What is Found in the Water is TrueMultimedia Audiovisual performance, 2024


Performed at:
2024 "More Strange Things" At Silent Green Berlin
2024 "Algomystica" At Tatwerk, CTM Vorspiel
2024 Art-space Bremerhaven

 "What is found in the water is true" is a multimedia audiovisual performance. A time portal is opened to bring the nowness in. A girl is sitting by the river, she picks up a pen and writes half a picture, neither the picture nor the scene can be distinguished. Where did the girl get this picture?

In this performance, I merge the Shanshui painting ( a style of traditional Chinese painting that involves or depicts scenery or natural landscapes ) with contemporary technology, embodying a multi-sensory experience. Through the interplay of Shanshui strokes, dynamic lighting, Taichi-inspired embodied performance, voice and an unpredictable AI model, I create an immersive audio-visual space that challenges the perception of reality. This fusion invites participants into a deep dream of human-technology symbiosis, where the collective memory unfolds in the present moment organically, prompting contemplation on the intersection of Chinese philosophy - “unity of qi (tool) - dao (tao)” in the contemporary discourse of techne-body relations.





We set out on the road to search
From the water
Children of the sea body
We depart

Connection
Reaction

Emptiness in the water
Form in the wave
Contact temporarily
We hear she is calling

Children of the sea body



2024 at Art-Space Bremerhaven
@artspace_bremerhaven

at Piccolo Teatro Haventheater


Photography, Camera for documentation: @neryashohat
Thank you @neryashohat @fangts_ @sampl3a @suetwa125 @zoonslows for accompanying this journey.



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