Suspended Lament
Suspeneded Lament present a 10.7ft large-scale mechanical tentacle comes to life, twisting and squirming in grievance as it reaches out fruitlessly for its defeated counterpart. These eeriliy-anthropomorphic structures present a juxtaposition of life and death in today’s overly-mechanical age.
A site-specific installation exploring the tension between autonomy and decay through mechanical interaction. Exhibited at the Media Commons, 370 Jay Street, NY, in April 2024, and featured in the Interactive Telecommunications Spring Show (May 2024) & the Interactive Media Arts Instagram.
Arduino,
Laser Cutting,
Adobe Illustrator
Creative Direction,
Mechanical Design,
IoT Device Programming,
Fabrication
Allyson Chan
Reese Lienau
Yizhen Xiang
4 week
(full documentation coming soon)