The China Post
Date: August 29, 2016
By: Christine Chou, Jill Huang, Coral H. Wang
TAIPEI, Taiwan — A Ministry of Culture grant program has sparked intense criticism after five pop
This photo shows the entrance to the “Where’s Wally? The Happiness Hunt Art Exhibition” on display at Taipei’s Huashan 1914 Creative Park (華山創意文化園區). (Photo courtesy of Coral H. Wang )
groups were awarded funding.
Many, especially those working in the cultural scene, expressed outraged following the release of the grant results.
Anger was focused on both the fact that all five recipients were contracted to either major record labels or event corporations, and also that the ministry had insisted on keeping decision process and the names of reviewers a secret.
The contentious annual program, in its seventh round since its launch in 2011, rewarded each recipient sums falling between NT$4 million to NT$8.3 million in grants.
Most of the recipient projects were either for concert productions or theater collaborations.
The combined sum of grants given out this year accounted for approximately NT$32.3 million. [FULL STORY]
