| Taitung County in Taiwan is an area where development is the slowest and population is the lowest. Most of the residents are aborigines, whose lives move at a slow pace. In a small village near the Pacific, Dulan, reside many artists. Some of them came from other cities; others are locals. They have different lifestyles, each lifestyle an experiment of their own. Money is no good in Dulan, because people exchange resources with labor or food. They recycle or take from nature. They grow their own vegetables and fruits. They produce their own food under the circumstances that there aren’t many material choices. They respond to nature’s rhythm, and stay connected to the land. | 
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Tang Ming-Xiu
Tang Ming-Xiu, The Curve of the Wind, 2008. Installation shot, Taitung, Taiwan. Courtesy of the artist.Taitung County in Taiwan is an area where development is the slowest and population is the lowest. Most of the residents are aborigines, whose lives move at a slow pace. In a small village near the Pacific, Dulan, reside many artists. Some of them came from other cities; others are locals. They have different lifestyles, each lifestyle an experiment of their own. Money is no good in Dulan, because people exchange resources with labor or food. They recycle or take from nature. They grow their own vegetables and fruits. They produce their own food under the circumstances that there aren’t many material choices. They respond to nature’s rhythm, and stay connected to the land. Most of the artists here are aborigines, who respect and fear nature. They learn to make use of the resources available to them. They have a faith where they should interact with nature at nature’s pace, which becomes a creed that most artists there follow. In Dunlan, human beings try to coexist with nature; there is no mainstream consumption or market hype; people return to nature’s embrace; emotions fill memories; life returns to simplicity.
