Casey Wei (born 1985) is a Vancouver based artist working on multidisciplinary art, film and music.[1]
Life
editCasey Wei was born in 1985 in Shanghai. She finished her MFA degree in SFU in 2012[2] and made her first film Murky Colors[3] which was based on her father Menjin Wei’s novel. In 2014, her video work Vater und Sohn/Father and Son/父与子 (2014) was screened in The Cinematheque as part of the DIM cinema program.[4] In Wei’s film, she explored the relationship between family, memories and history by collaging self-shoot and appropriated footage.[5]
Work
edit- Casey Wei currently works at the VIVO Media Arts Centre as Video Out Distribution and Outreach, 2020
- She is a co-founder and contributor of STILLS: moving image tract with Steffanie Ling,
Art practice
editStarted in film making, Casey Wei has gone on to work across disciplines such as music, art and performance. In 2015, she started the label Agony Klub which includes music and printed matter under the framework of “popularesoteric”, as a space to push the boundary between rock show and gallery.[6] In 2017, Casey Wei held an event called Karaoke Video Maker Free Store[7] that provided music video making for visitors.
Selected performative art
edit- Kingsgate Happenings: Kingsgate Happening is an event held by Casey Wei near Kingsgate Mall that happened across June in 2014, serving as part of the dialogue between Western Front, local artists and the Kingsgate Mall.[2] In the event, she booked bands to perform as a response to “Go Your Own Waste”.[8] The documentation of the event reflected the Vancouver art and music scene.
- M:ST 10 Residency:[9] This is a happening event that took place in Thailand within the M:ST 10 Performative Art Biennial. Casey Wei performed, lectured and traveled throughout Thailand from November 17 – December 14, 2019.
Selected Film
editSelected Music
editSelected Publication
edit- Ozu's Seasons,[11] Edition of 100, Printed & bound by Colour Code, December 2017
Selected Event
edit- Screening of Vater und Sohn/Father and Son/父与子, The Cinematheque, the Cinematheque’s DIM program, Vancouver 2014
- Karaoke Video Maker Free Store,[7] UNIT/PITT Society for Art & Critical Awareness, Vancouver, April 2017
- Sum of the parts, Pollyanna Library, artists involved: Deanna Bowen, Felix Kalmenson, Divya Mehra, Krista Belle Stewart and Casey Wei, Vancouver 2018
- Pink noise pop up, ONE AND J. +1 (Seoul), Space One (Seoul), grunt gallery, artists involved: Jeneen Frei Njootli, Krista Belle Stewart, Ron Tran and Casey Wei, Ga Ram Kim and Yaloo, Vancouver 2018
- Casey Wei Screening at The Cinematheque,[12] The Cinematheque, Vancouver, 2018
Curator
editReferences
edit- ^ "Casey Wei". 221A. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
- ^ a b "Casey Wei: Kingsgate Happenings - Western Front". Retrieved March 11, 2020.
- ^ a b "Murky Colors". CiTR. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
- ^ a b "Casey Wei". Capture Photography Festival. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
- ^ "Casey Wei".
- ^ a b November 5, authorNatalie DeeillustrationAmelia GarvinphotographyLukas Engelhardt; November 2015, 2015 Issue. "art rock?". CiTR. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b April 17, authorBrit BachmannVideos courtesy of Casey Wei; April 2017, 2017 Issue. "Free Karaoke Music Video Maker at Unit/Pitt!". CiTR. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ June 2, Julie Colero; June 2014, 2014 Issue. "Vancouver's Waste-Makers". CiTR. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b c "M:ST Performative Art — M:ST 10 Residency: KC Wei". www.mountainstandardtime.org. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
- ^ June 11, AuthorsBrit Bachmann; June 2017, 2017 Issue. "Late Spring Release Trembly Fog EP + Video". CiTR. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Press, Blank Cheque. "Ozu's Seasons: Casey Wei". Blank Cheque Press. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
- ^ "Casey Wei Screening at The Cinematheque". Pollyanna Library. Retrieved March 11, 2020.