Past Residents
Past Resident2010: Ministry of Culture, Taiwan
Chia-Wei Hsu
Chia-Wei Hsu was born in Taichung, Taiwan. Mainly using film, documentary film and video-installation, Hsu’s recent works evolve around the notion of the narrative. Through a process of documentation his works interfere with the reality of the text. Focusing on geographic characteristics, he develops a narrative, a legend between the reality of the text and the fictional narratives. His work has been shown in the 39th International Film Festival Rotterdam (2010) and Rencontres Internationals Paris/Berlin/Madrid (2009). Hsu lives and works in Taipei, Taiwan.
Events & Exhibitions
Chia-Wei Hsu: Black and White – Malayan Tapir
October 30, 2018–January 25, 2019
Chia-Wei Hsu. Courtesy of the artist.
Chia-Wei Hsu. Courtesy of the artist.
Chia-Wei Hsu. Courtesy of the artist.
Chia-Wei Hsu. Courtesy of the artist.
Chia-Wei Hsu. Courtesy of the artist.
Chia-Wei Hsu. Courtesy of the artist.
Residents from Taiwan
Past Resident2010: premio Terna 06 arte contemporanea
Stefano Cagol
Stefano Cagol studied in Bern, Milan and Toronto. He lives and works in Italy and Brussels. Recently, Cagol presented the solo project 11 settembre simultaneously at MART Museum in Rovereto, Italy, Kunstraum Innsbruck, Austria, and ZKM in Karlsruhe, Germany (2009), the public art installation Flu Power Flu at Beursschouwburg Art Center, Brussels (permanent exhibit since 2007) and a satellite event at Singapore Biennale (2006). Through videos, photographs, installations and actions Cagol touches upon socio-political themes, pointing to the contradiction between beliefs and influences.
Stefano Cagol was part of There Is No Flag Large Enough, a collaborative project with Alberto Borea and Maryam Najd.
Events & Exhibitions
Salon: Stefano Cagol (Italy) and Jonggeon Lee (South Korea)
August 24, 2010
Stefano Cagol, Flu Power Flu, 2007, Blinking neon writing, 51 × 59 in. (129.54 × 149.86 cm). Courtesy of the artist and Beursschouwburg Art Center, Brussels.
Stefano Cagol, Confido Diffido, 2009, Light, horn speakers, light controller, public address, morse code, and languages of the neighborhood, installation view. Courtesy of the artist and The Ever Mass Land by Nadine, Brussels.
Stefano Cagol, Light Dissolution, 2008, Light installation, Installation view. Courtesy of the artist.
Stefano Cagol, Chess Time (Time Influence), 2007, Chess platform, black and white granite slabs, and Italian and German engraved words, 315 × 315 in. (800.1 × 800.1 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Residents from Italy
Past Resident2010: Ministry of Culture of the Flemish Community Visual Arts Department
Maryam Najd
Educated in Teheran, Iran and Antwerp, Belgium, two cultural and artistic extremes, Najd’s painterly practice shows a dialectic approach in both form and content. Leaving the traditional and conflict-laden context of the Middle East for Western ‘freedom,’ Najd develops a language merging both worlds in a critical yet respectful discourse. Combining her perception of reality and the reality produced by media, she researches the anecdotal strength of the image and its message, while juxtaposing it with the idea of painting exemplifying freedom of thought. Najd lives and works in Antwerp and Berlin.
Maryam Najd was part of There Is No Flag Large Enough, a collaborative project with Alberto Borea and Stefano Cagol.
Maryam Najd, Green-Wave Heroes, 2009, Oil on canvas, 311/2 × 231/2 in. (80.01 × 59.69 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Maryam Najd, Mr. President, 2009-2010, Oil on canvas, 1511/16 × 231/2 in. (39.88 × 59.69 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Maryam Najd, Last Legs, 2007, Oil on canvas, 231/2 × 291/2 in. (59.69 × 74.93 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Maryam Najd, Masquerade, 2010, Oil on canvas, 63 × 51 in. (160.02 × 129.54 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Maryam Najd, Spectacle Trauma, 2008, Oil on canvas, 1511/16 × 231/2 in. (39.88 × 59.69 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
