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The Alp                           
The Bedroom                 
The Cable              
The Camera (16)         
The Camera (17)             
The Camera (36)
The Camera (65)
The Chat
The Cultural Center
The Dust
The Figure
The Gate            
The Jog             
The Lighting           
The Link             
The Looty           
The Map             
The Mask           
The Postcard        
The Route          
The Sallow Man
The Sculpture    
The Smart City   
The Toyota    
The Vitrine      

Bengawan Solo            
Café Togo           
Songs of SPECX         
The Currency-Sensing 01         
The Currency-Vinyl          
The Gesture I         
The Gesture II        
The Guestbook            
The Sallow Sea          


Ghost In The Sea            
Too Loud A Dust            
On The Faience Of Your Eyes       
There Are Lights That Never Go Out
I'll Be Back   
Resistance is Futile      Modern Life is Dull       

The  Chat    /    信  息


2021
graphite drawing
29.6 x 29.6 cm x 8 P
colour printed wallpaper


The Chat (04) : Virus / 病毒
As ideal instruments for data management, algorithms can process massive amounts of information within a short span of time and are commonly applied to keyword searches and result presentation. However, under specific circumstances, the same technology can be used to conceal and block information. For instance, as the COVID-19 pandemic became increasingly serious in China, mainstream Chinese social platforms began to block words related to the pandemic. Citizen Lab, a research organisation under the University of Toronto in Canada, has studied this phenomenon and listed a staggering number of 517 groups of forbidden word combinations, including “virus,” “lockdown,” and so on. In this installation, eight vocabularies in two groups blocked or banned by algorithms are used in The Chat and are horizontally hand-drawn on paper in a manner that simulates digital prints through manual work. This recombination of the Chinese pictogram characters can be seen as an experiment in the technique of avoiding censorship on the internet and rethinking the meaning of surveillance technology.


The Chat (04) : Lockdown / 封城
Installation view at the Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei in Taiwan, 2021

Related information ︎
︎︎︎ Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei                           
︎︎︎ Han Nefkens Foundation                                                    
︎︎︎ Taishin Arts Award                                                                                
︎︎︎ World Art Foundation                                                                                        


work

The Alp        
The Bedroom           
The Cable              
The Camera (16)        
The Camera (17)        
The Camera (36)
The Camera (65)
The Chat
The Cultural Center
The Dust
The Figure
The Gate           
The Jog            
The Lighting          
The Link             
The Looty           
The Map             
The Mask           
The Postcard       
The Route         
The Sallow Man
The Sculpture   
The Smart City   
The Toyota    
The Vitrine     


collective

Bengawan Solo           
Café Togo          
Songs of SPECX          The Currency-Sensing 01   The Currency-Vinyl    The Gesture I         
The Gesture II          The Guestbook            The Sallow Sea         


exhibition

Ghost In The Sea       Too Loud A Dust           
On The Faience Of Your Eyes   There Are Lights That Never Go Out         I'll Be Back           Resistance is Futile    
Modern Life is Dull