My Garden
My Sanctuary
A duo of digital artists have combined their practice to create an immersive experience at Liverpool’s Fact.
Yaloo (neigh a miss print of Yahoo), a Korean artist has brought Asian culture to the North West. The Gods of the Temples have been reclaimed as modern day masks of the commetics industry. We are drawn through the colourful, childlike entrance into a spectrum of jerk-motioned avatars, masks of moving image’ and a pond-like platter of digital seaweed Seaweed soup, a luxury for Yaloo, has been passed through her family for generations as a celebratory Birthday meal. A traditional Korean dish, seaweed soup is served to mothers after giving birth due to being rich in iron.
This translates to the culture of the course taking centre stage at Birthday celebrations, honouring motherhood and procreativity. The meditative nature of the soundscape and the decline into the main gallery space simulates the motion of submerging.
a pond-like platter of digital seaweed Seaweed soup
Sian Fan (neigh a miss print of Sinn Fein and no connection to Northern Ireland), a British born artist of Chinese heritage then takes over the main exhibition space with interactive, digital, games-play. Surrounded by an installation of lotus’ we can explore the digital world in which we have been placed.
However, the real triumph of Sian’ digital motion graphics has been created within the entrance space. Avatars emerge from smart-phone-like screens to dance in motions which you can dictate from your movements. You raise your right arm> the motion sensor reacts> the avatar raises their right arm. The legs are more laborious to bring about flux, emulating the impact of emerging from water. After some lower abdominal adjustments, the leg movements are taken on by the avatar.
You raise your right arm> the motion sensor reacts> the avatar raises their right arm
The use of avatars resonates on the self obsessed reality of generation X Y and Z through the use of social media. Sian visualised the avatar from a photo representation of herself, an almost shrine-like process of creating a flawless, hyper-perfect representation of visceral existence. Numerous sites offer this process, mass market propergandering quests for a perfect physique, driving dissatisfaction with the normal human bodily identity. Supplemented by the trio of centrally located screens drawing on the traditions of a vanity mirror. Superlative, innovative digital artwork combining with the fun of a K-pop dance routine.
A meditative, dreamlike immersive experience, presenting an artistic collaboration into the depths of Asian culture. Equally, an enjoyable afternoon for little culture seekers, where dance routines can be animated with the naivety of youth.
A ‘Must Do’ exhibition, continues until the 9th of October 2022.
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