- Hsu Chia-Wei, Black and White - Giant Panda (still). Five-channel video. 52'48". Courtesy the artist and Theater Commons 2018／2018年／2018
Chia-Wei HSU
シュウ・ジャウェイ
- ART EXHIBITION
As an artist, filmmaker and curator, he fuses film and contemporary art to unravel the complex mechanisms behind filmmaking, weaving through his practice connections between people, materials and places that are often overlooked or omitted in conventional historical constructions.
He has held solo exhibitions such as "A Performance in the Church" at Liang Gallery (2021, Taipei, Taiwan), Tung Chung Art Award: "Giant Panda, Deer, Malayan Tapir and East India Company" (NTUE Museum, 2019, Taiwan), "Black and White - Malayan Tapir" (ISCP, 2018, New York, USA), and "MAM Screen 009: Hsu Chia-Wei" (Mori Art Museum, 2018, Tokyo). He has also exhibited at the Taiwan Governor's Office Industrial Research Institute at Liang Gallery (2017, Taipei, Taiwan), Huai Mo Village at the Red Fang Museum, which was recognized as the annual grand prize winner of the 15th Taishin Art Awards (2016, Taipei, Taiwan), and Position 2 at Van Abbemuseum (2015, Eindhoven, Netherlands). In 2013, he was the recipient of the HUGO BOSS ASIA ART He was a finalist in the 2019 Taiwan Art Award, won the Grand Prize at the 15th Taishin Art Awards in 2017, and will receive the 10th Eye Art & Film Prize this year in 2024.
The video installation combines a live performance commissioned by Theatre commmons Tokyo in 2018 (premiering on March 9, 2018) with a subsequently re-recorded and edited version. Written and directed by Hsu Jia-wei Writer and cast: Hsu Jia-wei, Peach (Yoshiyanagi Chiyui, Kurita Bane, Naoki Hidekuni) Producer: Soma Chiaki (Theatre commmons) Production: Tanaka Saki Stage manager: Chen Ya-ting (Mars A Sol Co., Ltd.) Assistant director: Liu Youyi Interpreter and translation: Ueda Kahoru Production assistant: Masuda Yoshiki Sound: Inari Mori Ken Director of photography: Moriuchi Yasuhiro Assistant cameraman: Nakamura Aoi Sound: Izuta Renmei Video editors: Moriuchi Yasuhiro, Hsu Jia-wei Video editor assistant: Chuang Bo-shun Sound mixers: Feng Zhiming, Uchida Masami Post-production: TimeLine Studio Colorist: Yao Liangqi English translation: Li Xiaowei, Nelson Hashimoto Joshua Liang Supported by: Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan Produced by Taiwan Cultural Center and Hung Chien Chuan Educational and Cultural Foundation | Theater commmons This film installation is a combination of the live performance commissioned by Theater Commons Tokyo 2018 (premiered at March 9, 2018), and a re-recorded and edited version afterwards. Script and Performance: Chia-Wei Hsu, PEACH (Tomotada Yotsuyanagi, Bane Kurita, Hidekuni Naoki) Producer: Theater Commons Tokyo, Chiaki Soma Production Manager: Saki Tanaka Stage Manager: Chen Yating（Mars A Sol Co., Ltd.) Assistant Director: You-I Liu Interpreter and Translator: Kaoru Ueda Production Assistant: Yoshiki Masuda Live Sound Engineer: Takeshi Inarimori Cinematographer: Yasuhiro Moriuchi Assistant Cinematographer: Aoi Nakamura Recording: Kadoaki Izuta Image Editor: Yasuhiro Moriuchi, Chia-Wei Hsu Assistant Image Editor: Tomtom Chuang Sound Mixer: Chih-Ming Feng, Masami Uchida Post-Production: TimeLine Studio Colorist: Theo Yao English Translator: Wei Lee, Joshua Ryo Nelson Hashimoto Produced by Theater Commons Tokyo The project is supported by: Taiwan Cultural Center, Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan, Hong's Foundation for Education and Culture, and Project Seek.
Graduated from Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains, France, Chia-Wei Hsu's work as an artist, filmmaker, and curator merges the language of film and contemporary art and unearths the complex mechanisms behind the production of images. Through his artistic practice, Hsu weaves connections between humans, materials, and places that have been overlooked or omitted in conventional historical narratives.
Hsu has had solo exhibitions such as A Performance in the Church at Liang Gallery (2021; Taipei, Taiwan), Tung Chung Art Award: Giant Panda, Deer, Malayan Tapir and East India Company at Museum of NTUE (2019; Taiwan), Black and White – Malayan Tapir at ISCP (2018; New York, the United States), MAM Screen 009: Hsu Chia-Wei at Mori Art Museum (2018; Tokyo, Japan) Industrial Research Institute of Taiwan Governor-General's Office at Liang Gallery (2017; Taipei, Taiwan), Huai Mo Village at Hong-Gah Museum (2016; Taipei, Taiwan) that was recognized by the Annual Grand Prize of the 15th Taishin Arts Award and Position 2 at Van Abbemuseum, (2015; Eindhoven, Netherlands). He was the finalist in the HUGO BOSS ASIA ART Award 2013, and won the Annual Grand Prize at the 15th Taishin Arts Award in 2017, and this year, in 2024, he won the 10th Eye Art & Film Prize.
Hsu Chia-Wei_EG
provided by Hsu Chia Wei Studio
He has held solo exhibitions such as "A Performance in the Church" at Liang Gallery (2021, Taipei, Taiwan), Tung Chung Art Award: "Giant Panda, Deer, Malayan Tapir and East India Company" (NTUE Museum, 2019, Taiwan), "Black and White - Malayan Tapir" (ISCP, 2018, New York, USA), and "MAM Screen 009: Hsu Chia-Wei" (Mori Art Museum, 2018, Tokyo). He has also exhibited at the Taiwan Governor's Office Industrial Research Institute at Liang Gallery (2017, Taipei, Taiwan), Huai Mo Village at the Red Fang Museum, which was recognized as the annual grand prize winner of the 15th Taishin Art Awards (2016, Taipei, Taiwan), and Position 2 at Van Abbemuseum (2015, Eindhoven, Netherlands). In 2013, he was the recipient of the HUGO BOSS ASIA ART He was a finalist in the 2019 Taiwan Art Award, won the Grand Prize at the 15th Taishin Art Awards in 2017, and will receive the 10th Eye Art & Film Prize this year in 2024.
The video installation combines a live performance commissioned by Theatre commmons Tokyo in 2018 (premiering on March 9, 2018) with a subsequently re-recorded and edited version. Written and directed by Hsu Jia-wei Writer and cast: Hsu Jia-wei, Peach (Yoshiyanagi Chiyui, Kurita Bane, Naoki Hidekuni) Producer: Soma Chiaki (Theatre commmons) Production: Tanaka Saki Stage manager: Chen Ya-ting (Mars A Sol Co., Ltd.) Assistant director: Liu Youyi Interpreter and translation: Ueda Kahoru Production assistant: Masuda Yoshiki Sound: Inari Mori Ken Director of photography: Moriuchi Yasuhiro Assistant cameraman: Nakamura Aoi Sound: Izuta Renmei Video editors: Moriuchi Yasuhiro, Hsu Jia-wei Video editor assistant: Chuang Bo-shun Sound mixers: Feng Zhiming, Uchida Masami Post-production: TimeLine Studio Colorist: Yao Liangqi English translation: Li Xiaowei, Nelson Hashimoto Joshua Liang Supported by: Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan Produced by Taiwan Cultural Center and Hung Chien Chuan Educational and Cultural Foundation | Theater commmons This film installation is a combination of the live performance commissioned by Theater Commons Tokyo 2018 (premiered at March 9, 2018), and a re-recorded and edited version afterwards. Script and Performance: Chia-Wei Hsu, PEACH (Tomotada Yotsuyanagi, Bane Kurita, Hidekuni Naoki) Producer: Theater Commons Tokyo, Chiaki Soma Production Manager: Saki Tanaka Stage Manager: Chen Yating（Mars A Sol Co., Ltd.) Assistant Director: You-I Liu Interpreter and Translator: Kaoru Ueda Production Assistant: Yoshiki Masuda Live Sound Engineer: Takeshi Inarimori Cinematographer: Yasuhiro Moriuchi Assistant Cinematographer: Aoi Nakamura Recording: Kadoaki Izuta Image Editor: Yasuhiro Moriuchi, Chia-Wei Hsu Assistant Image Editor: Tomtom Chuang Sound Mixer: Chih-Ming Feng, Masami Uchida Post-Production: TimeLine Studio Colorist: Theo Yao English Translator: Wei Lee, Joshua Ryo Nelson Hashimoto Produced by Theater Commons Tokyo The project is supported by: Taiwan Cultural Center, Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan, Hong's Foundation for Education and Culture, and Project Seek.
Graduated from Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains, France, Chia-Wei Hsu's work as an artist, filmmaker, and curator merges the language of film and contemporary art and unearths the complex mechanisms behind the production of images. Through his artistic practice, Hsu weaves connections between humans, materials, and places that have been overlooked or omitted in conventional historical narratives.
Hsu has had solo exhibitions such as A Performance in the Church at Liang Gallery (2021; Taipei, Taiwan), Tung Chung Art Award: Giant Panda, Deer, Malayan Tapir and East India Company at Museum of NTUE (2019; Taiwan), Black and White – Malayan Tapir at ISCP (2018; New York, the United States), MAM Screen 009: Hsu Chia-Wei at Mori Art Museum (2018; Tokyo, Japan) Industrial Research Institute of Taiwan Governor-General's Office at Liang Gallery (2017; Taipei, Taiwan), Huai Mo Village at Hong-Gah Museum (2016; Taipei, Taiwan) that was recognized by the Annual Grand Prize of the 15th Taishin Arts Award and Position 2 at Van Abbemuseum, (2015; Eindhoven, Netherlands). He was the finalist in the HUGO BOSS ASIA ART Award 2013, and won the Annual Grand Prize at the 15th Taishin Arts Award in 2017, and this year, in 2024, he won the 10th Eye Art & Film Prize.
Hsu Chia-Wei_EG
provided by Hsu Chia Wei Studio