Catalogue > Un extrait vidéo au hasard

This film is about birds and dreams. Birds dream is shot using stop-motion technique, and its ‘actors’ are bird models handcrafted by the artist. Its concept derives from the artist’s own live performance the Sparrow and the Raven (2012). Story: A new-born sparrow entered a strange world. When curiously idling in this world, the sparrow found a young raven with which it began to explore the place together. They encountered all sorts of strange birds and mysterious geometric shapes of different colours. Their encounters have made them bewilder and fantasise, soon their body start to change as well…

Born in 1985, Chai Mi currently lives and works in Beijing as an artist. Chai Mi’s fine art practice involves a range of media, including painting, paper-craft, video and live performance. Her works have been shown at many art museums, cultural organizations, film festival and music festival nationally and internationally.