Caiyun Chen
Caiyun Chen(b.2002) Shanghai, graduated from University College London, MA under UCL Institute of Archaeology, 2027 and the Glasgow School of Art, MFA, 2024. Since 2018, Their work has included experimental video, installations, graphics, and electronic music. The current research focuses on image reconstruction, digital intervention, hyperimage analysis, intertextual writing and interimagery, visual power, identity issues and noise practices.
Recent works have been shown at venues including Malta Biennale '26 | Satellite Event (Valletta), Old Waiting Room (London), E.SCAPE (Shanghai), Heerz Tooya (Veliko Turnovo, Bulgaria), VCAS (Vienna), New Glasgow Society (Glasgow), South Block Gallery (Glasgow), Ubox (Shanghai), Weland Foundation for The Third Pole (Lhasa, Tibet), DOC.Park (Guangzhou),The Alchemy Experiment (Glasgow). They also collaborate on club visuals, and queer community.
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Anavatapta
May 2025
6'20"
Performance, Video
https://chencaiyun.com/anavatapta
Anavatapta is a performance-based video work conceived and created by Caiyun Chen（陈采鋆）during an artist residency in Lhasa. The Tibetan calligraphy performance was carried out by Dorje Tsewang（多吉次旺，རྡོ་རྗེ་ཚེ་དབང་།）, with filming support from MoCA Weland（介观艺术）.
Anavatapta means "heat-free"; the waters of the lake were thought to be able to soothe the fires that torment living beings. At over 4,000 metres above sea level, every breath on the plateau is slow and heavy. Through a gesture of pilgrimage, the performer responds to the snow-covered mountains and to the plateau's natural environment under climate change. The Tibetan calligraphy was created using environmentally friendly ink. After filming, all materials were removed from the site, and the calligraphy was mounted and preserved as part of the performance.
Director / Editor: Caiyun Chen 陈采鋆
Performance: Dorje Tsewang 多吉次旺 རྡོ་རྗེ་ཚེ་དབང་།
Choreography / Performance: Caiyun Chen 陈采鋆
Camera Operator: Yeshi Rinchen 益西仁青 ཡེ་ཤེས་རིན་ཆེན།
Production Coordinator: Yi Wang 王毅
Sound Design: Caiyun Chen 陈采鋆
Music: Silent Dunes（静沙）/ Cloud Veins（云脉）
From 4 Reveries（四重遐想）by Caiyun Chen 陈采鋆
Special Thanks: MoCA Weland 介观艺术
released July, 2026
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