Temple Keeper (Red Dragon & Green Dragon)2024Installation néon70*40*5 cm Developed in the residency with Ruan Yisan Heritage Foundation co-organized with French association Rempart in Shanxi, China, this short film documents the roof restoration work of an 800-year-old temple that has lived through war, riot, theft, and mass demolition of heritage during the Cultural Revolution. The …
Temple Keeper2024HD Video, 11’30” Developed in the residency with Ruan Yisan Heritage Foundation co-organized with French association Rempart in Shanxi, China, this short film documents the roof restoration work of an 800-year-old temple that has lived through war, riot, theft, and mass demolition of heritage during the Cultural Revolution. The survival of the temple was …
2023Digital photography printed on satin paper30*30cm This photo is shot on the balcony of Copan, one of the iconic buildings in the center of Sao Paulo. No one knows if this tree grows on a skyscraper’s terrace by coincidence or by intentional plantation. It stands alone in a “concrete forest” in the biggest city of …
20232 Channel Video 1440*1080, 7’40” This is a 2-channel video developed for the exhibition “+ ou – 1,5 °” in Botanic Garden of Montpellier. Chia LEE explores the colonial history of orangerie (citrus greenhouse) and revisits the migration of orange from Asia to Europe a millennium ago. She invites two Taiwanese citrus fruits, “liuding” and …
Still Life : Carbon on Carbon2022Carbonized food and plastic ready-made in marble trompe-l’oeil Variable dimension The inspiration for this series came from a visit to the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities in Turin (Italy), where the artist saw a reconstruction of antiquity daily life with some carbonized foods in ancient pottery tablewares. Carbonization is a process that …
Untitled Time-Space SeriesOil painting and gesso on uncoated canvas – Valley, 2020, 90*120cm– Window, 2021, 180*120cm– Tree, 2021, 150*200cm– Sunset, 2021, 90*120cm In the tradition of Chinese painting, the “emptiness” signifies a “non-existence” in space and in time. It is exactly this “non-existence” that allows everything to exist. This non-existence creates a place for interactions …