Chen Chieh-jen Movie Trailers

Dysfunction No. 3 Trailer (1983)

01 January 1983

Taiwan's Martial Law provisions included laws clearly suppressing assembly, demonstrations, and forming of organizations.

Realm of Reverberations Trailer (2017)

11 November 2017

For more than two decades, internationally acclaimed artist Chen Chieh-jen has illuminated the deep impact of power on bodies and architecture.

Lingchi: Echoes of a Historical Photograph Trailer (2002)

01 January 2002

Inspired by a photograph taken by a French soldier in the early 1900s of a ‘lingchi’ execution, Chen created a high-impact film that reconstructed this brutal form of punishment for criminals who had committed heinous crimes in feudal China.

Factory Trailer (2003)

01 January 2003

This restrained, documentary-like work explores the central role the manufacturing industry has played in Taiwanese history and the way in which this history continues to haunt it today.

In a World Losing Multiple Worlds - I & II Trailer (2023)

06 September 2023

"We passed an empty field, in which a person was standing motionless, head down, and soaking wet in the pouring rain.

The Route Trailer (2006)

14 May 2006

In 1995 five hundred dock workers in Liverpool were fired for refusing to cross a picket line, sparking the Dockers' dispute of the 1990s.

Worn Away Trailer (2023)

10 October 2023

The film depicts a corporatocracy dystopia in which a neoliberal regime of multinational corporations govern society, bringing suffering.

On Going Trailer (2006)

05 March 2006

This film mainly features two friends of the artist. One works in an empty 85-story skyscraper. The other is a student who has participated in left-wing movements and anti-globalization activities for many years.

Bade Area Trailer (2005)

16 March 2005

This film was made in the Bade Area of Taoyuan County, Taiwan. Chen Chieh-jen invited local temporary laborers to wander around the area, and enter office buildings and factory spaces that had been sealed off by the courts due to property right disputes.

A Field of Non-Field Trailer (2017)

01 January 2017

Single channel video installation A Field of Non-Field conveys the concept that the relationship between technological development and capitalism has formed a new concept of technology capitalism, imposing control over technology and even the desires, perception, and thinking of individuals.

Flash Trailer (1984)

01 January 1984

After the first bank robbery in Taiwan happened in 1982, the three oligopolistic TV stations repeatedly screened the surveillance video of the robber LEE Shih-ke carrying a gun and crossing the bank counter.

Empire's Borders I Trailer (2009)

01 January 2009

Made in 2008–2009, Taiwanese artist Chen Chieh-Jen’s Empire’s Borders conveys the real-life experiences of women who have attempted to cross Taiwan’s borders: first, Taiwanese women denied tourist visas to visit the United States, and second, women from mainland China who have married Taiwanese men and have been denied permission to enter or remain in Taiwan.

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