Ying Chen
Ying Chen, born in Taiwan in 1990, is currently studying at the Berlin University of the Arts.
Through multiple media, including new media, installation, and video, Ying’s early works are concerned with the relationship between media, communication tools, emotions and human consciousness.
After gradually recovering from social anxiety, her direction has shifted to the interrelationship between personal emotions and nature. Recently, she has been attempting to collaborate with non-human beings and explore the possibility of coexisting with all beings in the universe from within.
Portfolio 2014-2022 : https://reurl.cc/eL1meW
UdK Berlin seminar "Rave and resistance. Politicizing the dancefloor" led by Dr. Anita Jóri
Final assignment "The political aspects of the rave culture in Taiwan and Hong Kong in the Early 2000s":
https://reurl.cc/lg803q
Ying Chen — Absconding
Free Projects
Sound installation
sugar, branches
dimensions variable
2024
UdK Berlin seminar "Understanding Nature in New Land" facilitated by Gohar Dashti
About the bees and my absconding.
Absconding is a sign that the environmental conditions in the hive are too stressful for the bees. There is no certain reason for absconding, as long as they feel that they have little chance of survival in their current environment, they decide to leave.
Somehow, I feel that the word 'absconding' is closely related to my relationship with bees, evoking contradictory feelings: the desire for sweets, the passion for honey, and the fear of bees. Through the process of making this work, I began to contemplate my connection with bees and tried to explore the internal dimensions of climate change.
