40 Epochs

40 Epochs / Tianyi Sun & Fiel Guhit - Photo: Tianyi Sun & Fiel Guhit

The 6th VH AWARD Part I

Exhibit

40 Epochs

Tianyi Sun (CN), Fiel Guhit (PH)

Yán wéi xīn shēng / 言为心声 is a Chinese idiom meaning “words are the voice of the heart.” But where does the heart go when that voice is displaced from a body? Based on the artists’ own journey building and training an AI voice model, 40 Epochs explores the heart of identity, spiritual displacement, and the labor behind voices that engender human-like technologies. As artists of the Asian diaspora, enmeshed within is also the ambivalence that we reckon with as we confront this emerging form of self-reproduction.

Ars Electronica Center, Level 0, Deep Space 8K

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  • Photo: Tianyi Sun & Fiel Guhit

    Tianyi Sun & Fiel Guhit

    Tianyi Sun & Fiel Guhit examine sound, time, and narrative as material and metaphor for their simulated present. By interweaving traditional and speculative philosophies, histories, and practices, they compose multimodal performances and installations that question the temporality and dominant narratives of contemporary technological advancements.

  • THE VH AWARD

    The VH AWARD supports emerging media artists who engage with the context of Asia through an online residency program and exhibitions of commissioned works across various global platforms. Initiated in 2016, the VH AWARD has been discovering and cultivating promising artists to share their artistic experiments and amplify their voices on diverse issues. The award encourages artists who push the boundaries of audiovisual artworks to reflect on how we understand ourselves and one another in relation to the past, present and future. The VH AWARD is hosted by Hyundai Motor Group as a part of its commitment to supporting cross-cultural innovation and development.

Credits

Tianyi Sun, Fiel Guhit, 40 Epochs, 2025, single-channel video, generated audio using machine learning (FastPitch, Tacotron 2, Tango), fine-tuning (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090), generated video (Stable Video Diffusion 1.1), spectrogram (librosa, PyTorch), 10 min. 22 sec. Commissioned by VH AWARD of Hyundai Motor Group.