WANG Jianwei was born in Si Chuan province, China, 1958. He was graduated from China Academy of Art in 1988. He lives and works in Beijing now. Since 1990s, his works has changed from painting to conception art. His creation fields are related to installations, videos and documentaries and so on. His work has been shown at prestigious institutions including: Documenta10(Kassel,Germany,1997); Walker Art Center (US, 2002); The 50th Venice Biennale(Venice, Italy,2003); Shanghai Biennale 2002 2004(Shanghai Art Museum, China); Giant steps (Asia-Australia Arts Centre,Sydney,2004); Between Past and Future（The International Center of Photography , New York，2004）；China Now（The Museum of Modern Art, New York，2004）；The Wall Reshaping Contemporary Chinese Art（Millennium Art Museum, Beijing,2005）and other series of international video art shows. WANG Jianwei’s productions constantly focus on cultural、conceptual and moral conflictions which are hidden behind the daily life during the process of globalization and modernization. Meanwhile, his works always present those ideas by particular visual forms. Living Elsewhere is his documentary work started in the turn of new century which recorded the lives of 4 farmer immigrant families in Cheng Du who illegally occupied the unfinished villa near the airport. In this film he tried to explore how the people use the designed space as their own will and identities.