Alice Hui-Sheng Chang was born on the 31st of July, 1984 in Changhua, Taiwan.

 
Current

Alice Hui-Sheng Chang is back in Taiwan after nearly five years in Melbourne. Currently she's looking for improvisors for recording or performance as part of her Taipei Artist Village (oct 14th 2008- jan 4th 2009) and Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris (1st feb-15th july 2009) residency projects. She also collaborates with Nigel Brown (on accordian and electronic) as 12 dog cycle.

Extended Vocal Technique

Extended vocal technique has been Alice Hui-Sheng Chang's main focus since end of 2003. The use of extended human voice intends to evoke a psychological connection to the indescribable feelings. She wish to communicate in a sonic language that is not descriptive, yet using a direct and fundamental medium – the human voice. Her work explores human voice: through various combinations of extended techniques, both separately, layered and interactive; via interaction with the sound scape and acoustic properties of the environment; with attention to visual and spatial associations.

Sound

There she is, standing and walking on her own Two was selected and published in a complilation Out of the Bedroom CD as part of Liquid Architecture 5, 2004. There she is, no more tubes or pump attached was also selected to exhibit in Sydney Opera House Exhibition Hall as part of D>Arts 05 Sound curated by dLux Media Arts, Sydney. Her first solo sound performance was part of Articulating Space series in Sept. 2005. She has performed or collaborated in sound with Nigel Brown, Anthea Caddy, Philip Samartzis, Michael Prior, Sarah Rodigari, Christina Tester, Rohan Rebeiro, Chris Duffy, Jeremy Meaden, Ben Carew, Malakat, Chung-Han Yao, Hui-Chun Lin, Andre Van Rensburg, Heavy Egg Hell Dog, Yan Jun, Li Zenghui, itta, Pinko Communoids, Katherine Young, Carol Genetti and un escargot vide?. Also cross-media work with Benny Woo, Matthew O'Shannessy, Jessie Scott, Lorraine Heller-Nicholas, Jody Cleaver, Tamara Rewse, Zoe Stuart, Sam Routledge, Vienne Chan and Chien-Nin Hung.

Education

Alice Hui-Sheng Chang finished her degree in Master of Fine Arts (sound) at RMIT-Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University in 2006. She was awarded with a School of Art Award and was chosen to represent RMIT to be part of the Hatched 07, National Graduate Show in PICA, Perth. She received a Bachelor of Arts (Media Arts) with Distinction, RMIT in 2005, majored in sound and video. During those years, she has received grant from RMIT Union Arts in 2005. Her video work Flat had also awarded as Best Experimental in RMIT Film and Video Awards 2004. She had been involved in the selection committee of First Site Gallery and RMIT Film and Video Awards 2005.

Video

Alice Hui-Sheng Chang's video works had been awarded Tadgell's Bluebell Award as part of the 7th Edition Auburn International Film and Video Festival curated by Cinewest, NSW, Sept 2004; also shown at multiple screen locations around Melbourne and Channel 31 as part of the ‘Eyes for Other Skies’ program, Next Wave Festival, May 2004. The piece flat had also been accepted into ACMI (Australian centre for the moving image) Memory Grid Permanent Student Collection.

tape projects

Alice Hui-Sheng Chang was also the founder and co-curator of dotmov experimental media arts collective. The collective has produced a large number of screening events since October 2003, including two sold-out (200 & 300 people) audio-visual performance as part of Liquid Architecture, National Festival of Sound Art 2005 and 2006. From 2007, dotmov and 123tv came together as Tape Projects. They host regular artists talks, exhibitions, screenings, zines, tv broadcast and residencies throught Melbourne for the promotion of emerging new media artists.

Strangers and Intimacy Performance

Alice Hui-Sheng Chang was also involved in an international collaborative performance Strangers and Intimacy. In which seven artists from Australia and Europe wrote letters every week for four months before they met. Then they created two performance series in resident at West Space in Melbourne and Centre for the Contemporary Arts (CCA) in Glasgow, Scotland. The artists were Madeleine Hodge, Sarah Rodigari, Eilidh MacAskill, Robert Walton, Lalage Harries, Pete Harrison and Alice Hui-Sheng Chang.

 
Contact email: alice@huishengchang.com
oct, 2008