Hu Ge (Pinyin: Hú Gē also has a nickname Chinese: 胡斐 Hu Fei, and English Waza) is an artist and director who was born in China. He is the founder of WAZA (art collective) which is a platform for new media art forms in China. He has done a lot of work under the name of WAZA and has been holding a lot of lectures and projects in different international art organizations like Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA). From large-scale sculptural installations that incorporate photography, video, sound and new media technology to site-specific video and sound projects. Hu Ge started his art career since 1998 at the International Symposium of Electronic arts in Liverpool, England. Since then he has been exhibiting his work through England, Spain, Ireland, Japan, Bangkok and different cities in China, one of his short film has been premiered at the International Guerrilla Video Festival held by a New York art organization and was held in Dublin in 2009, a few other latest pieces including large scale video and sound installations tour around in China. His work Floating Chinese Musicians has been touring around in different cities in China as well as in New York, United States.
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Concert, the International Symposium of Electronic Arts 98, Liverpool, UK
Sonar 2004, 11th Barcelona International Festival of Advanced Music and Multimedia Art, Barcelona, Spain
Speaker, Music and New Media Conference at the Centre De Cultura Contemporania De Barcelona (CCCB), Barcelona, Spain
Beyond Experience: New China!, Arario, Beijing.
WAZA KUYA, Tokyo Gallery+BTAP.
37th edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam, WORM, Netherlands.
WAZA UHCMP (Unborn Heroes Cenotaph Media Program), Tokyo Gallery+BTAP
Creative Experimental Media, Ullens Center (UCCA)
There is No Story to Tell, Tang Contemporary Art, China
ShContemporary 08’, Shanghai Exhibition Center, China
Uncertainty, Yuanfen New Media Art Space, China
WAZA No Wave, Arario Beijing, China
Other Programs, Multi-Media Art Activity Week, Fine Arts Literature Art Center
Hello Sadness, Tang Contemporary Art, Bangkok
International Guerrilla Video Festival (IGVFest) Dublin 2009, Dublin，Ireland
Open House: Post Space, ChART Contemporary, Beijing, China
Floating Chinese Musicians, Intelligent Alternative, Wuhan, China
Normality, Fine Arts Literature Art Centre, Wuhan, China
Warm Up, Minsheng Art Museum Inauguration Exhibition, Shanghai, China
Artist talk and film demonstration, Deutschland und China - Gemeinsam in Bewegung, China
Wherever Whenever, Big In China & Fine Arts Literature Art Centre, China
FAT ART 2010 Theme Art Exhibition, Today Art Museum & Modern Sky Entertainment, Beijing, China
"The Personal Dimension", Arario Gallery, New York, United States
"Extreme Lessons"[1]Osage Gallery, Hong Kong
Art Exhibition at the Yuen Long Town Hall, HKSAR, Hong Kong (Coming up in late March)
Visual Director, Variety Show at the China National Aquatic Center (Watercube) with the Chinese Water Sports Medalists, Viva China Sports, Beijing, China (Coming Up in April 1st and 2nd)
Pearlman, Ellen (9-2009). The Brooklyn Rail "Letter from Beijing". Brooklyn Rail. http://www.brooklynrail.org/2009/09/artseen/letter-from-beijing-dragon-eats-tail-chinas-post-olympic-art-conundrum The Brooklyn Rail.
Vartanian, Hrag (2009-08-31). "Some thoughts on China Transformation". Art 21 (Art 21 blog). http://blog.art21.org/2009/08/31/some-thoughts-on-china-transformation/.
Johnson, Ian; Sky Canaves (2009-10-01). "Artists test limits as China Lets (a Few) Flower Bloom, slide show page 14-15". The Wall Street Journal (The Wall Street Journal). http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125434842639453931.html#project%3DCARTIST09%26articleTabs%3Dslideshow.
Duff, Stacey (2009-11-22). "Floating and Theft in Wuhan". Yishu Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art. pp. VOL . 8, Number 6. http://www.yishujournal.com/YishuJournal/docs/currentissue/currentissue_v8n609.htm. Retrieved 2009-12.
Whittaker, Iona (2009-12-10). "CONVERSATIONS: A Response to Stacey Duff’s article “Floating and Theft in Wuhan.”". Redbox Review (Redbox Review). http://review.redboxstudio.cn/2009/12/conversations-a-response-to-stacey-duffs-article-floating-and-theft-in-wuhan//.
Wang, Xin (2009-06-07). "80 后 的 当 代 英 雄" (in Mandarin Radio Interview wit Hu Ge). RTHK (Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK)). http://gbcode.rthk.org.hk/TuniS/www.rthk.org.hk/rthk/pth/walkman/20090607.html#aboutthis.
Pearlman, Ellen (2008). "WAZA No Wave". Time Out Beijing (Time Out Beijing). http://www.timeout.com/cn/en/beijing/aroundtown/feature/6586/waza-no-wave.html.
周末, 青年 (2008-11). "80后新媒体当代艺术WAZA胡戈访谈" (in Chinese). Youth Weekend (Youth Weekend). http://www.dacorg.cn/?viewnews-311.
lin, jing (2008-04-03). "未来の英雄を紀念する" (in Japanese). CHINA SUPERCITY (CHINA SUPERCITY): pp. VOL . 66. http://www.chinasupercity.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=5190. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
International Guerilla Video Festival 2009 Dublin, premiere of WAZA's "Where is Who"
ARTFORUM on Hu Ge and Wang Huan (WAZA group)