Shih Chieh Huang: Sculptures that’d be at home in the deep sea
ShihChieh Huang: Skulpturen wie aus den Tiefen des Ozeans
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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Arten von Baumärkten.
die ich jedes Mal finde.
mit Stroh-Antennen
gerne Spielzeug auseinander --
wenn er nicht da war.
und spielen können.
Kunststoffbeutel
pumpte es durch einen Plastikschlauch
leuchtende Kreislaufsysteme,
und genießen konnten.
wegen ihres Aussehens
und weil sie sehr günstig sind.
that work with body parts.
die mit Körperteilen arbeiten.
gurtete sie an meine Taille
dunklen Teil meines Auges
von Augen sammeln,
mit Fahrradhelmen,
people to wear the helmet
wenn andere den Helm trügen
in einem Fernseher um sich selbst.
of another piece being made.
in dem ein anderes Teil hergestellt wird.
aktivieren leuchtendes Wasser.
ein Forschungsstipendium
Organismen im Ozean.
way they look, the way they feel.
ihr Aussehen und wie sie sich anfühlen.
zur Selbstverteidigung,
work in many different ways,
oder verschiedene Lichtmuster.
verschiedener Sorten Material
Computer-Lüfter irgendwie zusammen
together and see what happens.
and some resting on the floor.
und einige auf dem Boden liegen.
wie gewöhnliche Dinge
Wundersamem werden können.
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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