The investigation and recording of contemporary Taiwanese calligraphers: the Ink Trend Association and Xu Yong-Jin

Part 1 of this documentary, 'The Ink-Trend Association: the pioneer of contemporary Taiwanese calligraphy', runs for 38 minutes. Since 1980, some Taiwanese forward thinking calligraphers have developed a 'contemporary calligraphic art'. These calligraphers have tried to create a new art in many different ways, trying to break through the traditional boundaries and to develop different aesthetic ideas and styles. Part 2 of this documentary, 'Xu Yong-Jin: a man who has devoted his life to calligraphy', runs for 31 minutes. Xu Yong-Jin is the significant contemporary Taiwanese calligrapher and also is one of the members of the Ink-Trend Association. His works are a synthesis of the modern and traditional in Taiwan. Xu's work portrays the transition of resistance within Taiwanese society during the past 30 years. His works are inclusive, ranging from traditional calligraphy, to modern calligraphy, to postmodern.