Back to the Square: Us After June 4th | Exhibition Opening Talk
Time｜Wednesday, May 13, 2026, 18:30–21:30
Venue｜Moqi Cafe, No. 902, Sec. 2, Taiwan Blvd., Xitun Dist., Taichung
Speakers｜Zhou Fengsuo, Kacey Wong, Chang Lung-chiao (張龍僑), Lin Fang-ju (林芳如)
About the event｜
On June 4, 1989, the Tiananmen massacre in Beijing shocked the world. For more than three decades the truth has been sealed off and the memory erased, yet the history has not disappeared. What June 4th left behind is not only the names and images of the dead and wounded, but a profound question about freedom, democracy and state violence.
Back to the Square: Us After June 4th takes June 4th as its centre and, through photography and narrative, calls back the historical moment that changed countless lives. The “square” here is not only Tiananmen Square in 1989, but the square that exists in memory, in exile, in mourning and in resistance.
The exhibition brings together people from Taiwan, Hong Kong and China who, through images and their own life stories, describe how they have remembered, carried and continued this history since June 4th. Through voices from different places and generations, we try to show that June 4th is not only a historical event but a present reality that still shapes how we understand freedom, memory and resistance.
On the opening evening we will hold a talk, inviting the speakers and the audience to look back on that history together, exchange experiences, and consider how to hold on to truth and freedom in the face of authoritarian pressure and forgetting.
To return to the square is to keep the square from disappearing — and to hold on to memory in the midst of forgetting and oppression.
About the speakers｜
Zhou Fengsuo One of the student leaders of the Tiananmen movement and Executive Director of Human Rights in China (HRIC), he has long worked on preserving the memory of June 4th and on democracy and human rights advocacy for China, and continues to speak up for political prisoners and the persecuted.
Kacey Wong An exiled Hong Kong artist now based in Taiwan, he has long used art to respond to questions of the city, politics and freedom, with work attending to Hong Kong identity, public space, the memory of protest, and the experience of exile.
Chang Lung-chiao (張龍僑) Executive Director of the Dr. Chen Wen-chen Memorial Foundation, he has long worked on democracy, human rights, transitional justice and public memory in Taiwan, promoting the preservation of the memory of authoritarian rule and public education about it.
Lin Fang-ju (林芳如) Chair of the Hao Min Cultural Action Association, she has long been involved in local civic action, democracy education and public-memory advocacy in Taichung, with an interest in how local communities safeguard democracy in everyday life.
Organized by｜New School for Democracy Association, Moqi Cafe