“Weaving Life Between Mountains and Ocean”

This micro-curation emerges from the forums and workshops of “Tau Tau a Taitung Slow Guide,” beginning with a simple yet essential question: “What role do you play in life in Taitung?”

Responses from across townships have gradually taken shape as tangible practices—ranging from mountain gathering and coastal jade collecting to agricultural production and local crafts—interweaving into a living pathway that stretches from the mountains to the sea.

Rather than presenting a single theme, this curation brings together experiences from the Rift Valley, coastal regions, and the South-Link area, framing food, clothing, shelter, mobility, and local industries as an integrated system of living. Within this context, the slow economy does not signify a slowdown of development, but a return to life itself—reconsidering how economic practices can meaningfully respond to the real needs of land and community.

This is not merely an exhibition, but an ongoing proposition of Taitung in progress—emerging from local voices and shaped through action and connection, opening up possibilities for future place-based development.
Between mountains and ocean, we are not just observers, but participants—relearning how life itself becomes the ground where economy begins.