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Hejun Cai (apm)

Art teacher, Head of Wuji House, Supervisor of Art Club

Art MFA in California Institute of the Arts (CalArts). Participated in the curation of multiple art exhibitions and events in both museums and online platforms, working with more than 60 artists from China and abroad. Practiced art in drawing/painting, music/sound, photography/video, installation, performance, design, writing and translation.

As an art teacher, he wrote and taught the New Media Installation and Introduction to Landscape course independently; collaboratively he wrote and taught the Introduction Art and Art & Design Projects, guiding learners at different levels to establish their own aesthetic and creative language, and building a sincere and sustainable environment for communication and exhibition. As a House head, he has designed and hosted most of the house assemblies, led the school dance party, and assisted in the planning of Frisbee tournaments, athletic events, and drama festivals, encouraging different voices from students so they can hear each other in their own way. Art can be a lifestyle in the school community, so all of us can find our own diverse connections with it.

He explores various transformations between digital technology and the physical environment. By creating integrative opportunities among different subjects and media, cultural phenomena and philosophical understandings that transcend form can be inspired. He uses sensory experiences and experiments with digital techniques to find and convey empathy among cultures and then returns vigorous art to the daily lives of the public.

Curriculums3

VART1005: Introduction to Art

Introduction to Art is a course for zero-based learners. In this course, we will develop the ability to observe and perception in contemporary art creation. With the co-teaching of the three teachers, each learner will be able to finish the course with three complete pieces of artwork.

VART1006: Introduction to Landscape

Meet a cloud, and you'll fall for the sky,

Drench in a downpour, you'll touch the stream nearby.

Pick up a leaf, and into the woods, you'll step,

Hear the pine's whispers, into the wind you'll be swept.


Ascend a tall peak, and the rocks you'll embrace,

Witness a sunset, eagerly await dusk's grace.

On the land you tread daily, we'll die, decompose, and renew,

In the air you breathe always, we'll quarrel, part, and rendezvous.


Meet a cloud, you embrace the sky's vast,

Drenched in the rain, you touch the stream flowing fast.

Pick up a leaf, into the woods you stroll,

Hear the pine's song, in the wind, you enroll.


Ascend a tall peak, you greet the rocks firm and bold,

Witness sunset's glow, await dusk's secrets untold.

On the land you tread, death and renewal entwine,

In the air you breathe, quarrels and reunions combine.


This course doesn't require specific artistic skills. We'll explore the wonders of creation through a series of indoor and outdoor experiments. In our curiously designed atmosphere, you’ll liberate your nature within and retrieve yourself in nature. At the age of blossoming intellect, we'll earnestly explore the surrounding environment.

VART4004: New Media Installation

When artificial intelligence learns and surpasses every move of ours, what is the media to carry our life from drowning in this flood of digital miracles? 

New media art may not be the answer, but it is a way of diving. This class is designed for all creators who refuse to be confined to a single medium—we will widely study visual, sound, and performance art and make extensive experiments and active collaborations in media of drawing, painting, photography, video, sculpture, sound, music, and performance. Such creative practices do not require any technical background, as long as you have a passion for experiments. 

From perception to thought—the concept serves as the consistent oxygen supply for our dive. We will constructively challenge our abilities to present, listen, and communicate. The expression of language and the delivery of art will strengthen our thoughts. 

Deconstruction and integration are swimming in the currents, keeping us spontaneous no matter how turbulent the environment is. Installation art is the art of the environment. At the end of this class, we will install an exhibition that fully complements the gallery space, with all of our works opening to the public. 

Looking forward to us inspiring each other in practice, opening up new perspectives to perceive and wonder, and enjoying this ever-changing era! 

Projects3

Thunders and Whispers

Disciplines/Subjects: Sound Art, Installation Art Key Themes: Listening modes, soundscape, field recording, sound editing The earliest VR virtual reality display was created in 1968. As early as 1932, Russian composer Alexander Scriabin created the earliest existing stereo recording. Binaural stereo headphones, which have been in mass production since the 1960s, have been able to accurately transmit ambient sound, but why did the concept of “virtual reality” not become widely accepted by the general public until the popularization of VR headsets 60 years later? What is the unique experience of sound in the visually dominated perception of reality? In his exploration of sound art, pioneering French composer Michel Chion proposes three modes of listening that differentiate between the source, the semantics, and the qualities of the sound itself. Learners in Exploring Moon Contemporary Media Art use this as a starting point to break the habit of perceiving and describing the sounds around them in a more multidimensional way. After visiting the Sound Art Museum with rich listening objectives in mind, we tried to create a more complete sound experience for our peers by combining different playback media and environments with recordings, objects, and favorite songs around us. Sound Art is another perspective on music. We used our cell phones to record samples from our lives, learning modern digital editing techniques to paint a soundscape as if we were making music, refreshing our imaginations of uniqueness and resonance, and capturing those fleeting fluctuations as we shared them over and over again.

The -ism Project

Disciplines/Subjects: Visual Arts, English Key Themes: European and American art history, analysis, personal perspective The popularization of mainstream art history has long been dominated by the European and American viewpoint of “originating from Ancient Egypt and Ancient Greece, passing through the Renaissance and Baroque, to Romanticism, Impressionism, and up to modern contemporary art”, which tells a relatively single logic of development and values. As a form of communication common to all human beings beyond language, the history of art has always been incredibly diverse. In the artistic path of Moon Exploration, to communicate smoothly in the context of contemporary art from Europe and the United States, we will respect and systematically explore the masterpieces and the causes and consequences of the traditional narratives. At the same time, we cannot help but ask: In the face of such an authoritative framework, where do we place the movies, stars, topics, and culture that have inspired our appreciation and creativity since our childhood, and where do we place ourselves? So we drew our art history maps, turning straight timelines into spider webs, trails, mountains, and clouds, to see a more unique connection between ancient and modern art and Chinese art from our perspectives. After studying the techniques of specific art genres and combing through their development, we gradually became curious beyond the generalization of the big time, “What does contemporary realism look like?” “Does rebellion have to be Dada?” “Where are the female artists in Abstract Expressionism?” “What is unique about Chinese art history?” Information found with genuine curiosity is more memorable, and characteristics are more interesting after comparison. After an essay, or an exam, the distance between creation and research seems to be closing.

Self-Portrait

Disciplines/Subjects: Visual Arts Key Themes: Self-portrait, Collage, Found object, Art therapy Self-portraits are a recurring theme in artists’ creations. Whether it’s a realistic self-portrait meticulously drawn by observing oneself in a mirror, or an abstract self-portrait created using any materials or objects to convey personal traits, this is an essential step in art learning and creation. In the Self-Portrait unit of the Art Track, learners will start by identifying ten personal keywords and then complete three works centered on self-expression. These three projects include: Life Album (with cover) – exploring direct self-expression. Readymade Sculpture – using real objects and materials to convey unique characteristics. The Opposite of Me – identifying and attempting to approach or even embrace one’s opposite side. Following these three creations, learners will utilize their ELP time to produce a fully developed and polished self-portrait. This time, their audience will include the entire community.

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