Shih Chieh Huang: Sculptures that’d be at home in the deep sea
ShihChieh Huang: Esculturas que estarían en casa en el fondo del océano
Shih Chieh Huang doesn’t make art that’s meant to be admired from afar. He dissects and disassembles the detritus of our lives—household appliances, lights, computer parts, toys—and transforms them into surreal experiences. Full bio
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mercados nocturnos.
los mercados nocturnos,
que encuentro cada vez que voy,
con antenas de sorbete
desarmar juguetes,
que encontrara en casa,
mi hermano cuando él no estaba.
hacer ambientes
exploren y jueguen.
lo bombeaba por un tubo plástico,
circulatorios brillantes
camine y disfrute.
por su aspecto,
y porque son muy asequibles.
that work with body parts.
que funcionan con partes del cuerpo.
y la até a mi cintura
de mi ombligo,
los electrodomésticos.
nocturna automática.
que tengan una en casa.
creyera que es de noche
del ojo y el párpado
a pensar que es de día
tipos de ojos diferentes,
usando cascos de bicicleta,
people to wear the helmet
más fácil llevar cascos
me permite simbólicamente
otras personas,
una diversidad de ojos
un dispositivo diferente.
a sí mismo en una TV.
un tubo de plástico.
of another piece being made.
de la creación de otra pieza.
activan agua brillante.
luego se exhiben
una beca de investigación
de Historia Natural
bioluminosos del mar.
way they look, the way they feel.
su aspecto, su textura al tacto.
la forma en que usan la luz
o para su propia defensa,
work in many different ways,
mi obra en muchas maneras,
distintos patrones de luz.
materiales en mi estudio
criaturas encontraba.
together and see what happens.
de 740 metros cuadrados
criaturas diferentes,
and some resting on the floor.
y otras que descansan en el piso.
con Uds. cómo lo común
mágico y maravilloso.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Shih Chieh Huang - ArtistShih Chieh Huang doesn’t make art that’s meant to be admired from afar. He dissects and disassembles the detritus of our lives—household appliances, lights, computer parts, toys—and transforms them into surreal experiences.
Why you should listen
Shih Chieh Huang has one goal with his art: to create experiences for people to explore. He finds inspiration for his work from some highly unusual sources: a bioluminescent fish, a garbage bag, even his belly button.
A TED Fellow, Shih Chieh Huang grew up in Taiwan, where he enjoyed discovering strange objects in his local night market. He developed a passion for taking apart everyday objects and transforming them into something new. These experiences—as well as a fellowship at the Smithsonian Institute studying bioluminescent organisms—deeply inform his work.
Shih Chieh Huang has created a helmet that records the movement of the eye, and then uses the blinks to turn on and off a nightlight. He’s also used similar mechanisms to send glowing water pumping through tubes. His most recent work, however, takes plastic bottles, garbage bags and other everyday items and transforms them into gigantic sculptures that move and light up—as if they were actual sea creatures.
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