Now Playing at BIOS Monthly - Spectral Codex
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Now playing at Fuhe Theater (福和大戲院).
Now playing at Fuhe Theater (福和大戲院).

Recently my work on this site was featured in an article by Nien Ping Yu (于念平) for the Chinese language web magazine BIOS Monthly. The article, loosely translated as Canadian Cultural Blogger: Even Unremarkable Places Have History (加拿大文化部落客: 再平凡的地方都有歷史), was based on a sprawling conversation we had in person rather than an email questionnaire. Mostly we spoke about themes and practices commonly seen on this blog: discovering history through the exploration of lost and neglected places, revealing intriguing connections through observations of synchronicity, and using photography as a documentarian medium rather than focusing solely on aesthetic appeal.

Several of my original photographs are featured in the article, some of which have already appeared on this blog (for example Fugang Old Street and Changhua Roundhouse) along with others yet to be published, mostly from the infamous Fuhe Theater (福和大戲院) in Yonghe. Other adventures referenced in the text include Dadong Theater in Zhongli and the Liuzhangli Muslim Cemetery (六張犁的回教公墓) in Taipei.

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Profile photo of Alexander Synaptic, founder of Spectral Codex
Alexander Synaptic
Curator, Spectral Codex

I am a web application developer, photojournalist, urban explorer, and history enthusiast passionate about the open web and documenting my experiences on this planet. This project was founded in the early 2010s and has evolved into a sort of personal Wikipedia of places that interest me (and often the photographs I’ve taken there). I’m originally from Toronto, Canada, but spend most of my time residing in Taiwan.