Artist Statement
As an interdisciplinary artist and creative technologist, Cinthia engages in image-making, performance, and multimedia installation to explore memory, hybrid identities, and spiritual futurisms. She is interested in art-making and performance as ritual, that engages personal and collective experiences with intentionality, participation, and communion of all those involved, from collaborating artists to audiences. Cinthia approaches her art through a hybrid/borderland perspective, which is seated deeply within her experiences as a Taiwanese queer woman. All of these identifiers she considers to be “hybrid/borderland” in their manifestations, calling for a constant interrogation, negotiation, and resistance to what is considered normative, and the ability to hold multiple truths simultaneously. Cinthia is committed to a devised practice that engages in deep research and offers multiple access points to enter the work. This materializes in her artistic work as a director, video projection designer, and Theater Mitu company member.
Cinthia Chen_Waters of Oblivion_multimedia installation_2021_Theater Mitu Interactive communal altar. Audiovisual recordings/representations of memories shared with us from participants, projected on the moon gate, and displayed on the monitors. Mushrooms grew inside the tank, and side cubbies filled with offerings from audiences. 12ft tall. Photo Credt: Cinthia Chen