Qotrunadha’s work, Fluidity of Future Machines (2021), is the Indonesia-based artist’s video collage exploring the relationship between water and living creatures’ migration, speculating on the future of human nature. The visuals of her video recall the experience of looking through a microscope, suggesting that the insights of our elders may help us see what is invisible, but right before us. Initially the images appear to be of foreign matter, outside of our bodies, but in watching Fluidity of Future Machines, one realizes that they are also looking, in a way, at themselves.
Credit: Syaura Qotrunadha
Biography
Syaura Qotrunadha is an Indonesian artist who experiments with various media such as photography and interactive art. She was included in group exhibitions: “Cur(e)ating the Earth”, “Shifting the Center” (2020); Biennale Jogja, Karya Normal Baru, Yogyakarta, Indonesia; MANIFESTO VII Pandemi (2020), National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia; and “Pause, Rewind, Forward” #2 (2021) at Kiniko Art, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Credits
Syaura Qotrunadha, Fluidity of Future Machines, single channel video, 13’03”, 2021. Commissioned by VH AWARD of Hyundai Motor Group
This year’s Festival programme in Deep Space 8K is kindly supported by Dorotheum
