Presented in conjunction with Tales of Our Time, this film program features documentary and narrative works that explore topics shared with the exhibition, investigating concepts such as boundaries, territory, migration, and place.

Following three groups of nationalists from China, Taiwan, and Japan, Terra Nullius or: How to Be a Nationalist focuses on the geopolitical issues surrounding the disputed islands known in Japanese as Senkaku, in Chinese as Diaoyu, and in English as the Pinnacle Islands, and the filmmaker’s attempts to set foot upon them. Claimed by Japan, China, and Taiwan, these minor, remote, and uninhabited islands, only approximately 7 square kilometers in total size, are located roughly 170 kilometers northeast of Taiwan, 330 kilometers east of China, and 170 kilometers northwest of the westernmost tip of the Japanese Ryukyu Islands.

Both screenings include a Q&A session with the director.

Directed by James T. Hong, 2015
78 min., English, Japanese, Mandarin, Hokkien, and Cantonese with English subtitles
Courtesy Taiwan Public Television/James T. Hong

Screenings take place in the News Corporation New Media Theater, Sackler Center for Arts Education, and are free with museum admission.

For more about this event and others taking place at the Guggenheim, please click here.