23th November 2016 @ La Rochelle University
Dancer: Jennifer Macavinta
Music Composer: thruoutin
Performed as the opening performance of Chinese Film Festival in La Rochelle
Captured Creatures at La Rochelle from Chai Mi on Vimeo.
Photos by: Marie Monteiro
Between Round And Square
Entre cercle et carré
Centre Intermondes (France)
Exposition du 21 au 29 novembre
L’exposition présente quelques œuvres qui composent la série de peintures Between Round and Square ainsi que des vidéos créées par Chai Mi, comme The resonance of water.
The exhibition presents some of the works that make up the series of paintings Between Round and Square as well as videos created by Chai Mi, as 《《《氵》》》the resonance of water.
Chai Mi solo exhibition_La Rochelle France from Chai Mi on Vimeo.
Duration：Around 25mins
This is a ongoing performing project pushed by visual artist Chai Mi, the show mixed different live art forms including dance based acts performances，Live visual and sound to create an ever-changing field of real-time occurrence, to show a rich plot and intentions. The live visuals coming from a large number of animal images captured from Europe, America and China and other places, and images of human beings living space. By using VJing technique，those video clips will be mixed and presented on real-time by Chai Mi. At the same time contemporary dance artist will interact with the projected image, by using body language he or she will present a series of emotional expression, such as curious, lazy, bored, lonely, fear, angry, mad, numbness, and helplessness. This creation of illusion in real space, is intent to explore a variety of potential relationship between the people and animals, creatures and the environment.
This performance project can be appropriately modified according to the venue.
Formerly known as : SPACETIME ILLUSION《 trapped creatures 》
Captured Creatures_ Space.Toccata_Tailer from Chai Mi on Vimeo.
Year: 2015-2018
Amount: 338
Size:26X26 cm
Tools:Compasses
, ruler, tape, brushes, Coder device
Medium: Chinese Traditional Ink, Water Color, water, waterproof ink, paper
This series of paintings are completed in a unified form, due to a uncertainty and natural change of manual work caused by water-based mixed pigment, the serial visual art works displayed the changes in the rules and the changing rules.
To play is in the nature of man, and so is to create. This work takes the form of a stop-motion animation and documents the process of the game of creation. Multiple woodblocks in the basic geometric shapes of circle
, equilateral triangle and square are constantly combined, transformed and moved in a jigsaw game, so that they bring into being figures, living creatures, artificial objects, spectacles as well as events. The inspiration behind the work stems from the game of building blocks and jigsaws, in the process of which the artist experiences flashes of ideas and continuous association or creation of images.
Artist Statement
It is among man’s most fundamental desires to create. We keep forging ahead usually to try out new possibilities and to assure our advancement. There is at first imitation and transcendence, and then comes the loss of control, in the end, we have new orders and new beginnings. In my artistic creation, I have always been raising questions such as: What is the connection between memories and conduct? What else implications are behind the geometric figures ?
The Artist, Chai Mi, launched the experimental performance about “water” in 2015, and created a multimedia theater together with two sound artists thruoutin and Anita Pan. Using the self-created water devices, they perform sound production, framing and image making on the scene. The water, as the media and topic of the entire performance, is combined with the devices, behaviors, live music, impromptu singing and live images. The performance mines various images caused by the water, creates an abstract and poetic experience of images and sound, and explore the multi-relationship between man and environment. According to different forms and sizes of the water, the performance is divided into three movements: Drip, Flow and Surge, working together to present a special conversation created by the water.
” 氵” , an associative compound character, can be read as “shui”, the same pronunciation of “水”.
Year: start from 2014
Amount: On going
Medium: paper, a variety of water-based pigments
Artist Statement
I start to draw this group of paintings from 2014
, the relevant painting is not over. I will water as a medium of communication, through the water to guide and find out the shape of shallow consciousness. The control of water, water pigments and limbs has becomes a constraint on loose consciousness. During the painting process, I always try to maintain an equal relationship with the material.
YEAR: 2014 Oct
DURATION: 3 mins
ANIMATION／SCRIPT／DIRECTOR／Chai Mi
SOUND／Zhang Xuan
To play is in the nature of man, and so is to create. This work takes the form of a stop-motion animation and documents the process of the game of creation. Multiple woodblocks in the basic geometric shapes of circle, equilateral triangle and square are constantly combined, transformed and moved in a jigsaw game, so that they bring into being figures, living creatures, artificial objects, spectacles as well as events. The inspiration behind the work stems from the game of building blocks and jigsaws, in the process of which the artist experiences flashes of ideas and continuous association or creation of images. These images are spread out with a complete piece of music running through it.
It is among man’s most fundamental desires to create. We keep forging ahead usually to try out new possibilities and to assure our advancement. There is at first imitation and transcendence, and then comes the loss of control, in the end, we have new orders and new beginnings. In my artistic creation, I have always been raising questions such as: What is the connection between memories and conduct? What else implications are behind the geometric figures? （By Chai Mi）
Screening
, Northeast university, Boston, USA
YEAR: 2014
DURATION: 7 mins
This piece is made up of 9 parts. The inspiration was drawn from a visual effect discovered by the artist when a source file accidentally went missing while she was working on a video project with computer.
Common video editing techniques: connecting several video files to a project; by the order of layers, each file is edited and altered in terms of size, shape, transparency level, readable area, play speed and colours. When the source files are missing from a project, the programme will replace those with a single image – a blank screen or test screen.
The files are missing from Chai Mi on Vimeo.
The artist has selected nine video projects of hers, in all of which the source files were removed. Meanwhile, the previous editing instructions are still kept in the project, leaving the test screens the only objects available for further editing and transforming. In this video piece, one would be amazed all the effects brought by such transformation. Video editing followed by the increasing number of missing files，from less to more.
The exhibition venue Dashilar is an abandoned architectural structure missing its own file – human activities. Just like the video project
, one could only imagine what has happened by tracing the barely left evidence.
Venue BYOB Beijing
Date 2014.06.28 – 2014.06.28
Address &26,&31and &53 spaces at Yangmeizhu Xie Jie,Dashilar, Beijing,China
