Fujui Wang(aka Ching-Shen-Ching)
Fujui Wang is a sound artist and curator specialized in sound art and interactive art whose work has played a key role in establishing sound as a new artistic genre in Taiwan. A pioneer of sound art in Taiwan, he founded “NOISE” in 1993, the country’s first experimental sound label. In 2000 he joined the media art collective “Etat” and launched the “BIAS” International Sound Art Exhibition and Sound Art Prize for the Digital Art Awards Taipei. He worked for the Taipei Digital Arts Center and the Center for Art and Technology, TNUA, he has curated numerous exhibitions and festivals, including the 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2012 editions of the “TranSonic” Sound Art Festival and the 2007 to 2009 editions of the “Digital Art Festival Taipei”. In 2011 Fujui Wang and Yi Lu have co-founded the Soundwatch Studio to promote the creation, exhibition, performance and workshop of renovating and experimental audio art both locally and internationally.
Fujui Wang is currently an assistant professor of the Taipei National University of the Arts, Department of New Media Arts, TNUA. His work has been widely exhibited in museums and festivals in Taiwan and abroad, including TheCube Project Space(Taipei), Project Fulfill Art Space(Taipei), Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, Digital Art Center Taipei, Taipei Biennial, Art Basel Hong Kong, The Physics Room(Christchurch,New Zealand), Lab for Electronic Arts and Performance(Berlin), ZKM(Karlsruhe), Ars Electronica Center(Linz), École nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts(Paris), Antena(Chicago), The Lab(San Francisco), Queens Museum(New York), Casino Luxembourg, Festspielhaus Hellerau(Dresden), Centre for Contemporary Arts Glasgow, Cafe Oto(London),Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, Arts Centre Melbourne and The Institute of Modern Art(Brisbane). His sound works,videos and live performances have been issued on publications and media, most notably, Sound Bulb(2008), Sound Dots(2010), Hollow Noise(2011) and Electromagnetic Soundscape(2012).
ACTIVITIES
1993 Founded the first noise/experimental music label "NOISE" in Taiwan, releasing fanzine, tapes, CD etc...
1995 Starting "Ching-Shen-Ching" project for the Audio/Video creation
1998 Creating the website of NOISE@Taiwan,
2000 Member of EtatLab
2003 Organizing the first sound art exhibition "Bias" in Taiwan
2003 Teaching Max/Msp/Nato/Jitter, Pd/Gem at Taipei National University of the Arts(TNUA)
2005 Head of Digital Art Lab, Center for Art and Technology, TNUA
2006 Head of Computer Music Lab, Center for Art and Technology, TNUA
2007 Curator of the exhibition "Digital Art Festival Taipei 2007-Open Play"
2008 Organizing "TranSonic 2008" Sound Art Festival, Taipei
2008 Curator of the exhibition "Digital Art Festival Taipei 2008-Trans"
2009 Organizing "TranSonic 2009" Sound Art Festival, Taipei
2009 Curator of the exhibition "TranSonic-Sounding Objects"
2009 Curator of the exhibition "Digital Art Festival Taipei 2009-Funky Light"
2010 Head of Trans-Sonic Lab, Center for Art and Technology, TNUA
2010 Organizing "TranSonic 2010" Sound Art Festival, Taipei
2011 Curator of the exhibition "Sound Creature"
With artist Yi Lu co-founded the Soundwatch Studio
2012 Organizing "TranSonic 2012" Sound Art Festival, Taipei
EXHIBITIONS
2000 "NoiseDrome", Video Installation; "Spin City 2000: Alternative Space On Line", Whashang Art District, Taipei
2001 "Yellow Submarine"(Etat Lab), Mixed Media; "The Gravity of the Immaterial", Moca Taipei, Taipei
2001 "Joints Reflex", Interactive Sound/Video Installation, Etat , Taipei
2001 "Breaking Waves"; AO:Audio Only Sound Gallery, MAAP 2001, Australia
2001 "Erasing Scenery"(EtatLab), Video Installation; Kaohsiung International Container Arts Festival, Kaohsiung
2002 "Devolve Into II", network project and Installation/ performance in collaboration with Peter Courtemanche and others. ORF Klangtheater Wien and Intermedium 2 at ZKM Karlsruhe
2002 "Stalker", Interactive Video Installation; Etat, Taipei
2002 "In Between"(EtatLab), Interative Video Installation; Total Museum, Korea
2002 "T-Art"(EtatLab), Interactive Video Installation; IT Park, Taipei
2003 "T-Art"(EtatLab), Interactive Video Installation; Taipei Artist Village, Taipei
2003 "Break In Break", Interactive Sound Installation / Performance; Taipei Artist Village, Taipei
2003 "Flying Dots", Video; EtatLab, Taipei
2004 "Eyes Fish"(EtatLab), Video Installation; Taipei County
2004 "Lotus Song from Deep Water", Sound Installation; Taipei
2004 "NoiseDrome", Video Installation; "Media City", Moca Taipei, Taipei
2004 "Blissful Light", Interactive Installation; "CO4 Taiwan Avant-Garde Documenta II-Lost Words", Hong-Gah Museum, Taipei
2005 "Blissful Light”, Interactive Installation; "CO4 Taiwan Avant-Garde Documenta II-Lost Words", Hsinchu
2005 "Ever Passing Moment", Video Installation; "Con-temporary Citizens", Lan-Zhou Police Station, Taipei
2005 "iPure", Interactive Sound Installation; "The Post-Stone Age:Taiwan Contemporary Young Artists Special Exhibition", Art Taipei 2005, Taipei
2005 "Eyefish"(Etatlab), Video Installation; Art Taipei 2005, Taipei
2005 "iPure", Interactive Sound Installation; DiVA Cologne, Germany
2005 "Eyefish"(Etatlab), Video Installation; DiVA Cologne, Germany
2005 "Eyefish"(Etatlab), Video Installation; National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung
2005 "iPure", Interactive Sound Installation; Center For Arts, Yuan Ze University
2005 "Elastic Waves", Video Installation; Center For Arts, Yuan Ze University
2006 "Elastic Impulse", Video; The 6th Annual Activating the Medium Festival, USA
2006 "Catch You Can't Catch", Led Installation; Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei
2007 "Beyond 0~20Hz"，Sound Installation; Boom: Taiwan-Australia New Media Arts Exhibition, Taipei
2007 "Eyefish"(Etatlab), Video Installation; Very Fun Park II, Taipei
2007 "Eyefish"(Etatlab), Video Installation; Beyond Language, Soka Art Center（Beijing）, Soka Contemporary Space (Taipei)
2007 "iPure", Interactive Sound Installation; Shanghai Art Fair 2007, China
2008 "Blinding Light", Outdoor Projection; National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung
2009 "SoundBulb", Sound Installation; Art contemporain taïwanais, École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, Paris, France
2009 "Sound Disk", Sound Installation; Sounding Objects, Galerie Grand Siecle, Taipei
2009 "Light Construction", Outdoor Projection; Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, Taipei
2010 "Throbbing Stillness", Solo Exhibition; Art and Culture Center, National Yang Ming University, Taipei
2010 "SoundBulb", Sound Installation; Whispering in ChiangMai Forest, Sakshi Gallery, Taipei
2010 "Sound Disk", Sound Installation; Hong Kong International Art Fair (Galerie Grand Siecle), Hong Kong
2010 "Sound Forest Under The Cloud", Solo Exhibition; Digital Art Center, Taipei
2010 "Skyline", Outdoor Projection; Transfuture, Quanta Computer, Tao Yuan
2010 "Silent Hotel", Sound Installation; Transfuture/Moment, Quanta Computer, Tao Yuan
2010 "Sound Dots". Sound Installation; Funky Tone, Yuan Ze University, Tao Yuan
2011 "Hollow Noise", Solo Exhibition; IT Park, Taipei
2011 "Sound Dots". Sound Installation; Sound Creature, Galerie Grand Siecle, Taipei
2011 "Sound Disk", Sound Installation; Very Fun Park, Taipei
2011 "Sound Disk", Sound Installation; Liquid Shell, IAC Berlin Gallery, Germany
2011 "Sound Disk", Sound Installation; Very Fun Park, National Cheng Chi University, Taipei
2012 "Hollow Noise", Sound Installation; Creators of Dialogue, KdMoFA, Taipei
2012 "Sound Dots", Sound Installation; The Physics Room, Christchurch, New Zealand
2012 "Hollow Noise", Sound Installation; Crush on EMU, MOCA Taipei, Taipei
2012 "Quiet Noise", Solo Exhibition; Project Fulfill Art Space, Taipei
2013 "Urban Flashes IV", Sound Installation; The Leap Art Space, Berlin, Germany
2013 "inToAsia: Time-based Art Festival 2013-MicroCities in NY"; The NARS Foundation, New York
2013 "Hyper Transmission", Solo Exhibition; MOCA Taipei, Taipei
2013 "Lurking Waves: Fujui Wang / Collected Objects from the 90s", Historical documents; The Cube, Taipei
2013 "Sound Art China", Sound Installation; Shanghai, China
2013 "No One River Flows", Sound Installation; Kuangdu Museum, Taipei
2014 "ALTERing NATIVism-Sound Cultures In Post-War TAIWAN", Sound Installation; MoNTUE, Taipei
2014 "Sonic Living", Solo Exhibition; DOU MAISON, Tainan
2014 "Artroulette 4", Sound Installation; Elsa Art Gallery, Taipei
2014 "Art Basel-Hong Kong", Sound Installation; Hong Kong
2014 "The Return of Analog Poetry", Sound Installation; MOT, Taipei
2014 "ALTERing NATIVism-Sound Cultures In Post-War TAIWAN", Sound Installation; Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung
2014 "YES, TAIWAN - 2014 Taiwan Biennial", Sound Installation; National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung
2014 "Sound State", Solo Exhibition; Project Fulfill Art Space, Taipei
2015 "Shoot the Pianist-The Noise Scene in Taipei 1990-95", The Peltz Gallery, London, UK
2015 "Phantom of Civilization", Sound Installation; Casino Luxembourg-Forum d'art contemporain, Luxembourg
2015 "Moving Sound Forest", Solo Exhibition; New Taipei City Art Center, New Taipei City
2015 "Light Interdiction", Sound Installation; PS Art Space, Australia
2016 "Transformations", Sound Installation; Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung
2016 "Art Basel-Hong Kong", Sound Installation; Hong Kong
2016 "Sound mirror", Sound Installation; ART HAUS, Taipei
2016 "One Sound One City", Sounds; i-TANC (web version)
2016 "Shure Pop Up Art X Tech", Sound Installation; Huashan 1914 creative park, Taipei
2016 "Transparent Imagery of Sounds", Solo Exhibition; Project Fulfill Art Space, Taipei
2016 "Slippages", Sound Installation; Pearl Lam Galleries, Shanghai
2017 "Guetteurs", Sound Installation; Ensba Lyon, France
2017 "Soundwatch X Sound Object", Sound Installation; DigiLog, Taipei
2017 "Art Basel-Hong Kong", Sound Installation; Hong Kong
2017 "Listening to Transparency", Sound Installation; Shanghai Minsheng Art Museum; Shanghai
PERFORMANCE
1998 Etat Web TV
1999 "Ching-Shen-Ching", Audio/Video Interactive Performance, Taipei
2000 "Recombinant Noize", Taipei
2000 "Black Theatre", Interactive Performance Using PDA, Taipei
2000 "Computer Generated Soundsphere Architect", an experimental sound/image interactive performance in "Taipei Experimental Electronique Music Scene 2000"
2001 "Static Riot", an experimental sound/image interactive performance in "Taipei Experimental Electronique Music Scene 2001"
2001 "Studie I", an experimental sound performance in Etat Lab, Taipei
2002 "Electro-accoustic Combat", Taichung First Noise Art Festival, Taichung
2002 "Taipei Electronic Arts Phenomena", Whashang Art District, Taipei
2003 "Sono", Taipei Artist Village, Taipei
2003 "Weatherbrain Festival 2003” , Taipei County
2004 "Taipei Sounding 2004”, Taipei
2004 "Lotus-Holland Art Festival", Miaoli
2004 "Weatherbrain Festival 2004", Whashang Art District, Taipei
2006 "The Centennial Festival of Guling St. Avant Garde Theatre 1906~2006", "Blinding Light, Dumbing Sound", Taipei
2008 "TranSonic 2008", Taipei
2008 "Mini-Midi", Bejing
2009 "TranSonic 2009", Taipei
2009 "Night of Anger", Taipei
2009 "Breathing Sounds", National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung
2010 "Sound Effects Seoul", Taipei Contemporary Center, Taipei'
2010 "60X60", Taipei Contemporary Center, Taipei'
2010 "TranSonic 2010", Taipei
2011 "Lacking Sound Fest", Taipei
2011 "La Biennale di Venezia-The Heard And The Unheard", Venice, Italy
2011 "Taipei-Fukushima Connection", Taipei
2011 "Liquid Shell", IAC Berlin Gallery, Germany
2011 "TranSonic 2011", Taipei
2011 "KRG #11", Taipei
2011 "White Fungus Issue 12 Release Party", Taipei
2012 "Noise X Beat", Taipei
2012 "Trigger Clork", Hsinchu
2012 "KRG#21/KK Null Taipei Gig", Taipei
2012 "New Zealand Tour", The Russian Frost Farmers, Wellington, New Zealand
2012 "New Zealand Tour", The Physics Room, Christchurch, New Zealand
2012 "New Zealand Tour", Mighty Mighty, Wellington, New Zealand
2012 "New Zealand Tour", Whammy Bar, Auckland, New Zealand
2012 "New Zealand Tour", Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
2012 "OnSite 2012", TAV, Taipei
2012 "TranSonic 2012", Song Shan Cultural Park, Taipei
2012 " Depopulate 01 / White Fungus ", VT Artsalon, Taipei
2013 "Battle Of Transparency", The Soup, Tokyo, Japan
2013 "Soundroom", SuperDeluxe, Tokyo, Japan
2013 "Depopulate 02 / White Fungus", The Cube, Taipei
2013 "New Sonic Adventures VOL.3", Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2013 "13 Release Event #2 / White Fungus", THE LAB, San Francisco, USA
2013 "Merzbow in Taipei", The Wall, Taipei
2013 "URBAN FLASHES IV", The Leap Art Space, Berlin, Germany
2013 "inToAsia: Time-based Art Festival 2013-MicroCities in NY", Residency Unlimited Art Center, New York, USA
2013 "Queens International 2013", Queens Museum, New York, USA
2013 "RADIO 433 PRESENTS NIÚ ZHĀNG ZHĪ", Ars Electronica Center, Linz, Austria
2014 "Transparent Regeneration", Hsinchu
2014 "Depopulate 03 / White Fungus", Treasure Hill, Taipei
2014 "Lacking Sound Festival LSF78", Digital Art Center, Taipei
2014 "Hyper Transmission in Schizophrenia Taiwan 2.0", Collegium Hungaricum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2014 "Hyper Transmission in Transmediale 2014", Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
2014 "Depopulate 04 / White Fungus and N.K.", N.K. Art Space, Berlin, Germany
2014 "Hyper Transmission", Antena, Chicago, USA
2014 "SAVAKA VOL.9", Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2014 "Depopulate 05 / White Fungus", 435 Art Zone, New Taipei City
2014 "China Tour", Zajia Lab, Beijing, China
2014 "China Tour", HDM Gallery, Hangzhou, China
2014 "China Tour", 696 Live House, Shanghai, China
2014 "China Tour", XXX Gallery, Hong Kong, China
2014 "China Tour", LIVE Music Association, Macau, China
2014 "On Site 2014", TAV, Taipei
2014 "Hyper Transmission in TonLagen Festival", Festspielhaus Hellerau, Dresden, Germany
2014 "Eclectic X Bias 2014", Digital Art Center, Taipei
2015 "Subconscious Restaurant Taipei Book Fair Event", Huashan Creative Park Sake Factory Building, Taipei
2015 "Shoot the Pianist-The Noise Scene in Taipei 1990-95", The Peltz Gallery, London, UK
2015 "Hyper Transmission", Café OTO, London, UK
2015 "Counterflows Festival 2015", Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow, UK
2015 "HyperSonic 2015", Polymer Space, Taipei
2015 "Phantom of Civilization", Casino Luxembourg-Forum d'art contemporain, Luxembourg
Audio Works
1997 "Killing Me Softly With Noise" CD Compilation, Noise/Taiwan
1998 "Soundtracks for Bride of Sevenless" CD Compilation, Auscultare Research/USA
1999 "1,2,3,0" mini-CD, Noise/Taiwan
2001 "Studie I " mini-CD, Noise/Taiwan
2003 "Poise" CD
2004 "Bias" CD/Dvd Compilation
2004 "One Love" CD Compilation
2008 "SoundWave Communication" CD
Video Works
1998 "DeathDrome"
1999 "FlowerDrome" selected by Taipei Film Festival
2000 "Deep Dream" selected by "Image 2000" program of Public TV
2000 "Ching-Shen-Ching" VideoCD
2001 "Noise Drome" selected by iMages Festival, Canada
2002 "Whirling"
2003 "WaterDrome", "Bias" Sound Art Festival, Taipei
2003 "Flying Dots"
2005 "Ever Passing Moment"
Links
http://www.kunstradio.at/BIOS/wangbio.html
http://www.kunstradio.at/2002A/26_05_02.html#dv
http://hosting.zkm.de/intermedium/d/programm/veranstaltungen/veranstaltung_09
Contact
fujuiwang@gmail.com
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