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Sense & Sound: Five Ways into Taiwanese Pop Musicnumbers and are frequently adapted as theme songs for film and television. For new generations of creators and listeners, re-understanding and reinterpreting %u201cthe voices of the previous generation%u201d has become a kind of unspoken prerequisite for entering the music scene. %u201cIt%u2019s not enough to understand newly created works and current trends; you also need to understand how those past sounds are being recreated today,%u201d said Ma, who now teaches at a university.Amid these shifting trends and circulating memories, MUSIC, ISLAND, STORIES: Pop Music in Taiwan brings those once-familiar voices back into view through tangible form. Masa smiled and said, %u201cWe hope the insiders will catch the nuances, and that even those less familiar can still enjoy the spectacle.%u201d Whatever your reason for entering the exhibition, somewhere among the album covers, manuscripts, instruments, and lighting, you%u2019ll likely have a moment of realization, of truly %u201cseeing%u201d music made tangible. And from that moment on, the experience of pop music will no longer be something purely intangible.The %u201cHIP-HOP Event Taiwan Hip-Hop%u201d section brings together rap artists from different generations to share their personal experiences and reflect on the intersections between hip-hop and generational culture. On display are handwritten lyrics, rare videotapes, and other archival treasures that trace the evolution of hip-hop in Taiwan.