Inflatable at Exploratorium | Shih Chieh Huang
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Channel: Exploratorium · 2018 · Science & Technology
Taiwanese artist Shih Chieh Huang begins his artistic process with humble materials—trash bags, small fans, even pieces of garbage. He then tinkers with lights, switches, and other electronics to inflate these objects with life, making them breathe, move, and react to their environment. Huang visited the Exploratorium in 2009 and 2010, bringing smaller works and experiments, such as Organic Concept, made from a fan and painter’s tarp. For Inflatable, Huang transformed the Phyllis C. Wattis Webcast Studio with Guardian of the Disphotic, a dim undersea realm populated by moving, glowing octopus-like creatures made from trash bags, LED lights, highlighter pen fluid, and other household objects.
