film and video art
In my video installation The Palace, inspired by a workshop I developed called the “empty touch workshop,” I explore “how to touch something without touching anything.” In this mindfulness-based exercise, participants mimic gestures of touching things to evoke a sense of actually feeling the item. Drawing on Buddhism classic Śūraṅgama Sūtra and a reimagined Emperor’s New Clothes, the video tells a story of an emperor who discovers that true value lies not in lavish garments, but in the memory of touch from those he cherishes. The Palace is a combination of tactile experience and visual storytelling. The holographic and immersive experience render the piece both as a tutorial and a narrative, and its narrative perspective is both first person and third person. In the Emperor’s New Clothes, the emperor is deceived into wearing invisible clothing, but in my story, the emperor voluntarily chooses to do so because he believes that memories from the cherished one are more important than luxurious garments made of jewels. As long as one believes, even in ruins, the treasures in one’s heart will not disappear.
Pebbles Underground is focused on showcasing and promoting experimental, avant-garde, underground, and no-to-low budget projects by artist-humans from all over the world. Absurd, uncanny, witty, humorous, slow-video – all are welcomed, and loved. Pebbles Underground is an independent project not funded by any government or corporation, and we intend to keep it that way. Main source of funding is personal donations from humans organizing the project, who are artists themselves, and the main drive of the project is formed by the energy and involvement of the organizers, and the public.
