- Life A: floating sensations
- ↪ technical details
- stormchaser ii
- algal blooms
- stormchaser
- whiteout
- schale
- the field
- echo chamber
info + CV
300 x 300 x 200 (h) cm
acoustic levitators, robots, silicon, metal, plastic, pipes, arduino, 4-channel speakers
At the heart of a dimly lit space in Jangchung-dong, Seoul, a mysterious lifeform known as “Life A” breathes. From its tentacle-like arms, particles float against gravity. A embodies sensation in physical form, revealing subtle environmental changes—imperceptible to humans—through its own body. As audiences approach or move nearby, its tentacles wriggle in response, and the floating particles at their tips tremble gently in response to real-time fluctuations in its surrounding environment. Simultaneously, A murmurs in a language beyond human comprehension—a voice generated by artificial intelligence analyzing Jangchung-dong’s real-time environmental data. Depending on the air quality, A’s voice grows harsh and irregular, or soft and lucid. Through this, audiences are invited to intuitively perceive how the environment shapes sensory experience.
This work fuses technology and art to make the invisible tangible, exploring the chain of notion “environment → sensation → existence” through the fictional entity A. Existing only in relation to its surroundings, A’s vitality is determined by the shifting conditions around it. The work asks how deeply we are entangled with our environment, and urges us to reconsider the dulled boundaries of our everyday sensation.
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funded by Paradise Cultural Foundation
acoustic levitators: UpnaLab
robot stands: C2 Artechnolozy
silicon skin: Una Ryu
videography: Kwanhee Yoon
photography: Paradise Cultural Foundation, Kwanhee Yoon