Wai Yin Yan

Lives and works in Hong Kong

Artist statement

YAN Wai Yin (b.1994) works and lives in Hong Kong. Yan excels at the juxtaposition and insertion of literary texts in narratives. Through shifting personal observations and the temporal, emotional distance in different texts, Yan inscribes quotidian fragments of memories lingering in space and objects. Her film Localized Blindness won the Experimental Film Award in South Tainan Film Festival in 2020. Her first solo show 'Black Bird, Frost Flower and Pink Falling Stars'(2021) was held at RNH Space, Hong Kong. Her recent screenings and shows include 35th Image Forum Festival, Japan (2021); European Media Art Festival, Germany (2021); ANIMA, 7th Taiwan International Video Art Exhibition, Taiwan (2020); and Beijing International Short Film Festival, China (2020).

Artwork

• Tugging Diary, 2021. Video
• Localized Blindness, 2019. Video
• Localized Blindness － TRAILER, 2019. Video
• Hyacinthine Scar, 2018. Video
• Falling: 1.her homes, my postcards, 2021. Laser-cut Digital Prints on Hahnemuhle Paper
• Falling: 2a. irresistibly dreamy, resistible act, 2021. Laser-cut Digital Prints on Hahnemuhle Paper
• Falling: 2b. a back to back the back, 2021. Laser-cut Digital Prints on Hahnemuhle Paper
• Falling: 3a. by then you own the waters and the skies at once, 2021. Laser-cut Digital Prints on Hahnemuhle Paper
• Falling: 3b. loose wishes, 2021. Laser-cut Digital Prints on Hahnemuhle Paper