http://www.jenchuastudios.com/charlie daily 0.75 2014-05-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51e6b9c9e4b050adffbe392c/1382134007743-4AZAWW3EOCATZK4YARGB/1.jpg Charlie - Charlie All images by the talented Matthias Heiderich http://www.jenchuastudios.com/blog-2 daily 0.75 2015-12-07 http://www.jenchuastudios.com/blog-2/2015/12/7/the-artist-statement-writing-myself-into-a-corner monthly 0.5 2015-12-07 http://www.jenchuastudios.com/blog-2/2015/11/28/gratitude-and-mr-rogers monthly 0.5 2015-11-29 http://www.jenchuastudios.com/blog daily 0.75 2013-10-05 http://www.jenchuastudios.com/projects daily 1.0 2015-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5659470be4b0a63eb2c53871/1448699907899-8KEYXZT67NS83E83WJC6/ChuaJ_20.jpg Installations Extreme Happiness World Funerary papers, ceramic slip 15ft x 10 ft x 10 ft (dimensions variable) 2013 As part of a Taiwanese funerary ritual, papers with prayers written on them are folded into origami lotus flowers and burned as offerings for the dead until there is nothing left but ash. I preserve this ritual by dipping the flowers in ceramic slip, and firing them in the kiln. As the prayer papers burn, they become an offering for the dead; the ceramic husk, memento mori for the living. The ritual becomes a partial and incomplete documentation of grief at the crossroads of Western academic curiosity and Taiwanese folk identity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5659470be4b0a63eb2c53871/1449496067950-NSKD79F9RG5KTPKUBT7E/IMG_0098.JPG Installations - Open Sesame Open Sesame was a site-specific installation for The Garage, a gallery in Honolulu, Hawaii, from April 23-May 8, 2014. Tiny porcelain pieces suspended by hand-dyed monofilaments were attached to the doors of the gallery's only restroom, so that each time the doors opened and closed, the installation would breathe and draw attention to the threshold between public and private space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5659470be4b0a63eb2c53871/1449494574304-C83FS633TB4K0OOAFBVX/IMG_3769.JPG Installations - The Sound of 1000 Hands This performance/installation consisted of a series of instructions which asked volunteers to grab a rope and walk in a specific pattern that braided the ropes together. The ropes were made of bundled monofilament; there were 1,000 strands of monofilament, each ending in 1,000 porcelain palm prints. Once the instructions were given, the volunteers were left to their own devices like a pendulum set into motion. As the volunteers became smoother at weaving the monofilaments together, the sounds of tinkling porcelain and laughter mingled into an event that was joyful, awkward, and sincere. Performed December 17th, 2013, in The Commons Gallery at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, in Honolulu, HI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5659470be4b0a63eb2c53871/1448692977964-FDIZBD93S22MZ23AD2J6/Chua+7696.JPG Installations http://www.jenchuastudios.com/performance daily 0.75 2015-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5659470be4b0a63eb2c53871/1448971812360-F0HPHABVM2NIMNS4C0B5/image-asset.jpeg Performances - I Love You To Pieces This piece pushes the notion of careful attentiveness to illogical extremes. For this performance, I threw the the tallest cylinder I could and then hugged it until it collapsed. Is there only one way to show affection? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5659470be4b0a63eb2c53871/1448971812360-F0HPHABVM2NIMNS4C0B5/image-asset.jpeg Performances - I Love You To Pieces This piece pushes the notion of careful attentiveness to illogical extremes. For this performance, I threw the the tallest cylinder I could and then hugged it until it collapsed. Is there only one way to show affection? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5659470be4b0a63eb2c53871/1448971868732-KMSNMFWH2NPFQDKHVKUZ/ChuaJ_13.jpg Performances - I'm So Vain In a show of self-love that shows the ragged edges between public and private, this performance consists of a violent removal of make-up, to the tune of Carly Simon's "You're So Vain." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5659470be4b0a63eb2c53871/1448971780565-4ZTM5NJS658BDGEQWJHC/ChuaJ_12.jpg Performances - No, I'm Sorry Focusing on the apology as a method of social currency, this performance spanned multiple months and encouraged viewers to reflect upon situations for which they were expected to apologize. I then wrote apology letters to the aggrieved parties, assuming all blame and absolving the protagonist. Whimsically or sincerely, viewers considered the relationships they valued, how they chose to protect them. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5659470be4b0a63eb2c53871/565970e2e4b04e87710580b7/565d900ae4b0671c00863941/1448972316282/ Performances - Performances Uncomfortable, funny, or awkward, the performative acts in this collection highlight the necessary steps we take in order to protect our public selves and our relationships to others. http://www.jenchuastudios.com/about-1 daily 0.75 2016-08-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5659470be4b0a63eb2c53871/1449477767199-2VVBCHU74DJIC1LFEKLP/image-asset.jpeg About