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Umbrella Man
2008
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CHEN Wan-Jen
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A rainy day is an excuse for wandering off from linear time and a clearly defined space. An umbrella separates raindrops and people, while i t also separates people and the surroundings. Rain calms the hustle and bustle. People quietly wait for the unknown to come. Motionless individuals betray their subjectivity and become quasi-sculpture, quietly waiting for the rain to stop, for a new dawn to break. The endless extension of waiting stills each second . Whether the sight is focused near or projected far, this distance is leading to elsewhere, an unknown place which is yet sure to come.

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Chen Wan Jen(中文:陳萬仁 )Chen Wan-Jen makes animated videos, which blur the line between reality and artifice. These images directly touch upon the discrepancy between authenticity and depiction. The intentionally ordinary scenes are pieced together t ...
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CHEN Wan-Jen, 2011, Video Art
CHEN Wan-Jen, 2007, Video Art
CHEN Wan-Jen, 2011, Video Art
CHEN Wan-Jen, 2011, Video Art
CHEN Wan-Jen, 2006, Video Art
CHEN Wan-Jen, 2013, Video Art