Name: 【TED】Shih Chieh Huang: Sculptures that’d be at home in the deep sea
Uploaded: 2014-07-24T16:55:05.000Z
Duration: 5 min 16 s
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I grew up surrounded by different types of hardware stores,

I love the energy of the night markets, the colors, the lights, the toys, and all the unexpected things I find every time I go,

things like watermelon with straw antennas

When I was growing up, I liked taking toys apart,

any kind of toys I'd find around the house,

like my brother's BB gun when he's not home.

I would take plastic sheets, plastic bags,

and things I would find in the hardware store

I would take things like highlighter pen,

mix it with water, pump it through plastic tubing,

creating these glowing circulatory systems

I like these materials because of the way they look,

the way they feel, and they're very affordable.

I also liked to make devices that work with body parts.

and a bungee cord and strap it on my waist

I also like to modify household appliances.

tricking the sensor into thinking it's night time,

will trick the sensor into thinking it's daytime,

I wanted to collect more different types of eyes,

so I built this device using bicycle helmets,

It would be easier for other people to wear the helmet

Each eye is controlling a different device.

This eye is turning itself around in a television.

This eye is watching a video of another piece being made.

And these two eyes are activating glowing water.

in museums, biennials, triennial exhibitions

In 2007, I was doing a research fellowship

at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum

looking at bioluminous organisms in the ocean.

I love these creatures. I love the way they look, the way they feel.

and I was fascinated by the way they use light

either to attract mates, for self-defense,

This research inspired my work in many different ways,

things like movement or different light patterns.

and seeing what types of creatures I can come up with.

and just kind of put them together and see what happens.

This is an 8,000-square-foot installation

some hanging from the ceiling and some resting on the floor.

they're all made out of black garbage bags

I'd like to share with you how ordinary things

can become something magical and wondrous.

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【TED】Shih Chieh Huang: Sculptures that’d be at home in the deep sea

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