The Levitating Perils
4k 3D animation with sound, motion capture, dual-channel video installation, wood structure; 41 x 33 x 94 inches; Infinite loop;
Sculptural Installation; HD 3D printing (smooth PA12 and ABS), LED ring light, plaster, book; 12 x 12 x 31.6 inches
The Levitating Perils delves into a history of Eurocentric representation of Asia as a threat to the “West.” The project discloses and interrogates a racial incarnation - a “vicious” octopus that consistently appears in western documents. Using a playful aesthetic strategy, the project deconstructs the imposed racial signifier and pounds on the question of “Peril to whom.”
*This project is supported by Denver Digerati as a commissioned public projecton installation for Supernova Digital Animation Festival's Night Lights Denver program, Denver, CO, 2021
Image 1-5: Pantheon of Octopi, Installation View, Art Basel Hong Kong Discoveries, 2024, Photo by 21 STUDIO, Courtesy of Vanguard Gallery.
Image 6-7: NARS Open Studio 2024
Image8-11: Beast, Chimera, Kin, Installation view, Hessel Museum of Art, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, 2022. Curated by Danni Shen. Photo: Olympia Shannon
Image 12: Supernova, public projection, Denver Digerati, Denver, CO, 2021