Jiayi Chen
See Through the Hollowed Blue Hellebore
See Through
the Hollowed
Blue Hellebore
the Hollowed
Blue Hellebore
Le Mouvement
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2026
The summer light endlessly scatters across river rocks, moss, and lichen, flickering on a land breathing under its own memory. Shot in the remote wilderness of southeastern Alaska, See Through the Hollowed Blue Hellebore draws from local oral narratives tied to glaciers and the land, intertwining echoes of Tlingit language. Floating, utterance stretches, repeats, and resonates, summoning a sensory journey through flora and fauna. Beneath each surface: a glacier receding, a body remembering.
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An Introduction to Tlingit Sounds
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Jiayi Chen
USA
2026
17 min
Russian Premiere
USA
2026
17 min
Russian Premiere
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An Introduction to Tlingit Sounds
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Jiayi Chen
Jiayi Chen
Jiayi Chen
y X̱ʼunei Lance
Twitchell
Clovis Stocchetti
Clovis Stocchetti
Kevin Rice
Jiayi Chen
Jiayi Chen
y X̱ʼunei Lance
Twitchell
Clovis Stocchetti
Clovis Stocchetti
Kevin Rice
Jiayi Chen
Jiayi Chen
Jiayi Chen
y X̱ʼunei Lance Twitchell
Clovis Stocchetti
Clovis Stocchetti
Kevin Rice
Jiayi Chen
Jiayi Chen
y X̱ʼunei Lance Twitchell
Clovis Stocchetti
Clovis Stocchetti
Kevin Rice
Mounds Above the Earth (2026)
As a Tree Walks to Its Forest (2025)
To Discipline a Rock #2 (2023)
Four Dances for Three Couples (2020)
Sheebop! Shebopp! Sheebopp! (2018)
The Words Are Not What You Meant (2017)
Case Study of an Equation (2016)
As a Tree Walks to Its Forest (2025)
To Discipline a Rock #2 (2023)
Four Dances for Three Couples (2020)
Sheebop! Shebopp! Sheebopp! (2018)
The Words Are Not What You Meant (2017)
Case Study of an Equation (2016)
Filmography
Jiayi Chen works in analog film, projection performance, and time-based installation. Her works have been exhibited and screened internationally, including IFFR, the Netherlands (2026); Fracto, Berlin, Germany (2026); Prismatic Ground, New York (2026); New York Film Festival (2025); Cineteca Madrid, Spain (2025); MONO NO AWARE, New York (2024); the8fest, Toronto, Canada (2024); Light Matter Film Festival, New York (2024); Chicago Cultural Center (2023); Antimatter, Victoria, Canada (2021); Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (2019); and Anthology Film Archives, New York (2018).
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