Tseng Yu Chin
Tseng Yu Chin
Born in 1978
Video Artist, Director, Photographer, Curator
Now based in Berlin/Amsterdam/Paris
Outstanding youth artist of the Ministry of Culture of Taiwan
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2007 Documenta 12, Kassel, Germany
2008 CCAA Best Young Artist of Chinese Contemporary Art Awards
2021 Best Experimental Film,Roma Short Film Festival,Rome,Italy
2021 The first prize,15th ZUBROFFKA International Short Film Festival-ON THE EDGE-
experiment and video- art competition,Bialystok,Poland
2021 15th edition of Arte Laguna Prize, final list
2020 14th edition of Arte Laguna Prize, Special prize
2020 Lumen Prize finalist , London, United Kingdom
2020 Golden Cow winner at the GSTAADfilm Festival,Switzerland
2020 Selected by Loops.Expanded 2020 International,Best Sixteen ArtWork of the Year
2020 34th Image Forum Festival “East Asian Experimental Competition” finalist,Tokyo, Japan
2020 Best Experimental Short,Amsterdam Independent Film Festival.Amsterdam,Netherlands
2020 Art or Experimental Short,Dreamers of Dreams Film Festival,London,United Kingdom
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Wild Out Season international Video Festival Curator (Taiwan Ministry of Culture Grant)
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Education
Graduate Institute of Arts and Technology,M.F.A.Program,
Taipei National University of the Arts
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Honorable Mention
2th Split Videoart Festival Special Mention,Split,Croatia,2021
New Wave Short Film Festival Honorable Mention Of Experimental Film,Munich,Germany,2021
New York Tri-State International Film Festival, United States,2021
Los Angeles experimental forum film festival, United States,2020
LA Underground Film Forum (LAUFF), United States,2020
Hollywood New Directors Film Festival , Los Angeles, United States,2020
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Residency
2022 PILOTENKUECHE International Art Program,Leipzig,Germany
2021 scholarship association Otte1- Schleswig-Holsteinisches Künstlerhaus awards,Eckernförde,Germany
2021 YUI-PORT Artist in Residence “Autonomous Activity Program Winter”,Japan Niigata-shi
2010 La Cite internationale des Arts International Artist Residency Program,Paris,France
2008 Location One International Artist Residency Program ,New York,USA
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Awards
2021 Best Experimental Film,Semi-Finalists,Lonely Wolf: London International Film Festival,United Kingdom
2021 Best Zero/Low-Budget Film,Semi-Finalists,Lonely Wolf: London International Film Festival,United Kingdom
2021 HONORARY MENTIONS,RIFF: R.E.D. INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, NORWAY
2021 The first prize,15th ZUBROFFKA International Short Film Festival-ON THE EDGE-experiment and video-art competition,Bialystok,Poland
2021 2th Split Videoart Festival Special Mention,Split,Croatia
2021 New York Tri-State International Film Festival Honorable Mention Of Experimental Film
2021 New Wave Short Film Festival Honorable Mention Of Experimental Film,Munich, Germany
2021 Semifinalist for the Madrid edition of the 4th FilmArte Festival,Madrid,Spain
2021 Best Experimental Film,Roma Short Film Festival,Rome,Italy
2021 New York World Film Festival.Nominee finalist,New York,United States
2021 Best Experimental Short,Tokyo International Short Film Festival ,Tokyo, Japan
2021 15th edition of Arte Laguna Prize, Finalist
2021 International Video Art Festival Now & After competition, Finalist, Moscow, Russia
2020 Golden Cow Award winner at the GSTAADfilm Festival, Switzerland
2020 Best Experimental Short,Amsterdam Independent Film Festival 2020, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2020 Best Art or Experimental Short,Dreamers of Dreams Film Festival, London, United Kingdom
2020 Lumen Prize finalist, London, United Kingdom
2020 Selected by Loops.Expanded 2020 International, Best Sixteen ArtWork of the Year
2020 14th edition of Arte Laguna Prize, SPECIAL PRIZE
2020 34th Image Forum Festival “East Asian Experimental Competition”, Finalist, Tokyo, Japan
2020 32 Girona Film Festival (GFF) ,final list, Girona, Spain
2020 Hollywood New Directors Honorable Mention, Los Angeles, USA
2020 LA Underground Film Forum (LAUFF) Honorable Mention, Los Angeles, USA
2020 Los Angeles Experimental forum festival Honorable Mention, Los ANgeles, USA
2019 South Film and Arts Academy Festival (SFAAF) – Best Art Video, Chile
2012 Heineken (Dream Space) Art Award Prize Winning, Taipei, Taiwan
2010 <Crescendo Prelude > Tseng Yu ching solo exhibition Taishin art award, Taiwan
2008 CCAA Best Young Artist of Chinese Contemporary Art Awards, Shanghai, Beijing, China
2007 12th Documenta Kassel, Germany
2007 “Acid Tongue Tseng Yu ching solo exhibition” Taishin art award, Taiwan
2007 Yageo Tech-Art Award Prize Winning, Taiwan
2006 “Un_let out the part” Taipei Digital Art Festival Prize Winning, Taiwan
2006 “oxy_ Tseng Yu ching solo exhibition ” Taishin art award Final nominate, Taiwan
2005 “I despise presumptions” S-AND Cultural Foundation Prize Winning, Taiwan
2005 “I’m Leaving”10th Hong Kong Independent Short Film and Video Awards Asian New Force Finalist
2004 “Who’s listening ?” Taipei Art Award Prize Winning
2004 “Projection and Re_ection During That Time” Spring Film Festival, Taiwan
2002 “Projection and Reflection During That Time” Golden Horse Film Festival, Taiwan
Born in 1978
Video Artist, Director, Photographer, Curator
Now based in Berlin/Amsterdam/Paris
Outstanding youth artist of the Ministry of Culture of Taiwan
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2007 Documenta 12, Kassel, Germany
2008 CCAA Best Young Artist of Chinese Contemporary Art Awards
2021 Best Experimental Film,Roma Short Film Festival,Rome,Italy
2021 The first prize,15th ZUBROFFKA International Short Film Festival-ON THE EDGE-
experiment and video- art competition,Bialystok,Poland
2021 15th edition of Arte Laguna Prize, final list
2020 14th edition of Arte Laguna Prize, Special prize
2020 Lumen Prize finalist , London, United Kingdom
2020 Golden Cow winner at the GSTAADfilm Festival,Switzerland
2020 Selected by Loops.Expanded 2020 International,Best Sixteen ArtWork of the Year
2020 34th Image Forum Festival “East Asian Experimental Competition” finalist,Tokyo, Japan
2020 Best Experimental Short,Amsterdam Independent Film Festival.Amsterdam,Netherlands
2020 Art or Experimental Short,Dreamers of Dreams Film Festival,London,United Kingdom
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Wild Out Season international Video Festival Curator (Taiwan Ministry of Culture Grant)
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Education
Graduate Institute of Arts and Technology,M.F.A.Program,
Taipei National University of the Arts
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Honorable Mention
2th Split Videoart Festival Special Mention,Split,Croatia,2021
New Wave Short Film Festival Honorable Mention Of Experimental Film,Munich,Germany,2021
New York Tri-State International Film Festival, United States,2021
Los Angeles experimental forum film festival, United States,2020
LA Underground Film Forum (LAUFF), United States,2020
Hollywood New Directors Film Festival , Los Angeles, United States,2020
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Residency
2022 PILOTENKUECHE International Art Program,Leipzig,Germany
2021 scholarship association Otte1- Schleswig-Holsteinisches Künstlerhaus awards,Eckernförde,Germany
2021 YUI-PORT Artist in Residence “Autonomous Activity Program Winter”,Japan Niigata-shi
2010 La Cite internationale des Arts International Artist Residency Program,Paris,France
2008 Location One International Artist Residency Program ,New York,USA
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Awards
2021 Best Experimental Film,Semi-Finalists,Lonely Wolf: London International Film Festival,United Kingdom
2021 Best Zero/Low-Budget Film,Semi-Finalists,Lonely Wolf: London International Film Festival,United Kingdom
2021 HONORARY MENTIONS,RIFF: R.E.D. INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, NORWAY
2021 The first prize,15th ZUBROFFKA International Short Film Festival-ON THE EDGE-experiment and video-art competition,Bialystok,Poland
2021 2th Split Videoart Festival Special Mention,Split,Croatia
2021 New York Tri-State International Film Festival Honorable Mention Of Experimental Film
2021 New Wave Short Film Festival Honorable Mention Of Experimental Film,Munich, Germany
2021 Semifinalist for the Madrid edition of the 4th FilmArte Festival,Madrid,Spain
2021 Best Experimental Film,Roma Short Film Festival,Rome,Italy
2021 New York World Film Festival.Nominee finalist,New York,United States
2021 Best Experimental Short,Tokyo International Short Film Festival ,Tokyo, Japan
2021 15th edition of Arte Laguna Prize, Finalist
2021 International Video Art Festival Now & After competition, Finalist, Moscow, Russia
2020 Golden Cow Award winner at the GSTAADfilm Festival, Switzerland
2020 Best Experimental Short,Amsterdam Independent Film Festival 2020, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2020 Best Art or Experimental Short,Dreamers of Dreams Film Festival, London, United Kingdom
2020 Lumen Prize finalist, London, United Kingdom
2020 Selected by Loops.Expanded 2020 International, Best Sixteen ArtWork of the Year
2020 14th edition of Arte Laguna Prize, SPECIAL PRIZE
2020 34th Image Forum Festival “East Asian Experimental Competition”, Finalist, Tokyo, Japan
2020 32 Girona Film Festival (GFF) ,final list, Girona, Spain
2020 Hollywood New Directors Honorable Mention, Los Angeles, USA
2020 LA Underground Film Forum (LAUFF) Honorable Mention, Los Angeles, USA
2020 Los Angeles Experimental forum festival Honorable Mention, Los ANgeles, USA
2019 South Film and Arts Academy Festival (SFAAF) – Best Art Video, Chile
2012 Heineken (Dream Space) Art Award Prize Winning, Taipei, Taiwan
2010 <Crescendo Prelude > Tseng Yu ching solo exhibition Taishin art award, Taiwan
2008 CCAA Best Young Artist of Chinese Contemporary Art Awards, Shanghai, Beijing, China
2007 12th Documenta Kassel, Germany
2007 “Acid Tongue Tseng Yu ching solo exhibition” Taishin art award, Taiwan
2007 Yageo Tech-Art Award Prize Winning, Taiwan
2006 “Un_let out the part” Taipei Digital Art Festival Prize Winning, Taiwan
2006 “oxy_ Tseng Yu ching solo exhibition ” Taishin art award Final nominate, Taiwan
2005 “I despise presumptions” S-AND Cultural Foundation Prize Winning, Taiwan
2005 “I’m Leaving”10th Hong Kong Independent Short Film and Video Awards Asian New Force Finalist
2004 “Who’s listening ?” Taipei Art Award Prize Winning
2004 “Projection and Re_ection During That Time” Spring Film Festival, Taiwan
2002 “Projection and Reflection During That Time” Golden Horse Film Festival, Taiwan
SYNOPSIS
it could be 1 single-channel or 4 single-channel，depand on for screening.
It’s a self-examined process for assess your present time. In the regular bass sound surround space, you could find there’s a few teenagers are having a madness house party, and there’s a girl awake but exhausted for being there. There’s a slightly smog or light gently but regularly move in the space. The smog represented a spiritual inside a space. It could be the spiritual from you or others. It’s like you are just in a conference or a party and suddenly there’s something pull your spirit away from your body. It makes you look at yourself in a different angle, but you’re still in the group. What would you do and what’s the connection between you and others?
If the smog was another you – a same existence from another world to look at your body in this group full of chaos and desired. However, there’s nothing you can changed as a member in this group. All you can do silently look down at your body, and move away quietly.
If the smog wasn’t you, it was an outsider of this whole group of people. You are paralysed to make any specific change in the group although your body still in there. What you should do and what would you do? You are just upon there and silently away from all these scenes made by human being.
There’s certainly no right or wrong answer for this topic. This just point out the way how you look at yourself. It’s a discussion about the existence of yourself. What makes you becomes the present existence and what’s track you would leave in your life.
It’s a self-examined process for assess your present time. In the regular bass sound surround space, you could find there’s a few teenagers are having a madness house party, and there’s a girl awake but exhausted for being there. There’s a slightly smog or light gently but regularly move in the space. The smog represented a spiritual inside a space. It could be the spiritual from you or others. It’s like you are just in a conference or a party and suddenly there’s something pull your spirit away from your body. It makes you look at yourself in a different angle, but you’re still in the group. What would you do and what’s the connection between you and others?
If the smog was another you – a same existence from another world to look at your body in this group full of chaos and desired. However, there’s nothing you can changed as a member in this group. All you can do silently look down at your body, and move away quietly.
If the smog wasn’t you, it was an outsider of this whole group of people. You are paralysed to make any specific change in the group although your body still in there. What you should do and what would you do? You are just upon there and silently away from all these scenes made by human being.
There’s certainly no right or wrong answer for this topic. This just point out the way how you look at yourself. It’s a discussion about the existence of yourself. What makes you becomes the present existence and what’s track you would leave in your life.