The city’s story begins here Traveling through Tainan for 400 years
Through storytelling, memories accumulate;
Every enchanting city holds millions of tales
Once upon a time …
Marks the beginning of history ’s continuation and the accumulation of life in a beautiful city.
The main exhibition hall of the “ Hai’an Street Museum of art” is located along the central axis of Hai’an Road, serving as the starting point for the flourishing stories of the old capital. The Old Five Channels where it resides, is the most captivating narrative axis, allowing tales of Tainan to unfold endlessly across time and space in a 360-degree panorama.
This expansion infused with river and harbor elements, guides visitor along the main storyline of the city through sail shadows, ship whistles, and hydrology. It leads them from the alleyways and ancient wells into Tainan ’s unique slow-paced lifestyle; then from Hai ’an Road towards the canal, outlining the city ’s future trajectory. The exhibition locations of artworks stretch from the reclaimed Hai ’an Road to “The Spring” Square and Daliang Ecological Park, both of which are adjacent to the riverside. People ’s footsteps and perspectives can transition from historical water sites to the actual riverside alongside the artworks.
The 2024 “Hai ’an Street Museum of art ”features artworks that serve both as daytime installation art and nighttime sound and light art, incorporating new media art and more interactive elements. This enriches the city ’s artistic experience with great amusement, echoing Tainan ’s rich sense of warm interpersonal interaction. People from different eras living in the same urban space thus encounter each other joyfully at the “Hai ’an Street Museum of art.”