Exhibitons / Dear Taiwan, Outdoor Exhibition
Lin Wei-Lun X IORG
The Information Operations Calendar is a thematic calendar created in collaboration between a photographic artist and the Taiwan Information Environment Research Center (IORG). IORG regularly publishes biweekly reports grounded in data and scientific research, working to strengthen media literacy in Taiwan and to counter disinformation. These reports analyze different kinds of manipulation narratives within Taiwan’s digital information environment, trace their origins, and link their cycles to social events, thereby revealing the patterns through which manipulation emerges in public discourse.
The work takes inspiration from IORG’s role in Taiwan’s contemporary information landscape and from the parallel with how earlier generations observed seasonal changes in the natural world to create the traditional farmers’ almanac. Just as agrarian societies once relied on the rhythms of nature to guide daily life, the Information Operations Calendar seeks to map the “seasons” of modern information manipulation in Taiwan. Each month presents one manipulation phenomenon identified by IORG as being “in season,” accompanied by images that the artist either creates or selects to reflect on, or at times question, the logic and intentions behind these narratives.
Beyond exploring the relationship between time and politics, the Information Operations Calendar also responds to recent changes in Taiwan’s official holidays. In 2025, five new national holidays were added, including Taiwan Retrocession Day. A calendar, as a tool for organizing time, inevitably becomes a subtle vehicle of ideology. The official holidays it records tell us what we are expected to remember, and when we are expected to remember it.
Lin Wei-Lun
Lin Wei-Lun is a photographer and visual artist from Taipei, Taiwan. He holds a Master’s degree in Photojournalism and Documentary Photography from the London College of Communication.
Gravitating towards research-led and long-term projects, Lin’s work explores a range of social issues in Taiwan, including Taiwan Strait geopolitics, Indigenous rights, and climate justice. His work has been featured in The PhotoBook Museum, Landskrona Foto Festival, Singapore International Photography Festival, and Belfast Photo Festival. He also contributes photography to Condé Nast, Les Échos, and The Light Observer Magazine.
Taiwan Information Environment Research Center (IORG)
IORG is a Taiwanese civil society organization founded in 2019 to study the Mandarin-language information environment through the lens of journalism, political science, data science, and psychology. Grounded on public data and scientific methods, IORG conducts evidence-based research, public communications, and school education programs, in order to counter information manipulation, facilitate public discourse, formulate a shared understanding of the Mandarin-language information environment, inspire trust, and strengthen resilience in Taiwan’s democratic society.
