The Taiwanese artist, writer and musician Chi-Wei Lin is ’71 vintage. He studied French literature and Cultural Anthropology in Taipei focusing on temple architecture, rituals and music, before studying electronic art in Lille, France. Lin has curated noise festivals and showed his works in very diverse spaces and contexts in China and Europe. His first book on sound and art, Beyond Sound Art – the avant garde, sound machines, and the modernity of hearing was recently published by Artist Magazine/Artist Publishing Co. Lin lives and works in Beijing.