Michael Yuen
at 2009 Hong Kong & Shenzhen
Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism / Architecture
4 December 2009 - 29 February 2010
West Kowloon Promenade, Hong Kong
Black Tee is an intervention into the official Biennale t-shirt. Fifty limited edition black t-shirts have been produced for the staff of the Biennale, each mounted with a single blue LED on the back.
The shirts are finished with stitched electronic circuitry integrated into the fabric using conductive silver threads and conductive silver velcro. Complete with a lightweight detachable power pack, the shirt is a durable and washable piece of wearable art.
The t-shirts are simultaneously performing both their “natural” functions as clothing and their new function as modified object, mobile distraction and intervention in the world they pass through. The piercing, dancing lights following behind each wearer create a slight alternative vision, for those who notice, within the clothing.
With striking minimalism, the artist Michael Yuen’s slightest alteration reconsiders the wearable and the wearer.
About the artist
Michael Yuen is an Australian artist working across a range of mediums including sound, light and performance. His works have investigated the nature of cities and public space through action and are often associated with interventions in the city. His works have been selected for exhibitions and projects with Zendai Museum of Modern Art (Shanghai), Australian Centre for the Moving Image (Melbourne), Beijing Modern Dance Company, Adelaide Festival of Arts, SSamzie Space (Seoul), Beijing 798 Biennale, Yuanfen New Media Art (Beijing). He has served on the InterArts panel for the Australia Council of the Arts (2006/7) and received the Ruby Litchfield and AsiaLink awards. Michael divides his time between Beijing and his native Australia.
Acknowledgments
Black tee is sponsored by Videotage and produced with the assistance of Zhou Wei and CPU:PRO. This project was developed at reSkin, an ANAT Emerging Technology Lab presented in association with ANU and CraftAustralia.
Links
www.szhkbiennale.org
www.hkszbiennale.org
www.videotage.org.hk
www.michaelyuen.com.au
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