Since 1995, the Taipei Fine Arts Museum has hosted the Taiwan Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, providing an international platform for contemporary Taiwanese artists. The theme Foreign Affairs was chosen for the 53rd Venice Biennale Taiwan Pavilion. By recreating this exhibition in Taipei, the museum intends to present the long-term diplomatic mission of the Taiwan art world while creating new possibilities for exploring and reflecting on local issues. The exhibition investigates trans-regional and interdisciplinary art practice, as well as other interactive possibilities in relation to political, economic and social policies deployed under the current conditions of globalization. The theme Foreign Affairs makes reference to transnational contact, and it is through contact with others that people confirm their subjectivity and identity. The four artists participating in the exhibition, Hsieh Ying-Chun, Chen Chieh-Jen, Chien-Chi Chang and Cheng-Ta Yu, all interpose themselves into other regions to experience and practice foreign affairs, presenting unique observations and records of direct intervention, interaction and even conflict in various regions.