Born: Taipei, Taiwan, 1979
Living and working: Rotterdam & Utrecht, Netherlands
Lichun Tseng is a Taiwanese artist based in the Netherlands. In her works, she is interested in searching for the experience of the vital dimensions of life, absorbing and partaking in it, grasping its wholeness; in which exploration and reflective contemplation are profound mental drives. She approaches her research and practice mainly with 16mm film, installation, and performance in the last years. She is a member of Filmwerkplaats, an artist-run film lab in Rotterdam.
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FILMOGRAPHY
2023 presence undefined, 16mm -digital, 17min, b/w and color, collaborated with Lam Lai
Ground Level Cinema 4.0, Japan and Taiwan 2023
2022 Silence | solitude | path, 16mm-digital, 13min, b/w and color, collaborated with Sergio González Cuervo
Ground Level Cinema 2.5, Japan and Taiwan 2022
2021 Shunyata (2021) 16mm-digital, 13min, b/w and color, collaborated with Robert Kroos
69th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, 2023
EYE on Art | EYE film museum | Amsterdam, 2022
Labyrinth Festival | WORM | Rotterdam, 2022
International Film Festival Rotterdam | Rotterdam, 2022
Ground Level Cinema 2.0, Japan and Taiwan 2022
Audio Visual Explorations | Klankvorm | Rotterdam, 2021
2020 Remnant from echo and shadow (2020), 16mm, 18min, optical sound, black and white
when the light hits just right festival | Vaasa | Finland, 2021
FestiFreak festival | Cavia | Amsterdam, 2020
NEST session | WORM | Rotterdam, 2020
2019 A portrait of Ronya Othmann 16mm, 2,5min, silent, black and white, collaborated with Cana Bilir-Meier
Ground Level Cinema 1.0, Japan and Taiwan 2021
3 Sat German TV channel, 2019
2018 automated landscapes, 16mm – digital, stereo sound, b&w/ color, 24min, anamorphic 2:1
Art Basel Hong Kong, 2018
2017 Lang, 16mm, double projection, 6740 frames each, mute, b&w and color
when the light hits just right festival | Vaasa | Finland, 2021
Praça da Alegria FC | Porto | Portugal, 2018
CROSSROADS 2018 | San Francisco Cinematheque | SF Museum of Modern Art/ USA, 2018
Back to the future: Project! | Rotterdam, 2017
2017 Xun, 16mm, 69sec, mute, b&w
Praça da Alegria FC | Porto | Portugal, 2018
Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de Mar del Plata | Argentine, 2018
CROSSROADS 2018 | San Francisco Cinematheque | SF Museum of Modern Art/ USA, 2018
Back to the future: Project! | Rotterdam, 2017
2017 The captured light of an instant, 35mm, Dolby SR, b&w/color, 20min
The Image That Spits | WET FILM | Rotterdam, 2022
Image Forum Festival | Children on the Edge of Itchy-tectonics | Japan, 2020
Osmosis Audiovisual Media festival | Taipei | Taiwan, 2019
Wild Rhizone - Taiwan Biennial | TaiChung | Taiwan, 2019
PRISME #1, Nantes, France, 2018
64th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen | Germany, 2018
Eye on Art | EYE film museum | Amsterdam, 2017
LaboBerlin Opening | Germany, 2017
De liefde voor celluloid | Den Haag, 2017
Back to the future: Project! | Rotterdam, 2017
underdox festival | Munich | Germany, 2017
supernormal festival | UK, 2017
46rd International Film Festival Rotterdam, 2017
2016 jianjian, 16mm, three projection, optical sound, b&w/color, 10-15min
bains argentiques - International Artist-run Film Labs meeting | Nantes | France, 2016
Tactile cinema - Filmwerkplaats program | SIGN gallery | Groningen, 2016
Close-Up exhibition | EYE film Museum | Amsterdam, 2016
2015 Hometown, 16mm, optical sound, b&w, 67min
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts | San Francisco | USA, 2019
44rd International Film Festival Rotterdam | Rotterdam, 2015
2013 Flow, 16mm, optical sound, b&w, 17min
FESTIVAL DES CINÉMAS DIFFÉRENTS ET EXPÉRIMENTAUX DE PARIS, France, 2019
women make waves film festival Taiwan, 2019
Praça da Alegria FC | Porto | Portugal, 2018
Cine Esquema Novo 2016 – Arte Audiovisual Brasileira | Porto Alegre | Brazil, 2016
Dobra Film Festival | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil, 2016
Tactile cinema - Filmwerkplaats program | SIGN gallery | Groningen, 2016
Frenkel Defects III traveling screening, Mothlight Microcinema, Detroit, MI, USA, 2015
Frenkel Defects III traveling screening, Regional Support Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2015
Frenkel Defects III traveling screening, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, USA, 2015
Frenkel Defects III traveling screening, AS220, Providence, RI, USA, 2015
Frenkel Defects III traveling screening, Balagan Films, Cambridge, MA, USA, 2015
Frenkel Defects III traveling screening, Double Negative, Montréal, QC, Canada, 2015
Frenkel Defects III traveling screening, Rhizome DC, Silver Spring, MD, USA, 2015
Frenkel Defects III traveling screening, The Firehouse Space, Brooklyn, NY, USA, 2015
Frenkel Defects III traveling screening, Eyedrum, Atlanta, GA, USA, 2015
Frenkel Defects III traveling screening, Mechanical Eye Microcinema, Asheville, NC, USA, 2015
Frenkel Defects III traveling screening, UNEXPOSED, Durham, NC, USA, 2015
Frenkel Defects III traveling screening, Process Reversal, Denver, Colorado, USA, 2015
Frenkel Defects III traveling screening, Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 2015
Frenkel Defects III traveling screening, Black Hole Cinematheque, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 2015
Frenkel Defects III traveling screening, Artists' Television Access, San Francisco, CA, USA, 2015
Frenkel Defects III traveling screening, IRIS Film Collective, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2015
Frenkel Defects III traveling screening, FAVA-Film & Video Arts Society-Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, 2015
filmwerkplaats film program | Zagreb | Croatia, 2015
PLASTIK artists' moving image festival | PHENOMENAL LOVE | Cork | Ireland, 2015
16th dresdner schmalfilmtage | Dresden | Germany, 2015
black hole cinematheque | Oakland, California | USA, 2014
Echo Park Film Center | Los Angeles, California | USA, 2014
Undo Film | Cologne | Germany, 2014
30th Hamburg International Short Film Festival | Hamburg | Germany, 2014
43rd International Film Festival Rotterdam, 2014
TIE film festival | Colorado Spring | USA, 2013
Views from the Avant Garde | 51st New York Film Festival | USA, 2013
2012 Balga 16mm, mute, b&w, 5min
Praça da Alegria FC | Porto | Portugal, 2018
SSSLLL - Passing Through: We Are Not Done Yet | LabLabaLaba | Jakarta | Indonesia, 2017
underdoxfestival | Munich | Germany, 2017
Dobra Film Festival | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil, 2016
the Independent Film Show 16th edition | Napoli | Italy, 2016
filmwerkplaats film program | Zagreb | Croatia, 2015
filmwerkplaats film program | Mire | Nantes | France, 2015
PLASTIK artists' moving image festival | PHENOMENAL LOVE | Cork | Ireland, 2015
(S8) Mostra de Cinema Periférico | Spain, 2014
filmwerkplaats film program | Guesthouse | Cork | Ireland, 2014
Views from the Avant Garde | 51st New York Film Festival | USA, 2013
2012 Neither a tree nor a grass video, color, mute, 15min
light pollution | Taiwan Annual 1st | cinema | Taipei, Taiwan, 2016
Projection & reflection | video installation | Sub urban video-lounge | Rotterdam, 2012
2011 Ning 16min-video, stereo sound, b&w, 8min
41st International Film Festival Rotterdam, 2012
2010 Rotating video, mute, color, 12min
beyond the beyond | andergrond | Den Haag, 2010
2009 Ming.01 video, mute, color, 4min
“BAT REEL2” | Veemvloer | Amsterdam | Netherlands, 2009
2009 Ming.02 video, mute, color, 4min
“BAT REEL2” | Veemvloer | Amsterdam | Netherlands, 2009
2008 00.17.12.01 video, sound, color, 18min
‘Debuut’ Zomerexpositie 2008 | MIKC | Delden | Netherlands, 2008
2008 Passage. Hval station video, mute, color, 30min
“BAT REEL3” | SM’s – Stedelijk Museum | ‘s-Hertogenbosch | Netherlands, 2009
“BAT REEL” | Novylon | Antwerpen | Belgium, 2009
2009 Interval 6 videos, mute, color
“BAT REEL3” | SM’s – Stedelijk Museum | ‘s-Hertogenbosch | Netherlands, 2009
2008 Passing video, mute, color, 6min
“Oh Dear Delighted Moment” | Kop | Breda | Netherlands, 2009
8 easy pieces | STOK-Kruithuis | ‘s-Hertogenbosch | Netherlands, 2008
2007 Passage video, mute, color, 4min
‘Debuut’ Zomerexpositie 2008 | MIKC | Delden | Netherlands, 2008
2007 Sight video, sound, color, 10min
Audio-visual PERFORMANCE
2021 Ebb and flow | with Robert Kroos
69th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Germany, 2023
Into the great wide open | Vlieland | NL, 2022
Expanded Cinema | Club Solo | Breda | NL. 2022
Conflux Festival | Rotterdam | NL, 2022
flatpack-festival | Birmingham | UK, 2022
Blonde Cobra Festival Cologne | Germany. 2021
Almost Back to the Future Festival | Rotterdam | NL, 2021
25fps festival | expanded cinema | Zagreb | Croatia, 2021
Process Experimental Film Festival | Riga | Latvia, 2021
2018 Decomposed landscapes
SOUND//VISION |with JiYoun Kang | IFFR | Rotterdam, 2019
PRISME #1 | with JiYoun Kang |Nantes | France, 2018
Klankvorm #5 | with Shapednoise |Rotterdam, 2018
2018 Particle | Performance with Irene Murphy | The GuestHouse | Cork | Ireland
2016 Light leaks | collective performance | with Esther Urlus, Nan Wang, Judith v/d Made
Bain de Minuit#2 | Nantes | France, 2016
IFFR sound//vision, 2016
2015 unnamed | Schalten und Walten & Undo film | Cologne | Germany
2014 (un)FOLD(ing)EVEN(ing) | film projection | De player | Rotterdam | collaborationwith Judith v/d Made
INSTALLATION
2021 20 21 | film installation | sound of silence festival | the Hague | NL
2016 jianjian | Close-Up exhibition | EYE film Museum | Amsterdam | Netherlands
2015 Test | 16mm projection & installation | theGuestHouse | Cork | Ireland
To+fro | light box installation | Tom Barrys | Cork | Ireland
2014 permanent or in flux | film installation | kunstvlaai 2014 | Amstelpark | Amsterdam
Moment II | film installation | Riders of the Cold | Mafkees | Rotterdam
2013 Moment | film installation | kunstlerhaus. passage gallery | Vienna | Austria
2012 Projection & reflection | video installation | Sub urban video-lounge | Rotterdam | Netherlands
2011 open studio: Fu | artsource | Fremantle | Australia
open studio: beyond the beyond.pica | PICA | Perth | Australia
2010 Pretorialaan 41 A2 | Kus & Sloop | Rotterdam | Netherlands
beyond the beyond | andergrond | Den Haag | Netherlands
untitled | aanschouw presentation | Rotterdam | Netherlands
RESIDENCY
2018 TheGuestHouse | Cork | Ireland
2018 Filmverkstadens | Vaasa | Finland
2015 TheGuestHouse | Cork | Ireland
2013 Cill Rialaig | Ireland
2011 Asialink Visual Arts Resident (PICA & Artsource) | Perth & Fremantle | Australia
2008 Ozu Residence | Sabina | Italy
2008 Casaterra.residency 2008 | Puglia | Italy
2008 Hval Station Residence | Hønefoss | Norway
GRANT
2019 Centrum Beeldende Kunst (CBK) Rotterdam, Onderzoek & Ontwikkeling (Remnant from echo and shadow)
2016 Nederlands Filmfonds, ontwikkeling - New Screen NL Filmisch experiment ( The captured light of an instant )
2016 Centrum Beeldende Kunst (CBK) Rotterdam, Onderzoek & Ontwikkeling ( The captured light of an instant )
2015 DKC Rotterdam Visuele Kunsten (Cha project)
2013 DKC Rotterdam Visuele Kunsten (jianjian)
2012 DKC Rotterdam Bewegend Beeld (Flow)
2011 The Taipei Department of Cultural Affairs & The Australia Council for the Arts (AIR.Australia)
COMMISSION
2021 Shunyata | Klankvorm | Rotterdam | collaborated with Robert Kroos
2021 Fehler Kuti: All Ausländer Go To Heaven | music video | Germany | collaborated with Cana Bilir-Meier
2021 film trailer | when the light hits just right festival | Vaasa | Finland
2019 Porträt Ronya Othmann | Ingeborg Bachmann Award | Germany | collaborated with Cana Bilir-Meier
2017 Automated Landscapes | Het Nieuwe Instituut | Rotterdam / Netherlands