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Chen Wei

Chen Wei, artist, was born in 1980 in Zhejiang and lives and works in Beijing and Tokyo. He is a highly influential Chinese contemporary artist working in photography and installation. He graduated from Zhejiang University of Media and Communications in 2002. Beginning his practice in experimental music and sound art, he later shifted his focus to elaborately staged, theatrical imagery and multimedia installations and live environments. RED Note

Item Idem: very substantial, very demi more.

Cyril Duval (born December 31, 1977), who works under the name Item Idem, is a French conceptual artist, designer, and filmmaker. He lives and works in Taipei. Duval studied for six years at the École nationale supérieure d'arts de Paris-Cergy, he moved to Tokyo in 2004. In the same year, Duval was discovered by Sarah Andelman, the creative director of Colette. The Paris-based boutique teamed Duval up with the Japanese fashion label Comme des Garçons in Tokyo. He began to incorporate interior design and conceptual installations.