Musquiqui Chihying

Musquiqui Chihying (born 1985 in Taipei) is a Taiwanese visual artist and experimental filmmaker who resides in Taipei and Berlin.[1][2] He often employs media such as sound, music, and moving images to construct a narrative vocabulary, offering alternative perspectives on the interconnectedness of human condition and ecological environments.[3][4][5]

Musquiqui Chihying
Born
Occupation(s)Filmmaker, Visual artist
Notable workCafe Togo, The Lighting, The Currency
AwardsLoop Barcelona Video Art Award

Chihying film works have been screened at various film festival, including Rotterdam Film Festival in the Netherlands, Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, and many more. He is a member of the Taiwanese art group Fuxinghen Studio and leads the Research Lab of Image and Sound (RLIS), focusing on media technology and image politics research. Chihying has also developed the special historical circumstances of ethic and technological exchange between the African, Asian, and Afrasian Sea.[6]

International art institutions

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International Art Institutions City
Art Sonje Center[7] Seoul
Centre Pompidou[4] Paris
Neue Berliner Kunstverein Berlin
Power Station of Art[8] Shanghai
UCCA Center for Contemporary Art[3] Beijing
MOCA Museum of Contemporary Art[9] Taipei
WIELS in Brussels[10]
Taipei Fine Arts Museum
Tang Contemporary Art[11] Beijing

Movies

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Movie Year
Café Togo[12] 2018
The Sculpture[13] 2020
The Lighting[14] 2012
The Currency- sensing 1 Agbogbloshie[15] 2023

Awards

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In 2019, he received the LOOP Video Art Award from the Han Nefkens Foundation and the Joan Miró Foundation in Spain.[16] In 2023, he was awarded the Tung Chung Prize by the Hong Foundation in Taiwan. He was also nominated for the Berlin Art Prize in Germany.[17]

References

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  1. "Grants I Han Nefkens Foundation – Loop Barcelona Video Art Production Award 2019, Musquiqui Chihying". Fundació Han Nefkens (in French). Retrieved 2024-03-08.
  2. "Musquiqui Chihying | IFFR". iffr.com. Archived from the original on 2024-03-08. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Hindle, Clare (2018-08-27). "UCCA: Musquiqui Chihying "New Directions"". World Art Foundations. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Musquiqui Chihying". Delfina Foundation. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
  5. "Musquiqui Chihying: Incident at the Medal Ceremony - Heichi magazine". www.heichimagazine.org. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
  6. peoplepill.com. "Musquiqui Chihying: Taiwanese artist (1985-) | Biography, Facts, Information, Career, Wiki, Life". peoplepill.com. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
  7. "Musquiqui Chihying — Tabula Rasa Gallery". gallerytabularasa.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
  8. "Power Station of Art". www.powerstationofart.com. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
  9. "Musquiqui Chihying / Activities / àngels barcelona". angelsbarcelona.com. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
  10. "WIELS | OPENING : Shuruq Harb & Musquiqui Chihying in conversation…". WIELS. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
  11. Lietti, Manuela (2017-11-01). ""A Chemical Love Story"". Artforum. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
  12. "Café Togo - Forum Expanded Exhibition 2018". www.berlinale.de. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
  13. "The Sculpture | IFFR". iffr.com. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
  14. "Forum Expanded: Closer to the Ground". www.berlinale.de. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
  15. "Europe s'avère un lieu solitaire dans la sélection de courts-métrages de Locarno". Cineuropa - le meilleur du cinéma européen (in French). 2023-08-04. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
  16. "Musquiqui Chihying wins Han Nefkens Foundation - Loop Barcelona Video Art Production Award 2019 - Announcements - e-flux". www.e-flux.com. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
  17. "Nominee 2019 – Musquiqui Chihying". Berlin Art Prize. Retrieved 2024-03-08.