Hui Ye
25th Biennale of Sydney, Australia
14 March – 14 June 2026
Founded in 1973, the Biennale of Sydney is one of the world’s leading festivals for international contemporary art. Since its inception, the Biennale has commissioned more than 2,400 artists, transforming the city’s museums, galleries and public spaces into platforms for experimentation and cultural exchange. The 25th edition, curated by Hoor Al Qasimi, is titled Rememory. This curatorial framework revisits repressed histories, exploring how acts of recollection can reclaim such narratives.
Hui Ye will present her new work, The Chant (2021–present) and Songs of Oblivion. Focusing on the Tao people of the Taiwanese island of Lanyu, these works explore how their distinctive vocal traditions preserve memory and resistance, particularly after the island was converted into a penal colony in 1958. Combining field recordings, interviews and composed sound, Ye examines listening as a political act. Presented at Sydney’s White Bay Power Station, a new arts venue, the installation will link sonic heritage to histories of labour and resilience.
Hui Ye (born 1979 in Guangzhou, China) lives and works in Vienna. She is a composer whose interdisciplinary work investigates the social and political dimensions of sound. Working with video, audio installation and performance, she explores how collective memory and identity are shaped through listening. Ye’s practice reflects her background in both contemporary composition and media art, combining musical form with documentary inquiry.
This is the artist’s second collaboration with Phileas, following her participation as a member of radio SLUMBER collective at Manifesta 15, Barcelona in 2024.
This project was aided by a research trip to Vienna by the curator Hoor Al Qasimi, organised by Phileas in January 2025.
