
Vancouver interdisciplinary artist Sammy Chien 簡上翔 defies categorization
Chien, the co-founder of Chimerik 似不像, will unveil a project with his artist father at the Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival.

Chien, the co-founder of Chimerik 似不像, will unveil a project with his artist father at the Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival.

The president of the Literary Translation Institute of Korea called it a “pivotal moment” after Han was named as this year’s winner.

訪問簡上翔 (Sammy Chien) 時,很難知道該從何談起。這位來自台灣的酷兒移民,已完成超過 500 個合作藝術計劃,涉足混合媒體、電影、舞蹈、視覺藝術、音樂與戲劇。他的創作旨在講述故事,並為弱勢社群帶來力量與啟發。



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This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada.
The Society of We Are Canadians Too created Pancouver to foster greater appreciation for underrepresented artistic communities. A rising tide of understanding lifts all of us.
We would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on the traditional and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. With this acknowledgement, we thank the Indigenous peoples who still live on and care for this land.
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