Apercevoir
2021-2024
plants, metal, computer, electronic device,
acrylic, bone conduction headphone
Academic Publication:
https://doi.org/10.1145/3474085.3478546
Apercevoir is a dynamic, bio-hybridized installation that can perceive its environmental perturbations and convert them into a spatial sound field with location information without the assistance of infrared cameras or sensors. Data is collected by the system’s plants. Through sharing multiple plants’ biosignals, this system portrays the concept of multiple beings transcending an individual’s physical confines and is capable of perception, feedback, and group decision-making within a wider scope. A particular feature of this system is its interactive bone induction headphones, where the audience can listen to a sound field including ‘vibrations’ of nearby human activities detected by plant cyborgs, and even warnings among the cyborg network responding to foreign disturbance and damage. This sound field invites audiences to close their eyes and listen attentively to plants while the biosignals and changes in sound reveal the presence of other entities in the space.
EXHIBITIONS
Being Transducer - Solo Exhibition
2024
Pace University Art Gallery, New York City
草木一見 - Solo Exhibition
2021
Museum of Natural Science, Taichung
信釋 - Solo Exhibition
2020
Project Fulfill Arts Space, Taipei信釋 - Solo Exhibition
2020
Songshan Cultural Park, Taipei