Opening Performance:
Each machine evaluates its solenoid state every 50 milliseconds, generating a rhythmic pulse of approximately 200 BPM.
For the exhibition opening, the artist performed a live coding set at 100 BPM, using the solenoid sounds as percussive anchors while continuously adjusting musical parameters in response to the machines’ rhythms.
At certain moments, the computational music and the mechanical pulses align, forming a duet between material rhythm and digital sound. Throughout the performance, the artist remains an observer rather than a controller, following the machines’ temporal logic instead of directing it.
Each machine evaluates its solenoid state every 50 milliseconds, generating a rhythmic pulse of approximately 200 BPM.
For the exhibition opening, the artist performed a live coding set at 100 BPM, using the solenoid sounds as percussive anchors while continuously adjusting musical parameters in response to the machines’ rhythms.
At certain moments, the computational music and the mechanical pulses align, forming a duet between material rhythm and digital sound. Throughout the performance, the artist remains an observer rather than a controller, following the machines’ temporal logic instead of directing it.
Autonomous Resonance
Autonomous System, Kinetic Light & Sound Sculpture, 2025
El Wires, Aluminum frame, Solenoids, Fishing Wires, Microcontroller
El Wires, Aluminum frame, Solenoids, Fishing Wires, Microcontroller
Autonomous Resonance is a kinetic installation composed of two electromagnetic systems. They sense and respond to each other’s rhythmic signals, gradually entering and departing from resonance through continuous cycles of transmission, reception, and adjustment. This process unfolds entirely on its own, without human intervention — like a form of neural coupling between two mechanical beings.
Behind the flickering light, the mechanisms of movement and communication are deliberately obscured. Viewers can perceive the pulse of rhythm and the trembling of light, yet the underlying logic remains unreachable. Faced with this opacity, their role shifts from control to perception, giving rise to an experience of “machinic life.” Here, life no longer centers on human will, but reveals itself through the resonance between machines—a dehumanized and autonomous mode of existence.
Behind the flickering light, the mechanisms of movement and communication are deliberately obscured. Viewers can perceive the pulse of rhythm and the trembling of light, yet the underlying logic remains unreachable. Faced with this opacity, their role shifts from control to perception, giving rise to an experience of “machinic life.” Here, life no longer centers on human will, but reveals itself through the resonance between machines—a dehumanized and autonomous mode of existence.
Exhibition:
NYU Shanghai IMA Gallery, Shanghai, 2025-11-25
The 6th FutureLab Art & Design Education Expo, Shanghai, 2025-10-31
NYU Shanghai IMA Gallery, Shanghai, 2025-11-25
The 6th FutureLab Art & Design Education Expo, Shanghai, 2025-10-31