Beryl Wu’s Loud Love, Loud Sex at PATROL: a RISO zine, intimate conversations and opening hours
The Taipei exhibition runs 30 October–5 November, opens at 15:00 on its first day and closes on Monday. An airbrush T-shirt event follows on 31 October.
Beryl Wu and creative planning studio tiantiantian will present Loud Love, Loud Sex at Taipei art bookshop PATROL from 30 October to 5 November 2026. Its namesake zine, illustrations and interactive elements explore love, desire and emotional defences. Note the organiser’s current hours: 15:00–19:00 on opening day, 30 October; 12:00–19:00 on other open days; closed Monday, 2 November. The address is No. 30, Lane 155, Nanjing West Road, Datong District, Taipei.
Three conversations, followed by uncertainty in pictures
The zine has two complementary parts. The first starts with one-night stands and records conversations between the artist and three interviewees of different ages, genders and sexual orientations, touching on desire, relationships and boundaries. The second moves into her first attempt at short comics. This arrangement places lived accounts beside personal feelings, rather than treating three people’s choices as a universal set of rules for romance.
The work draws on Beryl Wu’s experiences and conversations with friends. Its tension is that accumulating experience does not necessarily make someone braver: being hurt can also make another commitment frightening. Instead of showing only the sweet or painful outcome, the exhibition leaves room for wanting closeness while seeking self-protection. That is an emotional question raised by the work, not a psychological diagnosis or a promise that visiting will have a therapeutic effect.
A 13-centimetre zine puts text beside soft colour
The organiser lists the zine as 13 × 13 centimetres, 38 pages, RISO printed and spiral bound, priced at NT$580. A supplied spread places an illustration on the left opposite interview text, with a yellow spiral creating a strong central divide. Its blue cover layers airbrushed-looking lettering with a smaller title. Text is more than a caption for an image: readers can move between conversation and drawing, noticing their different narrative rhythms.
A supplied spread pairs illustration with interview text.
Publicity images of paper, the cover and work in progress also show a contrast between clear lettering and softened edges. RISO dots and overprinted colour are important to the publication’s texture, but official photographs cannot replace handling the book or prove that every page uses the same technique. Visitors can compare pencil marks, airbrush gradients and print layers in the zine and related works. These are organiser-supplied publicity materials, not documentation of an already-open exhibition.
Organiser-supplied work materials show airbrushed lettering on sheets of paper.An organiser-supplied drawing-process image, not the exhibition opening.
The 31 October airbrush event has separate arrangements
The space also plans questions, a message board, courage cards and a PATROL book-selection collaboration, extending the publication’s questions into audience responses. On 31 October, Beryl will airbrush T-shirts on site: work is expected to start between 14:00 and 14:30, with sales from 15:00. Each costs NT$1,580 in S, M or L; only stock on the venue’s rack will be sold, while supplies last. Designs are artist-created, with no design selection or custom wording or graphics. This is not an offer to bring any garment for free airbrushing.
The series also includes a skirt made with little nook, but the exhibition’s central reading question is how a zine turns private feelings into images and words that can be discussed. Use the organiser’s latest visiting hours, especially the later first-day opening and Monday closure, rather than the press release’s general noon opening. Airbrushed merchandise, publications and an ordinary exhibition visit are separate matters. Ask the organiser about admission or booking conditions if needed; merchandise prices are not admission fees.
