I am very honoured to be invited to present my new work-in-progress research project as part of the 16th Annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival––a highly respected community orientated art festival. This project is also in partnership with Centre A, where I researched W(e)aves phase 0.3––a meaningful return to such an important space. In 0.7, we'll be centering more on...

"China Doll is a visual masterpiece, thanks to beautiful projection design by the Chimerik team..." The Georgia Straight I’m so proud of my brother, Shang-Han, for representing Chimerik似不像 and taking the lead on co-projection design for Gateway Theatre’s production of China Doll. The production design even features our father's original calligraphy––a very special way to bring family together on stage. The piece dissects traditional family...

Many thanks to the Georgia Straight, and writer Alexander Varty, for a great review of my upcoming solo performance and research project, Weav(e)s. It was such a pleasure to speak to Varty about my practice. Research for this project began a few years ago and is still ongoing. Vancouver New Music's Resonances festival fuses soundscapes and...

W(e)aves 0.6 (work-in-progress) by Sammy ChienVenue: Orpheum AnnexDate: October 19, 2019, 8:00pmPresented by: Vancouver New Music as part of the Vancouver New Music Festival: Resonances – artistic transformation, mapping and sonification W(e)aves is an ongoing research-creation of a solo performance work that investigates migration, race politics, transcultural identity, queerness and spiritual philosophies using digital technologies, audiovisuals, text, contemporary dance, and qi-gong. This particular research phase, Sammy...

臨場影像表演, 溫哥華新媒體藝術節 Sammy Chien will be performing live visuals and repping Chimerik似不像 at New Forms Festival 2019 on Friday. New Forms | Canadian All-Stars pres by Red BullPresented by Red Bull and streamed LIVE on dublab–a night of Canada's finest!Friday, Sept 27, midnight–6:00am Visuals by Chimerik 似不像 with special guest Notfortheireyes Evan Pearce Dj overland (YVR)minimal violence (YVR)D. Tiffany (MTL)—live visuals by Notfortheireyes (YVR) Ziibiwan (TOR)Venetta (YVR)Ginger Breaker (MTL)—live visuals by Chimerik 似不像 (YVR/TPE) Streamed with ZSPACE (YVR) Chimerik 似不像 will...

I am so honoured to be speaking on a panel today as part of the launch of a huge revolutionary project called “CultureBrew.Art”—an online platform that seeks to change systemic racism and the under-representation of indigenous and radicalized artists.   Thursday, September 26, 6pm-9pm 312 Main, 312 Main Street, Vancouver Come and celebrate the launch of CultureBrew.Art! The night will include guest speakers, snacks and refreshments, and...

A queer Asian night curated by pioneer media artist Paul Wong + MY BIRTHDAY! Super stoked to be part of Pride in Chinatown this year! I'll be repping Chimerik似不像 in a brand new and unusual format––a mini-durational, performance art piece weaving qi gong (Nature Centre Gong自然中心功) with Ivan So, my last intern student who happens to have 10 years+ of martial arts training (Northern...

I’ve been working on “Crossing Mountains & Seas 穿越山海經” as a the Co-creator and Director of Media Arts. It’s a pretty epic interdisciplinary performance with live music, aerial and contemporary dance as well as new media projection. The work was inspired by an ancient East Asian text Shan Hai Jing (山海經) and contemporary video game culture. It touches on sociopolitical issues such as...

Stoked to be working with Indian Summer Festival again. This year I’m bringing on an unique Chimerik似不像 team combo to do Live Visuals for this super dope performance line up.  Nita Bowerman is creating experimental live visuals with our South Asian intern Rashi Sethi facilitated by myself and guest VJ Kurtis Yu.  ANNOUNCING: #ConjuringTheFuture — an EPIC evening of Indigenous & global sounds, rhythm &...