falling back to
Yundi Wang
1 Aug–30 Oct 2021
Yundi Wang, Sleepless, 2020, single channel video, 8:41min.
The video work, Sleepless, was made in the second half of 2020. During this time, I collected video footage of my daily walks in my neighbourhood in Balwyn, Melbourne and combined it with footage that I had collected from the past year. Also during which time, I watched lots of Andrei Tarkovsky’s films, contemplated my unrequited desire, and got interested in the sonata form. The construction of the video work, Sleepless, is a combination of images (moving and still) and sound weaving together. I used a lot of digital manipulations in Adobe Premiere such as cropping, inverting colour, changing the speed, mirroring and layering to create a hypnotic visual and aural experience.
I would like to acknowledge the ongoing love and support from Evelyn Pohl and Lisa Radford.
Referencing the multiple locations of the project, Satellite is a screen-based public art project that exists across multiple public locations in Melbourne (AUS), Sydney (AUS) and Auckland (NZ) simultaneously. The project examines notions of the public space, specifically the public square, and what it means for art to occupy these spaces and connect physically disparate audiences through a collective experience.
The project examines notions of public space, specifically the public square and what it means for art to occupy these spaces and connect physically disparate audiences through a collective experience.
This program takes place on the land of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. We recognise that sovereignty was never ceded - this land is stolen land. We pay respects to Wurundjeri Elders, past, present and emerging, to the Elders from other communities and to any other Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders who might encounter or participate in the program.
Yundi Wang articulates her experience in societal norms, morality, and interpersonal relationships through making art. These artworks are usually presented as videos, sounds, performances, writing, strange sculptural objects and photographs. When making videos, Yundi composes footage through observation; observing the accidents in the playing (with footage); playing as manipulating them through a process of digital cut and paste, collaging, and using metaphor. Yundi collaborates with others in order to learn, to fight, and to grow together. Some recent exhibitions include Not a Musical, with Evelyn Pohl, George Paton Gallery, 2020; falling back to, Blindside Satellite, 2021; Blank Space Narration, performance with Echo Li, Das Boot Art Fair, 2022.
Sanja Pahoki is a Croatian born visual artist currently living in Melbourne, Australia. Pervasive technologies such as photography, video and neon are employed by Sanja to explore observations from everyday life. With a background in philosophy and psychology, and working primarily with photography, Sanja is a keen and sensitive observer of social interactions. Existential concerns such as irony, anxiety and angst are prevalent in her artworks. Sanja is currently the Head of Photography at the Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne and is represented by Sarah Scout Presents, Melbourne.
