Shih Chieh Huang: Sculptures that’d be at home in the deep sea
ShihChieh Huang: Esculturas que se sentiriam bem 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 encontro sempre que lá vou,
com antenas de palhinhas,
gostava de desmontar brinquedos,
que encontrava lá em casa,
quando ele não estava em casa.
sacos de plástico,
na loja de ferragens
marcadores fluorescentes,
injetava-a em tubos de plástico,
e desfrutarem.
por causa do aspeto que têm,
that work with body parts.
que funcionam com partes do corpo.
e enrolava-a à cintura.
eletrodomésticos.
fazendo-o pensar que era noite
este pensa que é dia
diferentes de olhos,
com capacetes de ciclista,
people to wear the helmet
usar o capacete
uma diversidade de olhos
um tubo de plástico.
of another piece being made.
de outra peça que está a ser feita.
estão a ativar água luminosa.
um projeto de investigação
bioluminescentes no oceano.
way they look, the way they feel.
Gosto muito do aspeto, do toque.
pela forma como usam a luz
work in many different ways,
de diversas formas,
ou de luzes diversas.
de material no meu estúdio
conseguia arranjar.
together and see what happens.
and some resting on the floor.
e outras poisadas no chão.
como coisas vulgares
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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