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Yao Chung-Han "Emergencies! 014 'Scattered Coordinates 1 2009-10' "

NTT ICC Inter Communication Center
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Artists

Yao Chung-Han
In this installation fluorescent lights flash on an off in response to the movement of viewers passing along a narrow passageway and sounds are generated in response to the lights. Initially the flashing lights glare in your eyes and the random sounds sound like static noise, but in time the movement of the lights may seem to have a certain regularity and the movement of the sound seem somehow rhythmical. Moreover, surrounding them in a transformed space influences the viewers in various ways.

The artist gives the example of the experience of confronting forces of natures such as fierce winds and rough waves and likens this to "information saturation." This could be said to be the state in which something with information that cannot be understood inspires emotions that cannot be expressed in words or it is experienced as noise. For example, the intensely flashing fluorescent lights can be somewhat irritating and confusing, but adapting to such external stimulation and information is an element of this work. In repose to the reactions of viewers to the flashing lights and accompanying sounds, the work transforms this behavior even further. Moreover, the artist regards the characteristics of fluorescent light materials as industrial products, with their everyday function as lights, as very important and has focused the work on their unpredictable behavior, which is caused by the instability of the light and noise that they generate.

[Image: installation view at the 4th Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale 2009 (Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, 2009)]

Schedule

May 15 (Sat) 2010-Aug 8 (Sun) 2010 

Opening Hours Information

Hours
11:00-18:00
Closed
Monday
Open on a public holiday Monday but closed on the following day.
Closed during the New Year holidays and in between exhibitions.
FeeOpen Space: Free. Special Exhibitions: Depends on each event.
VenueNTT ICC Inter Communication Center
http://www.ntticc.or.jp/en/
Location4F Tokyo Opera City Tower, 3-20-2 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 163-1404
Access3 minute walk from the East exit of Hatsudai Station on the Keio New line, 11 minute walk from Sangubashi Station on the Odakyu Odawara line, 12 minute walk from A2 exit at Nishi-Shinjuku-gochome Station on the Toei Oedo line.
Phone0120-144199
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