Image: Adam Hsieh, 'a possible island,' 2022, 'Hatched: National Graduate Show 2023,' installation view, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, 2023, image courtesy of the artist
Image: Adam Hsieh, 'a possible island,' 2022, 'Hatched: National Graduate Show 2023,' installation view, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, 2023, photo: Dan McCabe
Image: Adam Hsieh, 'a possible island,' 2022, 'Hatched: National Graduate Show 2023,' installation view, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, 2023, photo: Dan McCabe
a possible island is an immersive and interactive installation mediating the dynamic relations between the island of lutruwita/Tasmania and its inhabitants. The open-ended multi-sensory experience challenges the long-standing assumption of the island as a spatially determined reality and illustrates the island characteristics' complexity and instability within a relational network. The reciprocal interplay between spectators and the responsive fluid environment fosters an affective dimension to the enclosed space, examining how an island is constructed by islanders' practices physically and conceptually.
The body of work comprises a complex system of real-time generative motion graphics and sounds with human-computer interfaces. Between two opposite screens floating in the dark, thousands of light dots gently glide from one to the other, suggesting an erratic flow running through the space. When entering the bounded area, the spectators affect the particles' activities and create a new cosmic dance through bodily movements. The border between the island and its surroundings becomes indistinct and ambiguous, which can only be mapped and revealed through the inhabitants' collective performance. The nature of generative and interactive art facilitates forming multi-layered island phenomena with unlimited possibilities, proposing new approaches to interpreting the island beyond its material condition.
CREDITS
Adam Hsieh (concept development/art direction/production)
Adam Hsieh (concept development/art direction/production)
MATERIALS
Projectors, speakers, motion sensors, computers with custom software
Projectors, speakers, motion sensors, computers with custom software
DIMENSIONS
Variable
Variable
EXHIBITIONS
Hatched: National Graduate Show (2023). Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Boorloo/Perth, Australia. 12 May - 23 July 2023.
Grad Show (2022). Centre for the Arts, University of Tasmania, nipaluna/Hobart, Australia. 4 - 12 Nov 2022.
Hatched: National Graduate Show (2023). Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Boorloo/Perth, Australia. 12 May - 23 July 2023.
Grad Show (2022). Centre for the Arts, University of Tasmania, nipaluna/Hobart, Australia. 4 - 12 Nov 2022.
SPECIAL THANKS
This project was made possible by the Australian Government's Regional Arts Fund, which supports the arts in regional and remote Australia.
This project was made possible by the Australian Government's Regional Arts Fund, which supports the arts in regional and remote Australia.