Inspired by the Shanghai Metro, audience movement inside this crowded space triggers a range of sonic responses. A series of large white balloons fill the installation, forcing the viewer to squeeze between them. Acting as unpredictable controllers, these abstract bodies respond to human visitors and to one another, creating a cacophony that increases as we try to escape it. We can leave because it is an artwork, we can’t escape when it is life.
Biography:
Yuemin Huang (CN) is an interdisciplinary artist working with new media, sculpture and performance. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Art from East China Normal University in 2015, and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Art and Technology Studies from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2019. As an artist, Yuemin seeks to blur the boundaries between art and life, striving to create moments of reflection in our overwhelming lives. Abstracting emotions from lived experiences, she demonstrates that these “private” realms are also a ubiquitous product of our age.
