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The Waste and The Darkness (SISTERS I)Artist Name
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The Waste and the Darkness
SISTETS  I

10’10”   |   Sound composition and mixed media installation   |   Dimensions variable   |   2023

Treating the wastewater treatment plant and the water supply facilities (incl. industrial water tank and distribution reservoir) in the Tainan Branch of Southern Taiwan Science Park as the primary sites of field recording, this work explores the front-end ingress of water and the back-end disposal before water discharge, thereby getting a glimpse of the role of water resource in the manufacturing process and the concomitant management and environmental costs. I employed several approaches to record the soundscape of vibrations from the underground pipelines and the machines in the facilities. This work performs a microscopic examination of the soundscape, from which the viewers can perceive the spatio-temporal continuation and connection between sound and place. The 5,000-year underground history and the future converge right here.

photo by Live Forever Foundation

The Related, us  
SISTETS  II


8’36” (video); 8' 18" (sound)   |   Sound and single-channel video installation  |  Dimensions variable  |  2023

Treating the San José-Santa Clara Regional Wastewater Facility and the Silicon Valley Advanced Water Purification Center as the sites for soundscape exploration, the artist draws on her experience of field recording in the wastewater treatment plant in Tainan Science Park and extends it to connect the humanistic and industrial development of the two cities. The artist unveils their differences in region, culture, and state of mind from their identical “principle of treatment,” similar evolution of urban settlements, and comparable visions of technology. By means of shifting dimensions of consciousness, this work shows the viewers the distinctive state of awareness and environmental contexts of the two cities as well as the fundamental emotions shared between them.​

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