuss it with her.  But then, he’s like it’s such a good opportunity, I can buy shares of Maizi’s company, I am a stockholder now blabla.  He doesn’t get the reason why he made her upset.  If he asked her, she probably would have said yes, with her character being what it is but... in that way it feels like he’s controlling her life and I understand her for being unhappy with that fact.  Soooo she FINALLY takes her ring off.  It was much more than about time.  He rants about her being difficult, she just lets him talk and when he sees she’s really leaving he’s “okay when I have vacation I’ll come back to Taipei and register the wedding with you�� and BAM!  Too late!  She doesn’t want it anymore.  He’s being dumped pretty seriously now.

Kefei arranges for Kehuan to go pick up Weiwei.  I guess she’s on Kehuan’s team.  Well he manages to make her smile before saying the worst thing, he didn’t mean bad, he just wanted to make her have a change of mind.  But oh well. She got to say everything that was on her heart and to cry her eyes out.  After that it’s going to be better for her, I am sure.  When he sends her home, he promises her to be there always whenever she needs her, but then she tells him she wants to be by herself.

She’s reminiscing her few good moments with Haoyi.  There weren’t really much now that you think of it.  Poor girl.

So she goes to the hospital to see Ziyuan and tell her that the wedding is cancelled.  Ziyuan is taken aback.  On her way out of her room, she meets with Kehuan.  That scene could have been the end of the drama, I would have been really pleased with it, it would have been beautiful.  She thanks him by hugging him and then just leaves like that.  When he asks her if they are still friends and that answers maybe...  Yep, I would have ended it right there. Because they could have been together or not, up to the viewers and really like that kind of ending.  But oh well, it’s not the end yet!

When Ziyuan gets discharged from the hospital, she meets with the wife of the Chairman of Guoxin - Kehuan’s company.  And that lady offers her a job at the company so Ziyuan could keep on chasing after Kehuan.  That old lady is really not helping her there, it’s really not doing her a favor... anyways, old ladies sometimes, you know...

So at the office, who shows up unexpected?  You got it. Ziyuan.  She has been affected to this team too.  What a nice coincidence! She forces them to sign the contract with Chairman Wang otherwise the project will be cancelled and they only have two months left to finish it.  Everybody seems concerned about Ziyuan being there, except for Weiwei. She’s such a good employee.  She’s already thinking about how they should meet the deadlines.

Later that night, Ziyuan goes to Kehuan’s office.  And once again, she says something that makes sense.  Why would she come to Guoxin?  Well because all her acquaintances are from Guoxin.  From being so many years together with Kehuan, devoting her life to him, for sure she doesn’t have any other friends.  She offers her help, but Kehuan refuses and asks her to keep her private life and work separate.  She actually just came to hand back the key to the house.  This time, I think it wasn’t necessary for Kehuan to hurt her that much.

Because of the short deadline, Kefei decides to move on faster with her plan to seduce Dawei, but when she hears that he ask the day off, she goes to his place and forces her way in with the concierge because she thinks something happens to him, but he just caught a cold.  In panic, Kefei calls Weiwei.  She comes help her take care of him and than leaves before Dawei realizes she came.

Looks like it worked out because the next day when Dawei comes back to work, he asks Weiwei and Kehuan if they have time on Saturday.  So they finally get to meet Chairman Dong.  He is a little bit reluctant to the project, but then Weiwei proposes to release the fishes he fished.  It convinces him to accept, on one condition : Dawei has to join the project.  Kehuan accepts without hesitating.  The only unhappy person is Dawei haha.

They celebrate at the apartment, drinking champagne.  Dawei is unhappy, he doesn’t want to work, and asks Weiwei to make Haoyi come back.  Just right then, he gives a call to Weiwei.  Three times.  She won’t pick and finally just turns off her phone before leaving to go buy some stuff, out of anger.

The episode ends just right there.  I feel more drama coming our way and I am excited for it.  I still think it could have ended at the hospital, but I am happy we can still share a few episodes more with the characters!  See you soon!

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Short tale�UThe source of Bitcoin Pizza Day time? An engineer spends 10,000 BTC to get pizza (current worth 3 billion)

Yesterday (20) the move of Bitcoin from an ancient address made many people wonder whether it had been the motion of Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto, but no real matter what the simple truth is, it is undeniable that Bitcoin has been attained since its delivery. It has been used and reliable by countless individuals, and for the encryption circle, it really is customary to possess some pizza to enjoy every Might 22! If you inquire a 19-year-old son who has just graduated from senior high school what Bitcoin is certainly today, he might be able to give a common but imaginative answer. After all, cryptocurrency is not any longer a new thing, but it will take enough time back again to 2010. Bitcoin The Genesis Prevent (Genesis Obstruct) has just turned one year old. Thousands of people are curious and skeptical about this virtual currency that can see amounts but cannot be touched. 2010.05.22 I believe that upon this day 10 years ago, nobody anticipated that Bitcoin and also the complete cryptocurrency ecosystem would reach today's height. ON, MAY 18 of that 12 months, Laszlo Hanyecz, a programmer, had a whim and released an article within the BitcoinTalk Forum, saying: I wish to pay out 10,000 bitcoins to get a big 2 huge pizza therefore i can conserve some for the next day. You may make your personal pizza and take it to my home or order a few to send out to my home, but my goal is to swap bitcoin for meals that I won't need to order myself. It is a bit like ordering a "breakfast platter" provider in a resort or other areas. Bring you food and happiness! He also made a choice of pizza tastes in this article and told anyone who's interested to contact him quickly. Oddly enough, the ��exchange of bitcoins for pizza�� isn't very popular until nowadays, but Jeremy Sturdivant (jercos), a young man who utilized to mine by himself, quickly responded to Hanyecz's proposal through IRC: On May 22, Hanyecz do indeed obtain two boxes of Papa John's pizza, and Sturdivant furthermore received 10,000 bitcoins a day later. -Source: Blockchain.com-10,000 bitcoins are usually about 41 U.S. bucks at the purchase price at that time, and now it really is equivalent to almost 3 billion Taiwan bucks! Immediately after, Sturdivant re-used these bitcoins for additional purposes and held them to this day. However, as Sturdivant expressed during an interview with the foreign mass media "BitcoinWhosWho", he believes that he is only a step of progress for the rely on of the overall Bitcoin community. Take a clear step: I feel that my function is not a key or irreplaceable function, but this is an important part of the introduction of Bitcoin. I am very happy to have the opportunity to take part and take action by myself! Indeed, this seemingly humble transaction is one of the far-reaching activities in the annals of cryptocurrency. This is the first physical deal involving cryptocurrency. The worthiness of Bitcoin depends on the believe in of nearly all users. Right from the start, the significance of both containers of pizza allowed the fledgling blockchain technologies to gradually establish a consensus in the future community ecosystem. The central bank celebrated together, but reminded that the chance of ��virtual currency�� is definitely higher. On Bitcoin Pizza Day time, the central bank also posted a note on Facebook to celebrate, and reminded the majority of cryptocurrency users to not forget to purchase cryptocurrency while enjoying delicious pizza The article takes the Bank of England's (BoE) economic education web page KnowledgeBank as an example to point that investing in cryptocurrency requires preparation for situations where the value of the expenditure will fluctuate sharply as well as drop to worthless. The Central Financial institution stated in the article that since 2013, it has been reminding with the FSC that Bitcoin is still a highly speculative virtual product. Therefore, it is necessary to think cautiously before buying crypto: Pizza could be eaten confidently, but you can think twice about buying virtual currencies such as Bitcoin!

Bitcoin 2020 Memorabilia The introduction of Bitcoin has inserted its eleventh calendar year. At the beginning of this calendar year, the Chicago Mercantile Trade (CME) officially released the Bitcoin choice, permitting cryptocurrency derivatives to steadily show up on the phase of traditional huge exchanges. Following the reward is certainly halved, data implies that the Bitcoin option market has fascinated institutional investors to get into, and the choice market will be bullish. Related subjects: Following the halving | CME Group's Bitcoin Option soars to at least one 1.2 billion in a single day trading volume, Fidelity: Institutional trader interest surges In March, all mankind offers experienced the highly contagious brand new crown virus (COVID-19) threat. With all the crash of the US stock market within the 12th, Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies also plummeted by 42% inside a few hours, making the start of the entire year bullish. Fortunately, when the epidemic stabilized as well as the halving was nearing, the price tag on Bitcoin gradually increased and broke the 10,000-point mark. This once again tested the importance of Bitcoin and traditional financial assets and its avoidance The feasibility of risky assets. Related topic: Bloodbath Day time! Bitcoin plummeted by 42%, hitting $3,700, and the marketplace panic index is nearing its peak The highly expected 4-season Bitcoin block incentive halving was furthermore completed on May 12 this season. The last prevent (obstruct 629,999) from the well-known mining pool F2Pool prior to the halving was created in The New York Situations The report entitled "NYTimes 09/Apr/2020 With $2.3T Shot, Fed's Plan Considerably Exceeds 2008 Rescue" on Apr 9th ??paid tribute to Satoshi Nakamoto's initial actions within the genesis block. Related topics: Nothing happened within the halving? Insiders: Absolutely nothing happened, it is "the best thing about Bitcoin"! The third Bitcoin Pizza Day time! Overall, it's the 10th wedding anniversary of Bitcoin Pizza Time. This time, Bitcoin News utilizes remote zoom connections across Taiwan and a little LiveShow live party with a limit. It will require you to improve the Pizza in your hands and present you a different Pizza party! Binance What's more exciting is the fact that to be able to commemorate this historical day, we've found typically the most popular cryptocurrency products in the home and abroad and cooperated with Taiwan's market to hold the first "Bitcoin Commemorative Investing Auction" in Taiwan. Let's attempt together to create Bitcoin transactions a regular advent. ??Live program reside Pizza Party (limited to 30 people for epidemic avoidance) ticket buy link ??Super auction! A lot more than 15 super crazy "bidding products" are looking forward to you, each worth a lot more than $300 Basic Information �lTime�U5/22 (Fri) 19:00 Live broadcast starts �lArea�U Facebook Enthusiast Band of Bitcoin News �lLiveShow party location�ULearn Bar No.253, Section 2, Xinyi Street, Taipei Town (Thanks to Prevent2 for particular sponsorship) �lSpecial preparations�UPlease analysis the bidding items you want and prepare BTC before the event! Activity process 1800-1830 | Live broadcast preview, LiveShow live party admission 1830-1850 | Host on-line opening 1850-1910 | Bitcoin "YOU NEED TO Know Little Knowledge" Short Talk 1910-1930 | "Remote Pizza" across Taiwan to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the initial transaction 1930-| Bitcoin 10th Wedding anniversary "Super Public sale" officially started

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[crystalkung]

Here’s a commission I did recently. Mila and Yesky are the couple that from Poland and Taiwan. They’re getting married this year, so Yesky came to ask me if i can draw their love story, which is his surprise and wedding gift to Mila. They don’t want wedding photos, so Yesky hopes these illustrations can be another way to keep their memories. 

I’m being in a tough distance and cross culture relationship just like they did before, so I could totally feel how precious their love is. It’s really hard for cross culture couples especially in distance relationship to meet the happy ending, I feel happy to them, so i took the request.

The story is from the first time they met at the 2013 New Years Eve in Taipei to Yesky proposed to Mila in front of the mountain in North Pole. They experienced distance relationship two times, met each other’s families and finally got the chance to live together in these three years. 

Congrats Yesky and Mila!!!!! Wish your love last forever!!!!!

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Dreamy Long Beach Wedding at The Ebell Club

When I see the lovely Valentina Glidden pop up on our submissions page, I know I’m in for a serious dose of pretty. Today’s Long Beach fete at The Ebell Club is no exception, especially with XOXO Weddings at the planning helm. The Bride’s style will have you staring, the blooms by Milieu Florals will have you blushing and the venue will sweep you off your feet—what’s your favorite detail?

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  From Valentina Glidden… Rosalyn and Jeremiah met in May 2015. They spent the first few months apart since Rosalyn was interning in Northern California whereas Jeremiah was working in Southern California. In those first few months, Jeremiah would often fly up north where they had a chance to get to spend time cycling around, eating, and talking for hours. Jeremiah really appreciated Rosalyn’s sense of humor and intelligence, and Rosalyn really liked how genuine and rooted Jeremiah was. By the time Rosalyn moved back down to Southern California in September, they were stitched together and spent as much time together as possible. By December they became engaged during a trip to their parents’ hometowns of Taipei/Seoul. Jeremiah proposed to Rosalyn in a private room at a restaurant on top of Yangmingshan (a mountain overlooking Taipei city). Rosalyn was very surprised, as she wasn’t expecting a proposal until a few months later.

In January after they returned to California, they decided to start wedding planning and to have a short engagement. They wanted to have the ceremony and reception in the same place, as well as to have great food and drink. They wanted traditional events in their wedding such as having father/daughter dance, but eschewed some things that they both didn’t see a need for (slideshow). They weren’t sure what to do the couple’s dance, but luckily their wedding coordinator Kaci did a great job teaching them how to do a dance just a week before the wedding. The venue also happened to have a grand piano, and Jeremiah put together a medley of some inside-joke songs to play during the reception.

Since both Rosalyn and Jeremiah have many friends and family who are talented in dancing, they wanted good music to get everyone in the mood to dance at the end of the night. Their DJ did a great job spinning and kept the dancing going for a long time. Multiple people asked the bride and the groom whether or not they were in dance crews in college, given all of the talented dancers who were at the wedding (they both weren’t!).

After the wedding, multiple guests informed them that they loved many different aspects of the wedding, ranging from the food to the beautiful venue. It was really gratifying for both Rosalyn and Jeremiah to see their groups of friends and family mix together and have so much fun hanging out together. In the end, Rosalyn and Jeremiah are very grateful to their excellent vendors and guests and for making this a truly memorable day.

Photography: Valentina Glidden | Floral Design: Milieu Florals | Wedding Dress: Martina Liana | Cake: Layer Cake Bakery | Bridesmaids' Dresses: Jenny Yoo | Hair and Make up: Make up by Sung | Wedding Venue: Ebell Long Beach | Linens: Orchid Party Rental | Men's Tuxes: Bonobos | Planning: XOXO Weddings

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Wonderful accounts of love pop up after Taiwan same-sex marriage ruling

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In a landmark development on Wednesday (May 24), Taiwan's top court issued a ruling that would pave the way for the island to become the first territory in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage.

10 of the top court's 14 judges voted to rule that marriage should not be restricted to a man and a woman. The island's government has two years to implement the ruling, failing which same sex marriages will automatically be allowed.

SEE ALSO: Taiwan becomes the first place in Asia to recognise same-sex marriage

The ruling saw couples in the country expressing their love for each other in various Instagram, Facebook and Dcard posts, with many hoping to get married after same-sex marriage has been made officially legal in the island.

.. .. - .. .. - .... @yangchinyu

A post shared by (@asugarx) on May 24, 2017 at 5:39am PDT

"I really didn't come to the wrong place," writes Cheung Ka-Ying, who moved to Taiwan with her partner three years ago. "I don't have a lot of friends here, but there's a lot people who identify as part of the LGBTQ community, or are allies, and my life has been freer than when I was in Hong Kong."

"Every time there was a pride parade, we'd find a way to attend, because we'd feel comfortable there," Cheung added. "It felt like I was at home, where you could really be yourself... So many people have faced so many problems, and so much unfairness, and even though marriage equality is now legal, I don't think [anti-marriage equality activists] will quietly accept so. But we've gotten the most basic protections... and now we'll use our actions to change people's views for the better."

Her partner also posted on Instagram:

- @asugarx - # # #

A post shared by (@yangchinyu) on May 24, 2017 at 7:47am PDT

"You'll be my wife in two years, and be my partner for life," Yang, Cheung's partner, wrote. "Well even though I'm going to marry you, you're still gonna have to think about how to propose to me."

# # #gay #

A post shared by (@wuweij1991) on May 24, 2017 at 4:19am PDT

"Congrats that marriage equality is going to be legal! If we marry, will you come to our wedding?" Wu Wei-jie writes.

To which people reply:

Image: Instagram

"Of course!" "Definitely, haha." "Wu Wei-jie, this is too awesome!"

Ting ##lesbian#

A post shared by (@leanhu) on May 24, 2017 at 4:02am PDT

"We'll get to be together, officially, after two years!" says Lean Hu. "I'm just waiting for Ting [Hu's partner] to propose to me!"

5/24#

A post shared by Donny (@donny.lin) on May 24, 2017 at 9:57am PDT

"Dearie, we'd get to marry soon! Marriage equality isn't a dream," writes Lin.

"After studying four and a half years of law, today's judgement from the Grand Justices remain my most unforgettable constitutional ruling," writes this couple, who have been together for 15 years and wed informally in 2011. "Even with the rain, we've seen rainbows tonight. Tomorrow is a better place, if we love, and continue believing in love."

Even more accounts of love flooded Dcard, an anonymous confessions portal similar to Whisper:

Image: Ng Yi SHu/Mashable

"I'm marrying you," writes this anonymous poster. "I was just worrying how I could get a green card to the U.S. so we could marry, but the ruling today made us both want to cry."

"I'll definitely propose in five years. You probably can't see this, but this is a promise to myself, and I'll bring this to you and tell you that I'd always wanted to marry you. Wait for me."

Image: Ng Yi Shu/Mashable

"We just graduated this year, and got into two different Masters' programs," said this poster. "We'll head into a long distance relationship [between Hsinchu and Taipei] in a month - and so we've been treasuring the time we spend together."

"Just so happened that the ruling came out today. It's like a new milestone, maybe we'll both be getting our Masters' degrees then. So I told [my partner]: 'When we graduate, please marry me!'" she adds.

Image: Ng Yi Shu/Mashable

"My mother congratulated me today," this anonymous user from Tunghai University said. "She told me there was something important, and showed me the news about the ruling... and she congratulated me."

"You can finally marry a wife," she quoted her mother as saying. "You can be with the woman you love, be together, legally, in this country... My daughter can put on her identity card the name of the person she loves."

"You have to be responsible, and take care of me and your wife," her mother added. "If I like your girlfriend, and if you're ready, I'll definitely hold a wedding for you! A big banquet where everyone is there."

"I just felt emotional when she said that," the user added. "But I'm single! Please introduce someone to me. Thank you mum. Oddly, you're happier than me over this."

Awwww!

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Annie and Aaron’s wedding at The Pearl

Annie and Aaron hosted their Bay Area wedding at The Pearl —a lofty, artistic space that they secured for their big day before the venue was even complete! The couple enlisted the talent of Olea & Fig Studio to design their perfect day by incorporating the bride’s modern taste and the groom’s quirky vibe. The result was a beautiful, minimal modern wedding, organic but not rustic, with several personal details designed by both Aaron & Annie. Amazing greens and florals everywhere were created by The Bloomery Co., stationery by Minted & Olea & Fig, a cake by Jasmine Rae Cakes was the epitome of the couple’s vibe and lucky for us they enlisted the genius of ART IS FOR LOVERS to capture it all!

From the Bride: We wanted something minimal but modern, organic but not rustic. After scouring through all the venues we could possibly find in San Francisco Bay Area, we fell in love with the Pearl right away even before the venue was completed and furnished. All decor, furniture and stationery were chosen and created based on the same aesthetic concept, and so are our attire and even cake design. We also picked herb names as table names ensuring that herbs were a cohesive theme through out our drink and dinner menu, along with the greenery focus floral design to echo the overall organic feel. And as we are both Taiwanese who have been studying and living in the States for almost 20 years now, we incorporated our Taiwanese roots in our desserts and late-night snacks with a new American dinner reception.

Wedding planning can be one of the most fun and rewarding projects you’ve ever done, especially when this is for you as a couple to tell YOUR story creatively! Do not be limited by the resources available to you or the categorized trends you see on publications.

We had SO MUCH FUN, every moment of it! Having a wonderful vendor team certainly gave my OCD self a completely stress-free wedding day, and one of the best days in my life!

Tell us about the gown and where/how you found it!

Annie’s everyday style is trendy, modern and minimal, which makes the dress searching process not so easy. She basically went to all the bridal shops she knew in San Francisco, and was not able to find a simple and elegant dress which also gives that wow factor, much needed for the grand and design-y venue. BoLee Bridal Couture was her very last stop in the Bay, and as desperate as she was, as soon as she put on Atelier Pronovias’ Emmett, she knew it was the one. The silk crepe created the perfect draping and contour while the detailed design of the back emphasized the bridal modern glamour.

What were some touches added to make the wedding personal? 

(The bride was the planner & calligrapher herself). Given that the bride and groom are both originally from Taiwan, the reception was new American – Asian fusion inspired cuisine followed by Taiwanese desserts and late-night snacks featuring their favorite snacks from their childhood. All the place cards, calligraphy menus, thank you bag, table names and mirror signage were hand written by the bride & the Olea & Fig Team the for that beautiful natural vibe. Given that the bride is an ex-fashion blogger and stylist, the seating chart was scripted and printed on pieces of muslin cloths to integrate that garment component. As the groom is a coffee enthusiast, for guest favor, he hand picked the coffee beans and experimented with different cheesecloth for filtering cold brew.

What was the most memorable part of the day?

The couple surprised everyone with their first dance. They started first with How Long Will I Love You by Ellie Goulding, then with the main song being Watch Me by Silento.

Tell us how you met and became engaged.

Annie met Aaron during her freshman year in collage when Aaron was a senior. They were introduced by a good friend at Aaron’s house party. Aaron asked Annie to be his girlfriend the following New Year’s Eve under the fireworks in Taipei, Taiwan. They were in three years of long distance relationship after college, and were finally both in the Bay Area in 2012.

On 12/19/15, Aaron took Annie on a day trip to Point Reyes supposedly to celebrate their 9-year anniversary together. As usual, Annie always brings her video camera along to record all the trips they took together, which perfectly captured Aaron’s surprise proposal at the intimate Cypress Tree Tunnel. They then spent the rest of the day enjoying their alone time and amazing seafood by the bay before heading back to family and friends to share the wonderful news and the hilarious video that captured the perfect surprise proposal moment.

Photography: ART IS FOR LOVERS // Event Designer & Planner: Olea & Fig Studio // Coordinator: Spreading Lovely // Flowers: The Bloomery Co. // Stationery: Minted & Olea & Fig // Venue: The Pearl // Hair and Makeup: Makeup by Quis // Dress Designer: Pronovias // Wedding Dress Boutique: BoLee Bridal Couture // Cake: Jasmine Rae Cakes // Caterer: LRE Catering // Videography: Cinematt Videography // Groom’s Attire: Indochino // Bridesmaids Dresses Designer Amsale // Shoe Designer Badgley Mischka // Rings: Cartier / Brilliant Earth // Rentals: Bright Event Rentals / Rion Design

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International Flower Festival FLORA| 20 – 29 October in Córdoba, Spain

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Córdoba, 25nd September 2017.- The city of Córdoba (Spain) will held from 20th to 29th October the first edition of the International Flower Festival, FLORA, a unique and remarkable event in Spain and in the world which will bring together the best international and national artists in this field to intervene –each of them with their exclusive and individual hallmark- in eight institutional patios in the city. Overall, eight spectacular and ephemeral floral installations will be created for the event and they just could be visited for free during those days.

In this way, FLORA, International Flower Festival presents an unprecedented cultural exchange between such a traditional space as the patios of Córdoba and such a contemporary and surprising art as the one of floral installations, a kind dialogue between tradition and innovation meant to become a must within the Spanish cultural agenda.

In this first edition, eight guest artists are participating: Alfie Lin (China), Flores Cosmos (Mexico), In Water Flowers (UK), Isabel Marías –under the artistic name of Elisabeth Blumen- (Spain), Loose Leaf (Australia), Natasha Lisitsa & Daniel Schultz (USA), Patrick Nadeau (France) and Tomas de Bruyne (Belgium).

Each of them will intervene in one of the eight institutional patios selected for the occasion: Palace of Orive, Posada del Potro, Archaeological Museum, Vimcorsa, Bullfighting Museum, Office of the Department of Tourism, Municipal Archives and Antonio Gala Foundation.

The patio assigned to each artist, the jury and other news will be revealed during the press conference to present the festival, which is going to be held in Córdoba on 28th September.

FLORA is also born to acknowledge the work of the best floral artist worldwide, an artistic universe still unknown for many people and lacking, until now, a prize of international importance. Three big prizes, awarded by an international jury and worth €60,000, €40,000 and €20.000 respectively, will place this festival, held in a city having such a close connection to the floral world as Córdoba, in the international sphere.

The characteristic festival prize is being designed by the prestigious Spanish jewellery brand Gold & Roses, widely linked to the art world and to locally and traditionally manufactured art .

Furthermore, the most renowned representative of the contemporary botanic drawing participated in the creation of the official poster: Katie Scott. The British illustrator prepared an exclusive floral composition from several common flowers in her book Botanicum (2016).

Once the artists have been selected, the countdown starts to enjoy FLORA, a festival born from the private initiative of Zizai Hotels, S.L. and co-organized by Córdoba City Hall, aimed to boost the city, i.e. having a positive impact on tourism, economy and art. The event also expects to involve the city itself, first of all, the general public and both local and international agents, bringing up Córdoba as a reference in the world scene of contemporary floral art.

Next autumn all culture enthusiasts will have a unique opportunity to discover an almost unprecedented art in Spain and a star appointment to be seduced by the incomparable charm and beauty of the patios of Córdoba.

BIOGRAPHIES OF THE EIGHT ARTISTS IN FLORA

Alfie Lin (China-Taiwan, 1973) For Alfie Lin, flowers not only afford beauty from a visual perspective, but also a profound emotional experience. Renowned in the floral art world for his marvellous work at Fuchun Resort in Hangzhou, he has also worked for labels such as Fendi, Dior, Loewe, Chanel, Louis Vuitton and Tiffany. One of his most highly internationally acclaimed pieces is Forest Bus, a bus that was turned into an authentic “mobile forest”, which managed to bedeck the streets of Taipei, literally and metaphorically, in Nature. In 1998 he created his business, CNFlower. He has been chosen as “Man of the Year” by GQ magazine China. http://www.cnflower.com.tw

Flores Cosmos Alberto Arango (City of México, Mexico, 1980) Ramiro Guerrero (Toluca, Mexico, 1979) Ten years ago, in Barcelona, they had a vision of returning to Mexico to make a radical change in their lives: opening a florist’s. At FLORA, having by now become a benchmark for floral art in Latin America, they return to Spain to bring a marvellous circle to a close, as they have asserted. Their signature style features experimentation in shapes, colours and materials. They work with flowers as they could with any other material: what they do is pure sensitivity, artistic vision and creative boldness. They dream of setting up a floral installation at the Sculpture Space in the UNAM, in the forest of Kyoto or on the moon.

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In Water Flowers Their intervention at the National Gallery in London in June 2016 showed thousands of people from around the world how far a floral installation can go: the only limits are the artist’s imagination and creativity. With more than 26,000 flowers (tulips, peonies, carnations, freesia, calla lilies and roses) they reproduced a small painting by Flemish painter Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder, turning it into a 35-square meter installation. Robert Hornsby, creative director of the firm founded in 1999 with Claire Garabedian, started out in the world of flowers driving a delivery van (quite often rearranging the flowers he was supposed to deliver). Today he is one of London’s boldest flower designers. http://www.inwaterflowers.co.uk

Isabel Marías (Elisabeth Blumen) (Madrid, Spain, 1978) She studied Fashion Design at the Escuela Superior de Diseño de Madrid and was fully devoted to fashion for several years, designing her own collection and working for designers such as Matthew Williamson, Juan Duyos and Sybilla. Yet she felt something was missing: flowers. She opened her first florist’s in 2010 and, under her signature Elisabeth Blumen line, currently works for labels and institutions such as Loewe, Balenciaga, Repsol, the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, the Sorolla Museum, MNCARS and Microsoft. She has been the creative director of LOEWE Flores since 2016. Her surprising colour combinations are part of her personal hallmark, which also features the concept of delicacy. www.elisabethblumen.com

Loose Leaf Wona Bae (Muahn, South Korea, 1976) Charlie Lawler (Hobart, Australia) When Wona and Charlie met in Germany – she was taking a Master’s course in floristry and he was working at the United Nations – the floral art world gained a pair of artists determined to introduce nature into our lives. Their “botanical design” studio, in a former warehouse in Melbourne, is a magical place for natural experimentation. Everything Loose Leaf creates is a result of observation of Nature. Beyond their famous “Monstera chandeliers”, those marvellous hanging installations of monsters and palm tree leaves that have made them so highly acclaimed, Charlie and Wona’s proposals always encourage us to reconnect with Nature. looseleafstore.com.au

Natasha Lisitsa & Daniel Schultz (Waterlily Pond) Colouristic, cheerful and with a taste for the stunning, Natasha Lisitsa and Daniel Schultz, a couple from the United States, have filled more than 1500 weddings and other events with flowers and have created floral installations at museums such as the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the de Young Museum. Their large-scale work is particularly impressive (some of their installations have weighed up to 1000 kg). Natasha, an engineer by training, contributes her knowledge of flowers in creating lively, intense stories (her style has been described as “exuberant ikebana”), while Daniel, an architect, is inspired by modern art and architecture to create new spaces and surprising structures. waterlilypond.com

Patrick Nadeau (La Rochelle, France, 1955) The work of this architect with a passion for plants and flowers falls under the label of “vegetal design”. He is also known for his teaching work, as research lecturer at the ESAD de Reims where he created the first vegetal design studio in an art school in Europe. His installations mix material from nature with artificial elements, endeavouring to introduce the natural element into our lives (he designs wonderful pots and stands for interior plants). Contemporary Art Foundation, Elle Déco, Hermès and Kenzo-Parfums are a few of his customers. He has been artistic director of the French firm, Laorus, since 2016.

http://www.patricknadeau.com

Tomas De Bruyne (Bruges, Belgium, 1970) Boasting a long list of awards in floral art competitions, he also participates as a panel member. In addition to his work as a floral artist, he is an outstanding instructor and has published important work in the world of flowers. In 2013, he created and patented his own variety of Gloriosa lily, or climbing lily: Gloriosa Tomas De Bruyne. For this reason, and because of how spectacular, though also delicate, his work typically is, he is one of the best-known floral artists on the international scene. http://www.tomasdebruyne.com

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International Flower Festival FLORA| 20 – 29 October in Córdoba, Spain

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Córdoba, 25nd September 2017.- The city of Córdoba (Spain) will held from 20th to 29th October the first edition of the International Flower Festival, FLORA, a unique and remarkable event in Spain and in the world which will bring together the best international and national artists in this field to intervene –each of them with their exclusive and individual hallmark- in eight institutional patios in the city. Overall, eight spectacular and ephemeral floral installations will be created for the event and they just could be visited for free during those days.

In this way, FLORA, International Flower Festival presents an unprecedented cultural exchange between such a traditional space as the patios of Córdoba and such a contemporary and surprising art as the one of floral installations, a kind dialogue between tradition and innovation meant to become a must within the Spanish cultural agenda.

In this first edition, eight guest artists are participating: Alfie Lin (China), Flores Cosmos (Mexico), In Water Flowers (UK), Isabel Marías –under the artistic name of Elisabeth Blumen- (Spain), Loose Leaf (Australia), Natasha Lisitsa & Daniel Schultz (USA), Patrick Nadeau (France) and Tomas de Bruyne (Belgium).

Each of them will intervene in one of the eight institutional patios selected for the occasion: Palace of Orive, Posada del Potro, Archaeological Museum, Vimcorsa, Bullfighting Museum, Office of the Department of Tourism, Municipal Archives and Antonio Gala Foundation.

The patio assigned to each artist, the jury and other news will be revealed during the press conference to present the festival, which is going to be held in Córdoba on 28th September.

FLORA is also born to acknowledge the work of the best floral artist worldwide, an artistic universe still unknown for many people and lacking, until now, a prize of international importance. Three big prizes, awarded by an international jury and worth €60,000, €40,000 and €20.000 respectively, will place this festival, held in a city having such a close connection to the floral world as Córdoba, in the international sphere.

The characteristic festival prize is being designed by the prestigious Spanish jewellery brand Gold & Roses, widely linked to the art world and to locally and traditionally manufactured art .

Furthermore, the most renowned representative of the contemporary botanic drawing participated in the creation of the official poster: Katie Scott. The British illustrator prepared an exclusive floral composition from several common flowers in her book Botanicum (2016).

Once the artists have been selected, the countdown starts to enjoy FLORA, a festival born from the private initiative of Zizai Hotels, S.L. and co-organized by Córdoba City Hall, aimed to boost the city, i.e. having a positive impact on tourism, economy and art. The event also expects to involve the city itself, first of all, the general public and both local and international agents, bringing up Córdoba as a reference in the world scene of contemporary floral art.

Next autumn all culture enthusiasts will have a unique opportunity to discover an almost unprecedented art in Spain and a star appointment to be seduced by the incomparable charm and beauty of the patios of Córdoba.

BIOGRAPHIES OF THE EIGHT ARTISTS IN FLORA

Alfie Lin (China-Taiwan, 1973) For Alfie Lin, flowers not only afford beauty from a visual perspective, but also a profound emotional experience. Renowned in the floral art world for his marvellous work at Fuchun Resort in Hangzhou, he has also worked for labels such as Fendi, Dior, Loewe, Chanel, Louis Vuitton and Tiffany. One of his most highly internationally acclaimed pieces is Forest Bus, a bus that was turned into an authentic “mobile forest”, which managed to bedeck the streets of Taipei, literally and metaphorically, in Nature. In 1998 he created his business, CNFlower. He has been chosen as “Man of the Year” by GQ magazine China. http://ift.tt/2ig9dXG

Flores Cosmos Alberto Arango (City of México, Mexico, 1980) Ramiro Guerrero (Toluca, Mexico, 1979) Ten years ago, in Barcelona, they had a vision of returning to Mexico to make a radical change in their lives: opening a florist’s. At FLORA, having by now become a benchmark for floral art in Latin America, they return to Spain to bring a marvellous circle to a close, as they have asserted. Their signature style features experimentation in shapes, colours and materials. They work with flowers as they could with any other material: what they do is pure sensitivity, artistic vision and creative boldness. They dream of setting up a floral installation at the Sculpture Space in the UNAM, in the forest of Kyoto or on the moon.

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In Water Flowers Their intervention at the National Gallery in London in June 2016 showed thousands of people from around the world how far a floral installation can go: the only limits are the artist’s imagination and creativity. With more than 26,000 flowers (tulips, peonies, carnations, freesia, calla lilies and roses) they reproduced a small painting by Flemish painter Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder, turning it into a 35-square meter installation. Robert Hornsby, creative director of the firm founded in 1999 with Claire Garabedian, started out in the world of flowers driving a delivery van (quite often rearranging the flowers he was supposed to deliver). Today he is one of London’s boldest flower designers. http://ift.tt/1CY1nWG

Isabel Marías (Elisabeth Blumen) (Madrid, Spain, 1978) She studied Fashion Design at the Escuela Superior de Diseño de Madrid and was fully devoted to fashion for several years, designing her own collection and working for designers such as Matthew Williamson, Juan Duyos and Sybilla. Yet she felt something was missing: flowers. She opened her first florist’s in 2010 and, under her signature Elisabeth Blumen line, currently works for labels and institutions such as Loewe, Balenciaga, Repsol, the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, the Sorolla Museum, MNCARS and Microsoft. She has been the creative director of LOEWE Flores since 2016. Her surprising colour combinations are part of her personal hallmark, which also features the concept of delicacy. http://ift.tt/1E5Qa6r

Loose Leaf Wona Bae (Muahn, South Korea, 1976) Charlie Lawler (Hobart, Australia) When Wona and Charlie met in Germany – she was taking a Master’s course in floristry and he was working at the United Nations – the floral art world gained a pair of artists determined to introduce nature into our lives. Their “botanical design” studio, in a former warehouse in Melbourne, is a magical place for natural experimentation. Everything Loose Leaf creates is a result of observation of Nature. Beyond their famous “Monstera chandeliers”, those marvellous hanging installations of monsters and palm tree leaves that have made them so highly acclaimed, Charlie and Wona’s proposals always encourage us to reconnect with Nature. looseleafstore.com.au

Natasha Lisitsa & Daniel Schultz (Waterlily Pond) Colouristic, cheerful and with a taste for the stunning, Natasha Lisitsa and Daniel Schultz, a couple from the United States, have filled more than 1500 weddings and other events with flowers and have created floral installations at museums such as the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the de Young Museum. Their large-scale work is particularly impressive (some of their installations have weighed up to 1000 kg). Natasha, an engineer by training, contributes her knowledge of flowers in creating lively, intense stories (her style has been described as “exuberant ikebana”), while Daniel, an architect, is inspired by modern art and architecture to create new spaces and surprising structures. waterlilypond.com

Patrick Nadeau (La Rochelle, France, 1955) The work of this architect with a passion for plants and flowers falls under the label of “vegetal design”. He is also known for his teaching work, as research lecturer at the ESAD de Reims where he created the first vegetal design studio in an art school in Europe. His installations mix material from nature with artificial elements, endeavouring to introduce the natural element into our lives (he designs wonderful pots and stands for interior plants). Contemporary Art Foundation, Elle Déco, Hermès and Kenzo-Parfums are a few of his customers. He has been artistic director of the French firm, Laorus, since 2016.

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Tomas De Bruyne (Bruges, Belgium, 1970) Boasting a long list of awards in floral art competitions, he also participates as a panel member. In addition to his work as a floral artist, he is an outstanding instructor and has published important work in the world of flowers. In 2013, he created and patented his own variety of Gloriosa lily, or climbing lily: Gloriosa Tomas De Bruyne. For this reason, and because of how spectacular, though also delicate, his work typically is, he is one of the best-known floral artists on the international scene. http://ift.tt/130EUke

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International Flower Festival FLORA| 20 – 29 October in Córdoba, Spain

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Córdoba, 25nd September 2017.- The city of Córdoba (Spain) will held from 20th to 29th October the first edition of the International Flower Festival, FLORA, a unique and remarkable event in Spain and in the world which will bring together the best international and national artists in this field to intervene –each of them with their exclusive and individual hallmark- in eight institutional patios in the city. Overall, eight spectacular and ephemeral floral installations will be created for the event and they just could be visited for free during those days.

In this way, FLORA, International Flower Festival presents an unprecedented cultural exchange between such a traditional space as the patios of Córdoba and such a contemporary and surprising art as the one of floral installations, a kind dialogue between tradition and innovation meant to become a must within the Spanish cultural agenda.

In this first edition, eight guest artists are participating: Alfie Lin (China), Flores Cosmos (Mexico), In Water Flowers (UK), Isabel Marías –under the artistic name of Elisabeth Blumen- (Spain), Loose Leaf (Australia), Natasha Lisitsa & Daniel Schultz (USA), Patrick Nadeau (France) and Tomas de Bruyne (Belgium).

Each of them will intervene in one of the eight institutional patios selected for the occasion: Palace of Orive, Posada del Potro, Archaeological Museum, Vimcorsa, Bullfighting Museum, Office of the Department of Tourism, Municipal Archives and Antonio Gala Foundation.

The patio assigned to each artist, the jury and other news will be revealed during the press conference to present the festival, which is going to be held in Córdoba on 28th September.

FLORA is also born to acknowledge the work of the best floral artist worldwide, an artistic universe still unknown for many people and lacking, until now, a prize of international importance. Three big prizes, awarded by an international jury and worth €60,000, €40,000 and €20.000 respectively, will place this festival, held in a city having such a close connection to the floral world as Córdoba, in the international sphere.

The characteristic festival prize is being designed by the prestigious Spanish jewellery brand Gold & Roses, widely linked to the art world and to locally and traditionally manufactured art .

Furthermore, the most renowned representative of the contemporary botanic drawing participated in the creation of the official poster: Katie Scott. The British illustrator prepared an exclusive floral composition from several common flowers in her book Botanicum (2016).

Once the artists have been selected, the countdown starts to enjoy FLORA, a festival born from the private initiative of Zizai Hotels, S.L. and co-organized by Córdoba City Hall, aimed to boost the city, i.e. having a positive impact on tourism, economy and art. The event also expects to involve the city itself, first of all, the general public and both local and international agents, bringing up Córdoba as a reference in the world scene of contemporary floral art.

Next autumn all culture enthusiasts will have a unique opportunity to discover an almost unprecedented art in Spain and a star appointment to be seduced by the incomparable charm and beauty of the patios of Córdoba.

BIOGRAPHIES OF THE EIGHT ARTISTS IN FLORA

Alfie Lin (China-Taiwan, 1973) For Alfie Lin, flowers not only afford beauty from a visual perspective, but also a profound emotional experience. Renowned in the floral art world for his marvellous work at Fuchun Resort in Hangzhou, he has also worked for labels such as Fendi, Dior, Loewe, Chanel, Louis Vuitton and Tiffany. One of his most highly internationally acclaimed pieces is Forest Bus, a bus that was turned into an authentic “mobile forest”, which managed to bedeck the streets of Taipei, literally and metaphorically, in Nature. In 1998 he created his business, CNFlower. He has been chosen as “Man of the Year” by GQ magazine China. http://ift.tt/2ig9dXG

Flores Cosmos Alberto Arango (City of México, Mexico, 1980) Ramiro Guerrero (Toluca, Mexico, 1979) Ten years ago, in Barcelona, they had a vision of returning to Mexico to make a radical change in their lives: opening a florist’s. At FLORA, having by now become a benchmark for floral art in Latin America, they return to Spain to bring a marvellous circle to a close, as they have asserted. Their signature style features experimentation in shapes, colours and materials. They work with flowers as they could with any other material: what they do is pure sensitivity, artistic vision and creative boldness. They dream of setting up a floral installation at the Sculpture Space in the UNAM, in the forest of Kyoto or on the moon.

cosmosflores.blogspot.com.es

In Water Flowers Their intervention at the National Gallery in London in June 2016 showed thousands of people from around the world how far a floral installation can go: the only limits are the artist’s imagination and creativity. With more than 26,000 flowers (tulips, peonies, carnations, freesia, calla lilies and roses) they reproduced a small painting by Flemish painter Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder, turning it into a 35-square meter installation. Robert Hornsby, creative director of the firm founded in 1999 with Claire Garabedian, started out in the world of flowers driving a delivery van (quite often rearranging the flowers he was supposed to deliver). Today he is one of London’s boldest flower designers. http://ift.tt/1CY1nWG

Isabel Marías (Elisabeth Blumen) (Madrid, Spain, 1978) She studied Fashion Design at the Escuela Superior de Diseño de Madrid and was fully devoted to fashion for several years, designing her own collection and working for designers such as Matthew Williamson, Juan Duyos and Sybilla. Yet she felt something was missing: flowers. She opened her first florist’s in 2010 and, under her signature Elisabeth Blumen line, currently works for labels and institutions such as Loewe, Balenciaga, Repsol, the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, the Sorolla Museum, MNCARS and Microsoft. She has been the creative director of LOEWE Flores since 2016. Her surprising colour combinations are part of her personal hallmark, which also features the concept of delicacy. http://ift.tt/1E5Qa6r

Loose Leaf Wona Bae (Muahn, South Korea, 1976) Charlie Lawler (Hobart, Australia) When Wona and Charlie met in Germany – she was taking a Master’s course in floristry and he was working at the United Nations – the floral art world gained a pair of artists determined to introduce nature into our lives. Their “botanical design” studio, in a former warehouse in Melbourne, is a magical place for natural experimentation. Everything Loose Leaf creates is a result of observation of Nature. Beyond their famous “Monstera chandeliers”, those marvellous hanging installations of monsters and palm tree leaves that have made them so highly acclaimed, Charlie and Wona’s proposals always encourage us to reconnect with Nature. looseleafstore.com.au

Natasha Lisitsa & Daniel Schultz (Waterlily Pond) Colouristic, cheerful and with a taste for the stunning, Natasha Lisitsa and Daniel Schultz, a couple from the United States, have filled more than 1500 weddings and other events with flowers and have created floral installations at museums such as the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the de Young Museum. Their large-scale work is particularly impressive (some of their installations have weighed up to 1000 kg). Natasha, an engineer by training, contributes her knowledge of flowers in creating lively, intense stories (her style has been described as “exuberant ikebana”), while Daniel, an architect, is inspired by modern art and architecture to create new spaces and surprising structures. waterlilypond.com

Patrick Nadeau (La Rochelle, France, 1955) The work of this architect with a passion for plants and flowers falls under the label of “vegetal design”. He is also known for his teaching work, as research lecturer at the ESAD de Reims where he created the first vegetal design studio in an art school in Europe. His installations mix material from nature with artificial elements, endeavouring to introduce the natural element into our lives (he designs wonderful pots and stands for interior plants). Contemporary Art Foundation, Elle Déco, Hermès and Kenzo-Parfums are a few of his customers. He has been artistic director of the French firm, Laorus, since 2016.

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Tomas De Bruyne (Bruges, Belgium, 1970) Boasting a long list of awards in floral art competitions, he also participates as a panel member. In addition to his work as a floral artist, he is an outstanding instructor and has published important work in the world of flowers. In 2013, he created and patented his own variety of Gloriosa lily, or climbing lily: Gloriosa Tomas De Bruyne. For this reason, and because of how spectacular, though also delicate, his work typically is, he is one of the best-known floral artists on the international scene. http://ift.tt/130EUke

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