Photography

PhotographsDimensions range from 60cm – 150cmCentral to Tsai’s practice is her use of ephemeral objects to reflect upon the transient nature of human perception. This photographic series, Universe of Possibilities (2016), extends her examination to the immense possibility of our human mind to reverse perceptions of seemingly permanent entities or situations. What at first glance…

In collaboration with Tsering Tashi Gyalthang Project for ArtReview Asia Autumn/Winter 2014 As we are now both living in Saigon, we wanted to create an artwork dedicated to the Mekong River, a waterway that connects where we live now back to where Tsering is originally from – the Tibetan Plateau. For the first part of…

2012 Hand-inscribed photographs 120x150cm In collaboration with Tsering Tashi Gyalthang In Lanyu I-X, the Heart Sutra is written on a series of photographs that captures the different states of the sea in Lanyu, an island in the southeast of Taiwan after a devastating typhoon (tropical storm).

2011 Hand-inscribed photograph 111x148cm (image), 121x158cm (with border) The photographs of the series Gone, all unique prints, capture the phenomenon of the dissemination of light when the camera malfunctions. Taken in Brisbane, Australia, with a camera with a broken lens, the photographs show an accidental beauty that results when relieved from the need to control…

Photographs 89×127 and 127x81cm Photographed in Sydney, Australia Commissioned by Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, Sydney, Australia This is part of a series of work that I am developing, Sky Mantra, Earth Mantra, and Sea Mantra, where I write the Heart Sutra onto a mirror reflecting changes in various environments. I try to capture the movements…