AWAKENINGS: ART IN SOCIETY IN ASIA 1960S–1990S

n a late October day in 1983, five people wearing identical, nondescript clothing walked single-file through Taipei’s Ximending district, their heads covered with red hoods and eyes blindfolded. Without warning, the group broke formation, falling to the ground of Wuchang Street and clutching at the air while wailing unintelligibly in agony. At a time when public demonstrations in Taiwan were forbidden under martial law, this