Taipei Travel

Battle City represents a 14-year creative journey by artist Chang Li-Ren, and encapsulates his efforts to preserve personal ideals and identity in an increasingly realistic environment. As the winning proposal of the Dreamin’ MoNTUE Opencall initiated by the Museum of National Taipei University of Education (MoNTUE), the exhibition “Battle City: Finale” provides a comprehensive view of this extensive project for the first time. The exhibition features the model animations Battle City 1: The Glory of Taiwan, Battle City 2: Economic Miracle, the comic Battle City 3: Formosa and its side stories, as well as an array of elements from the filming process—ranging from puppets, objects, and large-scale models to film sets, manuscripts, and documents. Through their deployment within the exhibition space, these components enable insight into the project as a whole, and highlight the artistic direction undertaken by Chang.