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許家維 Chia-Wei HSU

born 1983 in Taichung, Taiwan / lives in Taipei

Chia-Wei HSU’s creative method involves a specific kind of “narrative”—a way of documenting that interferes with the reality of the text, by focusing on site-specific and peculiar characteristics, such as memory, imagination, or identification. Through a process of merging the languages of contemporary art and film, he develops a mythical narrative that occupies an interstitial space between fiction and reality. Maintaining a critical attitude toward filming, he strives to use the power of film creation to move art to locations outside museums and to develop his political practice. His work has been shown in museums and international film festivals, including at the Jeu De Paume (2010), the 39th International Film Festival Rotterdam (2010), the 55th Venice Biennial (2012), Liverpool Biennial (2012), Taipei Biennial, the 8th Taiwan International Documentary Film Festival, and Rencontres Internationalles Paris/ Berlin/ Madrid at Centre Pompidou, Paris (2009), Haus der Kulturen der Welt Berlin, and Reina Sofia National Museum, Madrid (2010).