Climate change is quietly rewriting the environments we once knew.

In the Arctic landscapes of Iceland, glaciers are melting. In tropical Taiwan, coastlines are retreating. As ice sheets collapse and sea levels rise, these two islands are no longer separated by geography, but united as allies in the face of a shared global phenomenon.

According to IPCC Sixth Assessment Report, released in 2023, if humanity continues to rely heavily on fossil fuels, global temperatures could rise by up to 4.8°C by the year 2100. By then, half of the glaciers featured in the exhibition may have disappeared, and the sea level in northern Taiwan could rise by more than 1.2 meters, potentially flooding Yuanshan Riverside Park, located just across from the Taipei Fine Arts Museum.

Taipei was once a vast lake, as historical records remind us. As global warming brings rising seas, fiercer typhoons, and heavier rains, could the Taipei Fine Arts Museum one day find itself surrounded by water once more?
 

If this were to happen, how would we live? What would our daily lives look like? What would a museum become?

This workshop will begin with historical maps and climate data as starting points for discussion, exploring how the fates of Taiwan and Iceland are connected. Participants will be guided to reflect on what life might look like after sea levels rise, and to envision new exhibition forms for the Taipei Fine Arts Museum in response to these changing conditions. Finally, they will create their own illustrations of future maps.