Inertia(Pulse of Your Dying Heart Equals Mine)
2022
240v-to-12v transformers, DC-to-DC converters, clock mechanisms,compass needles
A set of 12, each set comprised of 30 to 31 clock devices, dimensions variable
The functionality of battery-powered clock mechanisms is compromised, and subsequently re-combined with compass needles, thus enabling their operation via a domestic electricity supply. The conceptual frameworks through which humans comprehend time and space are shaped by inventions designed to measure, quantify and delineate our quotidian existence. Until such phenomena reach a state of submission, the work intervenes in our perceptual sensation, engendering an environment characterised by numbness and anxiety.
- Partial view, Inertia(Pulse of Your Dying Heart Equals Mine), 2022, “Your Warmth is the Cut of My Flesh”, Hidden Space, Hong Kong. Photo. Karie Tsui.
- Close-up view, Inertia(Pulse of Your Dying Heart Equals Mine), 2022, “Your Warmth is the Cut of My Flesh”, Hidden Space, Hong Kong. Photo. Karie Tsui.
- Video preview, Inertia(Pulse of Your Dying Heart Equals Mine), 2022. Link: https://vimeo.com/fishtankzip/inertia
- Installation view, Inertia(Pulse of Your Dying Heart Equals Mine), 2023, “Diachronic Echoes”, Hong Kong Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity Gallery, Hong Kong. Photo. Studio Lights On.
- Partial view, Inertia(Pulse of Your Dying Heart Equals Mine), 2023, “Diachronic Echoes”, Hong Kong Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity Gallery, Hong Kong. Photo. Studio Lights On.
- Detail, Inertia(Pulse of Your Dying Heart Equals Mine), 2023, “Diachronic Echoes”, Hong Kong Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity Gallery, Hong Kong. Photo. Studio Lights On.