CHIANG Chi Yang
CHIANG Chi-Yang, Antecedent, got BA degree of Cinema and Drama Chinese Culture University. He is the Creative Director in We Do Group Co., Ltd currently. He went to Cité International des Arts in 2011 for residency.
- Location France / Paris
- Year of the Grant 2010
- Residency Cité Internationale des Arts
- Work Light Scape 2
- Personal Website CHIANG Chi Yang's Personal Website
I was a finalist for the Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space, also known as the ‘Olympics of Theatre,’ in 2007. I was also invited to exhibit Light Scape at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei’s MOCA Studio in 2009. In addition, I was invited as scholar-in-exchange to Iowa’s Grinnell College (USA) as a lighting designer in 2010. In 2011, I was selected by the Council of Cultural Affairs to visit the Cité International des Arts in Paris, France for a residency program. Light Scape 2 was created and exhibited there, followed by Light Scape 2-Amour in the spring of 2012.
A friend introduced me as a Taiwanese artist. The French shrugged indifferently and said, ‘I am an artist too!’ He said to simply make a sign with the word ‘Artist’ on it and put it around your neck. Then you are an artist!
I guess this is an attitude towards life!
Eat and drink to your hearts content, be the most critical when viewing an exhibition. The ‘artist’ as a profession is perfectly justified. A lady in Paris said, “Everyone is an artist; everyone is an artist of his or her own life."
Do not go to class, do not work, just live! Enjoy every moment and simply breathe fiercely. A mouth full of cold, sharp air stimulates the brain from the subtropics.
Voila!
My Paris time is even freer than my American time (Note: There’s a Taiwanese saying that time in America is always longer and freer than any other time).