Shih Chieh Huang: Sculptures that’d be at home in the deep sea
Šičie Huang (ShihChieh Huang): Skulpture koje mogu da budu na dnu okeana
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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koje nađem svakog puta,
voleo sam da rastavljam igračke,
koje bih našao po kući,
kada on nije kod kuće.
i gde bi se igrali.
plastične torbe
ispumpao kroz plastičnu cev
svetleće sisteme za cirkulaciju
i u njima uživaju.
koji rade sa delovima tela.
that work with body parts.
to bih zakačio za pojas
različite vrste očiju,
koristeći biciklističke kacige,
people to wear the helmet
nosili kacigu
očiju za koršćenje
of another piece being made.
gde se pravi drugi komad.
se kasnije prikazuje
i trijenalnim izložbama
muzeju Smitsonijan
koji svetle u okeanu.
way they look, the way they feel.
Kako izgledaju, kakva su na dodir.
work in many different ways,
na mnogo načina,
ili raznih svetlosnih šablona.
ventilatora iz kompjutera
together and see what happens.
da vidim šta će se desiti.
od 740 kvadratnih metara
and some resting on the floor.
a neka odmaraju na podu.
kako obične stvari
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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