肉身映像 Flesh Reflection Original

FLESH REFLECTION
Yongjian Su & Daheng Liu

「Body reclaiming, reawakening and re-perception in a post-human context」

Dimension: Variable
Year: 2021
Material: Metal, rubber, hose, electronic components, heat discoloration material, sensors

The co-molding of biotechnology and computers has brought mankind into a new stage of evolution. We will eventually usher in a situation that the boundary between life and death is blurred by biological technology; the boundary between human and machine brought by technological planting is confused; the body's subjectivity is not clear and the perception is lacking due to the symbiosis of real and virtual identities.

The work consists of an organism installation and a sensor garment. At the exhibition, the subtle changes in the wearer’s body movements, emotion and physiological reactions are accurately sensed by the sensor module, which then triggers the installation to feedback mechanical dynamics and sound. At this moment, a certain perceptual resonance has been reached between the artificial organism installation and the human body. To a certain extent, they both serve as the extension medium of the physical perception dimension, and also become the reflection of the self-body.

The technology of dissipating embodied is transformed into a medium for reshaping the perception of the body, in order to game and question the situation of dependented body and disembodiment in the post-human context: If smart technology brings human beings on the verge of missing physical body and flesh experience return to it and wake up again?

Link: https://www.yongjiansu.com/flesh-reflection

SPECIAL THANKS TO
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Photography Team: Accio 19 Studio
Director: Sukki Shu
Camera: Sukki Shu, Tesi Tao
Lighting: Eden Huang
Editing: Wei Jiang
Producer: Monnie Hong
Sound Design: Yinong Xie
Creative Assistant: Aimo Wong

The 1st edition of the work was completed with the participation and support of Raiden INST
The 2nd edition was sponsored by 3rd Anren Biennale (Mingtai Culture)