t/aethered to the core

installation

shown at
A Place Where Spirits Collide
Asylum Chapel, London
curated by Nina Wong
02 04 23

Totally Fucked Up Hobby Club
for Angewandte Festival
Transmedia Arts Dept., 1010 Vienna
27 – 30 06 23

Shapes of both two and three dimensions combine to create bonds. The pieces are cre- ated with a multitude of analogue and digital tools, that rely on the aspect of human intui- tion, which as far as the tools allow highlight its faults, but also the mental quality of letting go and being guided, therefore treating the sculp- tures as irritated material.

Bridging the physical body, who through move- ment shapes material in the virtual and trans- lating to the physical yet again by 3D printing the virtually sculpted shapes.

Linked together the sculptures act as dream- catchers radiating energy, connecting and transcending realms.

2023
resin, metal, silicone, microcontroller, LEDs,

Installation Shots by Morrigan Rawson

Part of A Place Where Spirits Collide Asylum Chapel, London
curated by Nina Wong

"Inspired by many Asian children’s childhood - mostly Chinese and Japanese - that revolves around gaming and anime, A Place Where Spirits Collide reinvestigates the past through installation and performance, attempting to build a bridge between the virtual and the physical. Originally a personal cultural memory, by inviting artists of different backgrounds, the exhibition transforms the subject artistically by showing the co-existence between humans and technologies - that the digital is no longer a disposable exterior of our physicality.

Being a site-specific and installation & performance-only exhibition, A Place Where Spirits Collide sites itself in a historical chapel, experiments with unconventional space and the effect such space brings onto installation and performative pieces.

The exhibition is purposefully laid out in a circular order. The centrepiece is an audio-visual performance focusing on the theme of the digital; surrounding it are a number of installation pieces that narrate cultural and self-identity. The encapsulating layout in a historical site combined with our modern way of exhibition viewing re-emphasises the merging of two worlds, showing the birth of a new-age habitat, a space where physical and virtual spirits collide."