The Red Paper Exhibition: Artist Talk with Tzu Ching Chen-Jessy
Due to popular demand and for those who were not able to make the Exhibition in person, we have filmed a virtual Artist Talk to get to know Tzu Ching Chen-Jessy, her creative journey, the process of paper-cutting, and more.
If you have any questions that were not answered or brought up in the Q&A, please reach out to Jessy or the curatorial team on the exhibition.
The Artist Talk in its entirety is one hour so we have taken the liberty of breaking up the talk into two parts.
Part 1- Synopsis: Artist Introduction, Background and Creative Process
Timestamps
1:48 - Self Introduction and Background
4:22 - How did you come up with the title of the Exhibition: The Red Paper Station?
5:49 - The Process: Materials, Time and Jessy's creative process
6:25 - The Materials
8:42 - Sourcing of Materials
10:41 - Q&A: Will you be making your own paper or materials for your paper cutting?
12:44 - How long does it take to develop a piece of artwork?
15:00 - Do you work on multiple pieces simultaneously?
17:44 - How would you categorize your artwork?
Part 2- Second part of the Artist Talk and Jessy's closing statements for the Exhibition
Timestamps
0:20 - What is your favorite piece from the exhibition?
2:48 - The Hundred Butterflies artwork and upcoming merchandise based on the initial artwork creation process
4:22 - Sourcing of materials affecting Jessy's creative thought process of pieces
5:20 - The start of the editorial aspect, wearability in photoshoots of papercutting
7:17 - What was the conception of Datum J Design?
9:45 - What is the story for how you came up with the artistic direction for DJD?
13:07- Can you share the donations aspect to this exhibition? How did you come up with the idea to add this layer to the exhibition?
16:00 - How can we support you as an artist?
17:34 - Q&A: What should we expect from you in the coming year?
24:25 - Q&A: Will you do tattoo commissions?
25:52 - Q&A: Sharing the stories or mythology that inspired the Year of the Snake collection?
28:00 - Closing words from Jessy