The official stationing of Not Just Love Stories team in Store No. 163 of the Jinwanwan Department Store started in September 2022. Being the physical spot of the project, it had conducted a series of field research as if it had fallen in love with Jinwanwan and the surrounding communities.
The store was open on Sundays, offering free photography in exchange for a love story. The team also used one single flower as an invitation in order to have a simple conversation and interaction. The community’s imagination, projection, and practice of love, as well as the keywords of love, dating places, and love song lists, were collected. Additionally, in more intimate in-depth interviews, we tried to use photos to record the text of feelings. Through the florist's hands, we turned the stories into bouquets that were gifted to the interviewees. The field research also included a mini-residency project in which three artists, Liu Chun-liang, Wu Mei-chi, and Lai Wei-yu were invited to station for a week in Store No. 163. With the creators’ views, we hoped to find a new pathway that resonates with the community.
Our RomanceField Research Stories
Inside and Outside of Jinwanwan – Those Chatters of Love
by Fiona Yu-lun, HSU
Store No. 163, with a flat and narrow shop window, is located at the northwest corner on the first floor of Jinwanwan Department Store. (more)
Separation and Reunion
by Nicco Chien
First, I must confess. Before actually getting involved in the project, I had a flat imagination of “Emotional Needs In Cross-border Movements”. (more)
Our RomanceField Research Stories
Dancing in the Little Manila
by Nicco Chien
Jinwanwan Department Store, located on Zhongshan North Road, is connected with St. Christopher Church all the way to the north. (more)
There is no rejection in love.
by Liu Chun-liang
I, Liu Chun-Liang, who, after completing Jinwanwan’s mini artist-in-residency and performance project (Sixty-Second “I Love You” and The Sum of all these Love), had the honor to be in oneness with (more)