Charwei Tsai

  • Spiral Incense – Hundred Syllable Mantra

    Spiral Incense – Hundred Syllable Mantra, 2018 Hand-inscribed spiral incense, 150cm in diameter each Commissioned by and Collection of M+, Hong Kong For this special commission by M+, around twenty Tibetan Buddhist practitioners from the Himalayan region who reside in Taiwan were invited to inscribe Hundred Syllable Mantra on 9 spiral incense at the artist’s…

  • Draw me a Flag

    Draw me a Flag, 2018 A Beautiful Elsewhere Organized by Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain Power Station of Art, Shanghai, China 25 April to 29 July 2018 Based on an idea by Christian Boltanski, the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain has launched a project designed for the spectacular fifth-floor terrace of the museum. The installation…

  • Screening of Song Project

    DIASPORA: Exit, Exile, Exodus of Southeast Asia Curated by Loredana Paracciani Selected Screening of Charwei Tsai MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum, Chiangmai, Thailand 3 March 2018 ~ 3 March 2019 Prompted by the growing interest in migration and border crossing, and in response to the positive feedback received from both local and international audiences, MAIIAM Contemporary…

  • Song of the Migrant Workers of Kaoshiung Harbor

    Songs of the Migrant Workers of Kaohsiung Harbor 2018 HD video with color & sound, 16’4” In collaboration with Tsering Tashi Gyalthang Commissioned by & Collection of Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan Along the Kaohsiung harbor where Taiwanese fishing vessels are docked, one will find many migrant workers from various countries. Many of them…

  • Hear Her Singing

    Hear Her Singing, 2017, VideoIn collaboration with Tsering Tashi GyalthangCommissioned by Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, London, UKW​ith support from the Ministry of Culture, Taiwan Hear Her Singing is a newly commissioned Hayward Gallery project by Taiwanese artist Charwei Tsai, in collaboration with Tibetan filmmaker Tsering Tashi Gyalthang, taking the universal nature of song to create…