As an artist who mainly creates sculptures, Chen Weicai has been trying to use different media to create sculptures and thinking about what sculpture is. In the past, sculpture was seen as a container of form, encapsulating ideas and meanings within the physical outline of the material. Today, from shaping materials to exploring forms to exploring the material itself to the collection of people and materials, processes, concepts, scenes, etc., including a close connection with behavior. This sharing mainly starts from the thinking of the action itself in the personal sculpture process and related works, as well as how to think about behavior in creation and other artistic media.
“NIGHT SCHOOL NY INSIGHT” Vol. 50
Instant Sculpture：Actions in the Moment
Lecture: Chen Weicai
Host：Jody Huang
Dec 26th, 2024 (Thu)19:30-21:30
Sponsor: UP-ON Performance Art Archive
Weicai Chen
Chen Weicai is a freelance artist, improviser, temporary curator, and former director of the Dalang Contemporary Art Museum. His main creative forms include sculpture, installation, video, painting, etc. He currently lives at the foot of Longquan Mountain in Chengdu.
「 Rain 」video：0’25”，Single frequency, color, sound 2013-2014
After the rain by the pond, Silence. Shaking the tree, Water drops fall into the pond, Ripples.
Dalang Contemporary Art Museum
variable size 2016
In Langkou Village, Dalang Community, Shenzhen, an old house that was partially demolished was reconstructed into an art museum. Artists were invited to create works for the museum, which were permanently collected. The museum held its opening exhibition on June 15, 2016, during which the inaugural director served a one-hour term. Later, in 2018, the museum was demolished along with the village during a redevelopment project.
Drifting Park：Temporary waters，Temporary duckweed （940x295x45cm）
Duckweed plants, water, papertape, markers, Various borrowed containers 2023
The artist borrowed containers used in daily office life from the companies, businesses, tenants, property managers, visitors, audiences, and individuals in Xiangxingpu Building, labeling each with information about its owner, such as identity, floor, location, and occupation. The artist then collected duckweed from paddy fields and ponds, keeping it in these containers, which were displayed together in the exhibition space. Two months later, when the exhibition ended, some containers had completely lost their duckweed, while others retained only a few fragments. Upon returning the containers, some owners had already left their jobs, and some had even moved away from the city.
