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Electricity Generation Series
Where the Wild Things Are
2016, Video installation: Dual-channel video (19 minutes and 2 minutes), Full HD, Channel 1, 1920×1080/16:9, and Channel 2, 1444×1080/4:3, sound, color, and dimension vary with each installation.
WTF Cafe & Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand [Sat 8 Oct – Sun 20 Nov]
Jendela Gallery, Esplanade, Singapore [Fri 15 Jul – Sun 25 Sep]
Commissioned by Esplanade—Theatres on the Bay, Singapore, 2016. Curated by Sam I-Shan. Supported by the Asia New Zealand Foundation and the Wellington City Council.
Where The Wild Things Are is a video work on the movement of the wind and how it relates to the use of electricity and radio waves. This was not the first work I had created around the topic of electricity generation and consumption. I have done three different perspectives on this topic since 2012. I called this new work “Where the Wild Things Are,” which is the title of a famous picture book by Maurice Sendak that was banned in the U.S.
“Wild Things” in this new work can refer to a natural windy situation in Wellington, the harness of electricity from nature, or something unexpected. The work reflects some of the questions I have about “renewable” or “green” energy: is it our hero, or is it another devil that damages large tracts of landscape?
