Sammy Chien

Age: 33
Ethnicity: East Asian (predominately Han, with small portion of Indonesian, Japanese, Dai & Amis tribe)
Occupation and/or Company: interdisciplinary media artist, performer, mentor, researcher & Artistic Director of Chimerik 似不像
Years of experience: 10

Personal & professional philosophy:
My collective Chimerik 似不像’s mission is to create works, platform and activities that fosters interdisciplinary, intercultural and transnational collaborations through new media, digital technology and performance.

Upcoming performances/ project:
My collective Chimerik 似不像 (with Nita Bowerman, Rashi Sethi and guest VJ Kurtis Yu) will be doing Live Visuals for Indian Summer Festival 2019 – Conjuring The Future July 6th and a new interdisciplinary performance work, produced by Orchid Ensemble 蘭韻樂團

What is the highlight of your work?
Anahata 心輪 – a large scale new media performance projects in Taiwan, the official opening show for Taichung Light Festival with more than 30,000 audiences and over 19 shows in the outdoor historical site with projection mapping on balloons and water-stage on a lake.

Future goals:
I would like to focus more of my own solo projects, like W(e)aves mentoring the next generation, more team building with Chimerik 似不像, and contributing more sociopolitical work, activism and community engagement.