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Li-E Chen: Proposition for a Silent Opera at an Invisible Museum
I will be starting my residency at Tête-à-Tête Opera Festival next week. During my residency, I will begin my first proposition of thinking and action by being a witness and attending performances throughout the festival. During this time of witnessing, I will not make any comments on what […]
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Li-E Chen: 8 Session-Experiments with 23 Contributors
“Looking through the eyes of the artist to see life. ” “Expanding the possibilities.” “I want to spend more work (time) on things.” “Becoming is an event, movement is passing in time and space. Becoming is not movement.” “Relationships” “Désoeuvrement” […]
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Li-E Chen: Research, New York, Exploring my “Thinking Postures” of Life and Art
Li-E Chen, Research, New York | 12 – 22 December 2017 On two artists who both work with Silence: Robert Wilson and Tehching Hsieh Four Days to Robert Wilson’s archives in NYC Two Visits to Tehching Hsieh’s studio in NYC One Day to […]
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Li-E Chen: Thinking Posture | Southbank Centre, London
Li-E Chen: Thinking Posture Thinking Posture 思想姿态 [Sī Xiǎng Zī Tài] and its Chinese characters together express the idea and the aesthetics behind my R&D Silent Opera on the Life and Art of Tehching Hsieh. 思(sī) to think; to cogitate: […]
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Li-E Chen: Research | TEHCHING HSIEH: DOING TIME
TEHCHING HSIEH: DOING TIME Presented by Taiwan Pavilion, Palazzo delle Prigioni, 13 May to 26 November 2017 | 57th Venice Art Biennale 2017. Li-E Chen: Research, Venice | 2017-9-12 to 2017-9-16 A beginning journey… my reflection of each day Research Day […]
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Li-E Chen: Proposition For A Conversation About A Silent Opera On Tehching Hsieh
Exploring non-narrative approach of opera making through the lifeworks of Tehching Hsieh Li-E Chen: PROPOSITION FOR A CONVERSATION ABOUT A SILENT OPERA ON TEHCHING HSIEH The presentation was conducted at the Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival 2017, as part of Li-E […]
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London: ‘A Conversation with Tehching Hsieh’ 2 October 2018
A Conversation with Tehching Hsieh Tuesday, 2 October 2018 at 7PM Live Art Development Agency, The Garrett Centre, 117A Mansford Street, London E2 6LX As marking the end of my One Year Research and Development: A Silent Opera on the Life and Art of Tehching […]
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Life is simpler now
Moving away from research and returning myself to everyday life and my own artistic practice as an artist to focus on my own senses. Blog post (5 of 8) March, 2018 | liechen.com/silentopera