Shih Chieh Huang: Sculptures that’d be at home in the deep sea
ShihChieh Huang: Esculturas que estariam em casa no fundo do oceano
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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que sempre encontro neles,
com moicanos.
eu gostava de desmontar brinquedos,
que achava em casa,
quando ele não estava em casa.
sacolas de plástico
na loja de quinquilharia ou em casa.
canetas marcatextos,
bombeava por um tubo de plástico
que brilhavam
e se divertir.
por causa do seu visual,
serem de preços acessíveis.
que operam com as partes do corpo.
that work with body parts.
amarrava na cintura
eletrodomésticos.
alguns de vocês talvez a tenham em casa.
que era de noite,
tipos diferentes de olhos,
feito com capacetes de bicicletas,
colocar o capacete
people to wear the helmet
simbolicamente,
um dispositivo diferente.
em uma televisão.
um tubo de plástico.
of another piece being made.
de uma outra peça sendo feita.
água brilhante
estarão em exibição
para fazer pesquisa
do Instituto Smithsonian
bioluminescente do oceano.
way they look, the way they feel.
Amo seu visual e sua textura.
com a maneira que usam luz
sexuais, autodefesa,
meu trabalho de diversas formas
work in many different ways,
ou padrões de luz diferentes.
de material no meu estúdio
eu poderia criar.
together and see what happens.
para ver o que acontecia.
e outras no chão.
and some resting on the floor.
como coisas corriqueiras
em algo mágico e maravilhoso.
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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