The Wandering Ghost 流浪的幽靈: 435 Art Space

We visited the Open Studio held by 435 Art Studio in Taipei. 435 is another converted building complex that has been adapted to house artists and offer them studio spaces. Most of the artists are Taiwanese based with a few visiting Internationals. Predominantly visual artists, there are some musicians and a few performance makers.

435 Artist Studio was a dormitory. With 108 rooms in total, each building has 36 rooms (on the first and second floor). Each room is 5 square meters big, very suitable for artists. Around a hundred of artist studios are available for professional artists from varied fields. There are rehearsal room, piano room, darkroom, exhibition hall, and so on for them to do research, creation as well as presentation. Creators are able to enjoy and utilize the most complete resources and spaces.
Vision
1. Support artists in New Taipei City
2. Provide steady and affortable studio rental service
3. Create a new art community through the artist-in-residence program

For more information about their residency program and rates, check out their website for more info.
Like a number of Taiwanese artists I have seen, some seem to have a number of aspects or arms to their practice, often making smaller items that can be sold as well as their other work. The complex has three buildings and houses numerous artists at any one time. It describes itself as the "most densely populated art space in Taipei'. Some artists have been in residence for 2 years, others a few months. Each open doorway felt like a window into another world, and creative imagination.