Muk6Hak1
2023
Single-channel video installation, colour, sound
Muk6 Hak1 is the alphabetic pronunciation in Cantonese which literally translates ‘seeing darkness’.
This project investigates the ambiguousness in seeing based on the physiological perspective and further develops into an abstract form. It is an envelope of artistic research on vision, encompassing the natural relationship of two eyes, pupil dilation and constriction according to light intensity, the reflectiveness of cornea, sensitivity of vision, natural reflexes resulting in blinking. By poetic means, it takes the form of a static aesthetic in video essay format, departing from physiology which hence enfolds the obscurity, fragility and authenticity of visual memory.
It is also an intention to exemplify the relationship between the spectators and the format of moving image under high contrast of light intensity. The intimacy is layered not only from the abstract illustration on vision but also between the spectators and the perceivable visual before eyes. The repeated image will burn in the memory of spectators in the form of light and shadow, which brings up the touching feeling right on your eyes.
- Installation view, Muk6Hak1, 2023, ‘Spill’, WATER LIGHT FESTIVAL, Neustift Abbey, Brixen, Italy. Photo. fish tank.
- Installation view, Muk6Hak1, 2023 ‘Spill’, WATER LIGHT FESTIVAL, Neustift Abbey, Brixen, Italy. Photo. fish tank.
- Video clip, Muk6Hak1, 2023.
- Colour-filtered window for Muk6Hak1 in Neustift Abbey, Brixen, Italy. Photo. fish tank.
- -10. Installation view, Muk6Hak1, 2023 in ‘Spill’, WATER LIGHT FESTIVAL, Neustift Abbey, Brixen, Italy. Photo. fish tank.