19 October 2010

No More Than Six Balloons

Jason Kennedy

The Interactive Emergency Evacuation Exhibition Center in Taiwan is one of the world’s odder transport museums. The Taipei Metro System (MRT), according to its official literature, aims to go ‘beyond its role as a mere transportation mode by also transporting passengers to a beautiful new world’. The IEEEC, however, transports you to a world where everything has gone wrong. It’s aimed at children. Large wall displays in the foyer show the layout of the centre, the range of souvenirs on offer, and a cartoon child fleeing the Grim Reaper: ‘Knowledge is the key to survival!’