装置作品 - We do not See Until We See 不见不现不明 Original

“The flow would not be perceived clearly until we seeing ourselves under its influence.” WE DO NOT SEE UNTIL WE SEE (2019) is an analog and digital interactive reflective installation, an abstraction of the state of how we perceive matters around us. A scene of a mirror in water is symmetrically constructed with a water tank with a mirror at the centre, and a screen against the tank displaying a digital version of the reflection within the flow. There is very subtle, even unnoticeable analog flow being generated from pumps under the water tank. Meanwhile on the screen, there are computer-generated abstract graphics being animated form the data of the analog water movement, which is captured by a webcam on top of the installation. If there is a viewer steps forward and looks straight into his/her self reflection in the mirror within the water tank, his/her reflected face would be captured and recognised by the webcam, which triggers to turn up the pumps, then he/she would see the water flow getting more and more noticeable, eventually distorting his/her reflected image in the mirror. At the same time, the viewer’s reflected image would be captured by the webcam and appear on the screen symmetrically in real-time, which emerges a scene of oneself looking at oneself involuntarily. And the other audience surrounding the installation would also witness the flow from that viewer’s distorted reflection on the screen and/or the triggered waves in the glass tank. The flow would not be perceived clearly until we seeing ourselves under its influence - Not only the flow of water in the tank, but also the flow of politics, culture, ecosystems, climates and so on. For more details about the concept background and research process, please check out: https://bingcomputing.hotglue.me/?wedonotseeuntil