Charwei Tsai

Video

  • 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…

  • Songs of Chuchepati Camp

    Charwei Tsai & Tsering Tashi GyalthangSongs of Chuchepati Camp2017Video with sound & color, 17min03sec We visited Chuchepati Camp for the earthquake victims in Kathmandu. After spending some time at the camp we decided to record songs sung by the victims from all walks of life, expressing their current state of mind. Some sang traditional Nepali…

  • Bardo

    Charwei Tsai & Tsering Tashi GyalthangBardo, 2016Video with color & sound, 5min30sec Bardo is a video installation by Tsai in collaboration with Tibetan filmmaker Tsering Tashi Gyalthang and was first projected in the Waiting Rooms of the Mortuary Station as part of the Sydney Biennale. The video work was inspired by the Tibetan belief in…

  • Incense Mantra

    HD video with sound, black and white Video In collaboration with Tsering Tashi Gyalthang The time-lapse video of an incense burning was inspired by the history of Hong Kong as the “Fragrant Harbor” based on its large production of incense from locally grown sandalwood. (“Hong” means fragrant in the local Cantonese dialect and “Kong” means…