https://chenweihsuan.com LENA C. Fri, 23 Oct 2026 14:08:47 +0000 https://chenweihsuan.com en https://chenweihsuan.com/Making-Time-for-Sound Fri, 23 Oct 2026 14:08:47 +0000 LENA C. https://chenweihsuan.com/Making-Time-for-Sound https://chenweihsuan.com/Contact Thu, 01 Aug 2024 13:47:54 +0000 LENA C. https://chenweihsuan.com/Contact <img width="2156" height="2695" width_o="2156" height_o="2695" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/32713079d9fa796e515b5665e944a09dcf00c6d63021d12178c6427e6ea4e008/IMG_7536.JPG" data-mid="221104559" border="0" data-scale="33" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/32713079d9fa796e515b5665e944a09dcf00c6d63021d12178c6427e6ea4e008/IMG_7536.JPG" /> ︎ lenac.wh ︎ lena-wh-c︎ Lena_C. ︎ lena@chenweihsuan.com︎Contact form https://chenweihsuan.com/Home-1 Thu, 01 Aug 2024 13:10:26 +0000 LENA C. https://chenweihsuan.com/Home-1 Lena C. is a Taiwanese sound artist based in Enschede, the Netherlands. Her practice centres on sound as a relational medium and an evolving field of forces, working across live performance, composition, and installation. Working with modular synthesizers, field recordings, electroacoustic sound, and multichannel diffusion, she creates sound from delicate textures to raw and intensely dynamic. She explores how sonic practices can reflect on relationships between human, non-human entities and the environment, from daily encounters to broader geological phenomena, such as co-living in urban backyards as shared territories, to seismic activity that cuts across daily life. Her work often extends into collaborative and interdisciplinary formats, where sound interacts with movement and spaces. https://chenweihsuan.com/About Wed, 01 May 2024 16:20:39 +0000 LENA C. https://chenweihsuan.com/About <img width="2316" height="3088" width_o="2316" height_o="3088" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e36e92bbdd595ab447670e8099095a67248c6df20169d16fd757c7deb3ad26e6/Lena-Chen-Student-page-cover-11-07-2024.jpg" data-mid="214591867" border="0" data-scale="26" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e36e92bbdd595ab447670e8099095a67248c6df20169d16fd757c7deb3ad26e6/Lena-Chen-Student-page-cover-11-07-2024.jpg" /> Lena C. is a Taiwanese sound artist based in Enschede, Netherlands, specializing in experimental ambient, and electronic improvised music. She integrates these genres into her artistic practice and live performances. With a background in fashion design, she explores experimental approaches that transcend, deconstruct, and integrate diverse issues and art forms, and focus on the texture of sound. Her sound, inspired by geological textures and the natural world, is characterized by gentle, delicate, yet adventurous qualities. Her current artistic research focuses on the relationship between nature and assemblage, as well as the role of technology in sound and performing arts. https://chenweihsuan.com/CV Thu, 01 Aug 2024 13:48:07 +0000 LENA C. https://chenweihsuan.com/CV Weihsuan Lena Chen, artist name Lena C. was born in Taipei, Taiwan. Currently based in Enschede, the Netherlands. Education 2022 - 2024 Master of Music The Sound of Innovation, ArtEZ University of the Arts, the Netherlands 2013 - 2017 Bachelor of Arts in Fashion Design, Shih Chien University, Taiwan 2009 - 2013 Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Soochow University, Taiwan Additional training 2026 Spatial Sound Courseby Ji Youn Kang, Sonic Acts, NL 2024 Place Making Music: Sonic Bike Creative Workshopby Kaffe Matthews, Po-Hao Chi, C-Lab, Taipei, TW2024 Performance Technology LabArtEZ University of the Arts, Arnhem, NL 2023 Honours Lab: How to Land on Earth (anew)? ArtEZ University of the Arts, NL Residency/Open calls 2025 Resonance Residency, Coswig(Anhalt), DE (May-June)2024 Cross-TIC Artistic research trajectories, Enschede, NL Project2026-Present How to Live with the Edge of Falling Preliminary research funded by Stimuleringsfonds Kick-start grant scheme (digitial culture) 2025-Present&nbsp;We Can't Help But Be Conductive Artistic research, multimedia performance, improvisation Researcher, performer(sound) with Amit Palgi, Jacco Borggreve, and Matteo Traveso, NL &amp; DE 2025 Currents and Crossings Live performance, audio-visual work Composer, researcher, performer Resonance Residency Coswig(Anhalt) &amp; Berlin, DE 2024-Present Resident EncountersMaker, researcher Cross-TIC Enschede, NL 2024 Morphing LandscapesCurator, improvisor. Performed with Patrick Wiel(dance), Soyoon Cha(visual art) 2023 SonichronicleArtistic research and installational display with Matteo Traverso Van Haag tot Wal festival, Enschede, NL 2023 Melkhal PulseInstallational display with Fractel(Christine Chen), Matteo Traverso Melkhal Enschede, NL 2023 Degradation &amp; Reconstitution Video, audiovisual system Selected live performances2026&nbsp;The Space That Listens, Sonic Acts, Amsterdam, NLFinal presentation of the Spatial Sound Course with fellow artists. 2025 We Can't Help But Be Conductive, Grauzone Festival, Lutherse Kerk Den Haag, NL with Amit Palgi, Jacco Borggreve, and Matteo Traveso 2025 Live electronic at Future Intel, Den Haag, NL 2025 Live electronic at GOGBOT Festival, Enschede, NL 2025 Stift Unbound x ITMOTR:&nbsp;At the Edge, Stiftfestival, Enschede, NLImprovised with Svante Henryson (cello), Joel Henryson (basgitaar), Morgan Ågren (drums), Property(electronics) 2025 Currents and Crossings, PAS(Petersburg Art Space) Berlin, DE 2025 Live electronic at Berlin Modular Society #53, Klunkerkranich, Berlin, DE 2025&nbsp;Before the Tide Surges - Far from My Bed II, Enschede, NLwith Esther Schopman(carillon) 2025 Live electronic at Itmotr Radio, Enschede, NL 2025 Live electronic at Voltage Control Amsterdam, Paradiso, Amsterdam, NL 2024 Live electronic at&nbsp;Elektrik Café , Arnhem, NL 2024 Support act. for Wu Zhuoling at Elektrik Café,&nbsp;Arnhem, NL2024 Water from Above,&nbsp;4bid Gallery, Amsterdam, NLImprovised with Matteo Traverso 2024 Morphing Landscapes,&nbsp;Spacebar, Enschede, NL 2023 Sonichronicle,&nbsp;Van Haag tot Wal festival, Enschede, NL2023&nbsp;Bloeiende Bloemen en Plantenbewegingen,&nbsp;ArtEZ Masters of Music, Focus Filmtheater, Arnhem, NL with Chris Hillen(direct), Jetske Iedema(keyborad), Daniela Carignani(vocal), Ylva Rietman(vocal), Laura Torres Morales(violin), Mariona Galimany Camps(trumpet) 2023&nbsp;Vetera Et Nova, GOGBOT Festival, Enschede, NLwith Riccardo Giuseppe Fortunato, Esther Schopman(carillon), Maria Cozzani(violin), Matteo Traverso(electronics) 2023 Melkhal Pulse,&nbsp;Melkhal Enschede, NL Grants &amp; Awards 2026 Stimuleringfonds Creative Industries Kick-start Grant Scheme(Digital Culture) for 'How to Live with the Edge of Falling' 2025 National Culture and Arts Foundation Taiwan - International Cultural Exchange Grants -&nbsp;Currents and Crossings (at Resonance Residency) 2024 Het Fransenfond Agfra Holding - Morphing Landscape&nbsp; 2023 Sedje Hémon scholarship, NL 2018 MOD Microfilm &amp; Golden Short Film Contest, Best Screenplay Award Finalist, 4kFilm Special Award, TW - Scriptwriting for the short film “C” 2017 Young Pin Design Award, Sponsor Award Finalist, TW -&nbsp;Experimental Fashion Collection ”Passageway of Border” Commissioned works 2025 The Healing of BecomingSoundtrack producer, composer for project by Michel Wang 2025 Before the Tide Surges - Far from my Bed IIComposer, performer for project by Esther Schopman 2023 Vetera Et NovaLive set, performer for project by Riccardo Giuseppe Fortunato 2023 ChargeSoundtrack producer for project by Ying Chiun Lee 2022 Zoom in CloserSoundtrack producer for project by Ying Chiun Lee 2021 Home?Soundtrack producer for project by Ying Chiun Lee https://chenweihsuan.com/Work-1 Sat, 13 Jul 2024 01:37:38 +0000 LENA C. https://chenweihsuan.com/Work-1 https://chenweihsuan.com/Currents-and-Crossings Mon, 01 Sep 2025 12:36:15 +0000 LENA C. https://chenweihsuan.com/Currents-and-Crossings Lena C. Currents and Crossings2025 Resonance Residency, Coswig(Anhalt)/Berlin, DE Live performance, audio-visual work Currents and Crossings is an experimental sound project that explores how water connects people and landscapes, both horizontally across space and vertically through time. The project consists of an audio-visual work and a live performance. The audio-visual piece was presented at the Open Studio event on June 15, 2025 during the residency. It combines field recordings and video materials from the Elbe River and its natural surroundings. The visuals respond to the sounds, bringing the audience into an immersive and mysterious soundwalk through nature.Finally, a composition was performed on June 20 at PAS Berlin as the summary of the project. Using field recordings and electronic synthesis, the piece wove together voices from the Elbe River, the landscapes around Coswig, and coastal sounds from Taiwan recorded in the past. The performance embodied water as a metaphor for travel, with the performer physically activating fragments of the piece on five recorders, such as Zoom, placed around the audience and used as sample players. This staging gave the work a theatrical feature and traced a journey of how water currents move across bodies and places. It mirrored the artist’s process of exploration and the relational nature of sound.&nbsp; Residency hosted by Sorora e.V., funded by LiveMX, supported by Karne Kunst, and co-funded by the European Union.My stay was supported by National Culture and Arts Foundation Taiwan 台灣國家文化藝術基金會 <img width="2268" height="4032" width_o="2268" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4c80dc817e67cb9fd091d25bc1159895fea0da4373b06c516db9891d0d326b35/09openstudio.jpg" data-mid="237691547" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4c80dc817e67cb9fd091d25bc1159895fea0da4373b06c516db9891d0d326b35/09openstudio.jpg" /> <img width="2268" height="4032" width_o="2268" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0c16213b585111803efe9aacb7350b78c0c9db8e85c734b706176905ee92f5c2/05field-recording-tools.jpeg" data-mid="237692631" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0c16213b585111803efe9aacb7350b78c0c9db8e85c734b706176905ee92f5c2/05field-recording-tools.jpeg" /> https://chenweihsuan.com/Resident-Encounters Thu, 17 Apr 2025 21:14:22 +0000 LENA C. https://chenweihsuan.com/Resident-Encounters Lena C. Resident Encounters (preliminary research)2025 Cross-TIC Research Trajectory, Enschede, NL Research-based artistic process, documentation &amp; installation prototype↓Scroll down for the research notes Resident Encounters is a process-driven research project developed during the Cross-TIC trajectory. It investigates the interactions and territorial negotiations between human and non-human residents in the backyard of a shared house. The work explores how human presence, routines, environment and the growth of the backyard weeds have influences on each other. The project is based on my current experience of living in a house with a backyard after years of apartment life. Since one summer, my landlord removed an old shed in our backyard, weeds began to take over the exposed soil and it became a tough task for my housemate and me, as someone who is not familiar with gardening at all. In these ‘territorial disputes’, I noticed their growth patterns seem to mirror ours, they avoid where we often walk and take overcorners we rarely touch. There is a negotiation happening between us and the weeds. It stimulates me with questions about the interaction between human and non-human worlds. Are we competing or coexisting? How are we influencing each other? The project adopted an artistic, reflective methodology, combining ambient field recordings, video documentation, and small-scale sensor experiments. Through these methods, the project raised questions about control, coexistence, and the invisibility of slow ecological rhythms in daily life. The staged outcome of this project in the trajectory includes a prototype installation that manipulated a granular synth patch with field recording audio and documented videos in response to movement calculated by light exposure, which reflects on mutual influence. The process shifted from interpreting data to documenting entanglements, and offered a grounding for future work in sensory engagement in artistic practice. Project mentor: Jacco BorggreveConsultants: Spela Petric, Francesco NacchiaAdditional support: Nicolas ToussaintThe preliminary research of this project was supported by Cross-TIC. <img width="1652" height="1468" width_o="1652" height_o="1468" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5cf3bdb21855974fef6d623e230bb5e11b043e49cb8147fad16a52dcc41cae29/-2025-05-07-16.46.15.png" data-mid="237625150" border="0" alt="P1. The granular patch connected to the interactive device. " data-caption="P1. The granular patch connected to the interactive device. " src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5cf3bdb21855974fef6d623e230bb5e11b043e49cb8147fad16a52dcc41cae29/-2025-05-07-16.46.15.png" /> <img width="2838" height="2257" width_o="2838" height_o="2257" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2f4ac7a321a15813218bfffef4764d139a84f690066e8405470a88525c28a4c8/IMG_8160.jpg" data-mid="237625121" border="0" alt="P2. Environmental data collecting device" data-caption="P2. Environmental data collecting device" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2f4ac7a321a15813218bfffef4764d139a84f690066e8405470a88525c28a4c8/IMG_8160.jpg" /> Research notes- last update: Dec 2025-At the beginning of the trajectory, I wanted to understand why the grass in the backyard behaved in this way and whether I could translate this relationship into sound and interactive media. I started developing an environmental and bio data-collecting device for the backyard, to compare areas we walked through a lot with areas we almost never touched, and to see if this could be used for sonification. However, after a consultation with one of the experts, Špela Petrič, my focus got back toward the relationship itself and my position as an artist rather than a scientist. Instead of only asking what the data could tell me, I started to ask: What are the reasons we get involved with each other at all? When does a relation between residents (human and non-human) actually start? From there, I began doing simple video and audio documentation with a small security camera in the backyard, observing how all the residents, including me, my housemate, and her two cats, move through this space in daily life. Most of our passages were very functional, such as taking out trash, picking up bikes, and occasionally stepping out for a bit of fresh air. Over time, the grass and weeds also changed our steps: as some areas became denser, we unconsciously rerouted and walked around them. Some plants withered or were accidentally broken by us; they were also changing in the meantime because of the weather. After the trajectory, when the season changed, new kinds of plants appeared that had not been there the year before. <img width="2268" height="4032" width_o="2268" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/885b9ce29c4c62c6fa190b7fdc658e343f4bb7387955d6e6ca7142d1aa15285c/06-020625_2.jpeg" data-mid="242021449" border="0" alt="P4. 2 June 2025" data-caption="P4. 2 June 2025" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/885b9ce29c4c62c6fa190b7fdc658e343f4bb7387955d6e6ca7142d1aa15285c/06-020625_2.jpeg" /> <img width="2268" height="4032" width_o="2268" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/db988d3efd8e7a74bcceb6b51fec37ca8b519c4144df6c2564abffafee7a2e7f/08-280925_11.jpg" data-mid="242021504" border="0" alt="P6. 28 September 2025" data-caption="P6. 28 September 2025" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/db988d3efd8e7a74bcceb6b51fec37ca8b519c4144df6c2564abffafee7a2e7f/08-280925_11.jpg" /> <img width="2268" height="4032" width_o="2268" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a03162301e780257ff1669bc81ec09f139bc39a29bb512f000ce03c5bf2d5ba6/07-210825_7.jpeg" data-mid="242021503" border="0" alt="P5. 21 August 2025" data-caption="P5. 21 August 2025" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a03162301e780257ff1669bc81ec09f139bc39a29bb512f000ce03c5bf2d5ba6/07-210825_7.jpeg" /> <img width="4032" height="2268" width_o="4032" height_o="2268" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/599695efc9160683b1d6eb4b3a2b8a5923a7aa0250fae563d4f17f059f5807ad/05-110425_2.jpeg" data-mid="242021448" border="0" alt="P3. 11 April 2025, after a breifly clean up." data-caption="P3. 11 April 2025, after a breifly clean up." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/599695efc9160683b1d6eb4b3a2b8a5923a7aa0250fae563d4f17f059f5807ad/05-110425_2.jpeg" /> Another interesting thing to mention is that the act of documentation itself also became part of the research. One of the cats immediately noticed the camera as a new object and kept staring at and smelling it. In the beginning, my housemate and I were also aware of being recorded; we occasionally looked at the camera when we passed by(it is not shown in the video because of privacy). But there was no obvious, visible reaction from the plants(of course), which raised questions about who is affected, who is simply being watched, and what kind of power relations exist in such an ordinary backyard. In this trajectory, my development brought up more questions than answers, for example:When does a relationship between residents (human and non-human) actually start?How does the act of documenting already change our behaviour and attention?Why do I only ask for consent from human housemates, while plants and animals are automatically included? <img width="800" height="419" width_o="800" height_o="419" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/17cfb1ac51b009640d2248dfebf1a7b493d69625e5e571aa8247ccb91f57661d/02-cat.gif" data-mid="242021406" border="0" alt="P7. The cat being curious about the new object appeared in the backyard." data-caption="P7. The cat being curious about the new object appeared in the backyard." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/17cfb1ac51b009640d2248dfebf1a7b493d69625e5e571aa8247ccb91f57661d/02-cat.gif" /> In parallel, I tested a first version of the environmental data-collecting device and a small movement-reactive prototype with Arduino and Max/MSP. I only managed to collect one proper day of data before technical issues appeared, but through this process, I learned a better understanding of electronics and how such devices might later be integrated into an installation. Eventually, through the documentation, the sound from the neighbourhood also became part of this coexistence: neighbours’ kids playing, speaking voices, wind, cars passing around the house, etc. Each recording moment is like a slice of this system. All of these observations have helped contribute more concrete ideas for the future installation I’ve been planning, to embody the process of how grasses might appear, spread or retreat in sound, and how visitors’ movements could become part of this ongoing negotiation of space. https://chenweihsuan.com/Before-the-Tide-Surges-Far-from-my-Bed-II Mon, 14 Jul 2025 16:52:18 +0000 LENA C. https://chenweihsuan.com/Before-the-Tide-Surges-Far-from-my-Bed-II Commissioned work for Esther SchopmanBefore the Tide Surges” - Far from my Bed II20 March 2025 Campus Beiaard(University of Twente), Enschede, NL Electronic, carillon, samples, live performance 10 min Before the Tide Surges is one of the pieces from the project Far from My Bed II by Esther Schopman, which offers an artistic perspective on the effects of conflict around the world. This composition reflects the ongoing tension between Taiwan and China.A conflict can be ambiguous. It can hide under your daily life for several decades, giving you the impression that it is so far away. But what if it ever manifested? This piece invites listeners into the everyday life of Taiwan, merging sound samples, electronic synthesis, and carillon through ambient sounds of the vibrant urban atmosphere of Taiwan and the warmth of its people. Moreover, a phrase from the Taiwanese folksong Bāng Chhun-hong weaves through the piece, symbolizing Taiwan’s love, hope, and the spirit of freedom. However, if the conflict ever intensifies, evoking a sudden, poignant stillness...What becomes of the familiar sounds of daily life when they are interrupted? Project by Esther Schopman Composition/Electronics: Lena C. Carillonist: Esther Schopman https://chenweihsuan.com/Morphing-Landscapes Wed, 01 May 2024 16:20:40 +0000 LENA C. https://chenweihsuan.com/Morphing-Landscapes Lena C. Morphing Landscapes2024 Spacebar, Enschede, NL Multi-media live performance 44 min Morphing Landscapes is an artistic research project created as the final work of the master’s study at The Sound of Innovation, ArtEZ Conservatorium. The project investigates the interconnectedness between individuals in nature, and the precariousness that emerges from natural disasters - earthquakes in this case. The outcome presented an improvisational performance involving sound, dance, and visu- al artists, complemented by an installation that translates seismic activity data. Whenever seismic activity data incomes(happens), it disturbs the sound and visuals, prompting per- formers to change their behavioural patterns to cope with the new circumstances. At the same time, the data triggers a real-time AV recording and playback, creating new layers in each session which the performers must adapt to, represents how geological strata and land were shifted by the seismic activities. In addition, the data provides parameters for the granular playback and positioning for the four-channel sound system. This project questions our relationship with the past and ongoing happenings within these assemblage systems on our planet. Casts/ Sound: Lena C. Dance: Patrick Wiel Visual: Soyoon ChaThis project is a part of ArtEZ Final 2024 and supported by ArtEZ Conservatorium Masters of Music, Stichting Het Fransen Fonds and Spacebar Enschede.