Lost and Found
失物招領
失物招領
Mixed Media Installation
Three-channel Videos with Toy Building Blocks, Voile, Ripple Glass and Oil Pastels
11’40”
Three-channel Videos with Toy Building Blocks, Voile, Ripple Glass and Oil Pastels
11’40”
Lost and Found explores the act of rediscovering and reconnecting with Hsieh’s childhood home in Taipei, Taiwan. The work immerses viewers in a "memory space" where translucent scrims form the contours of an imaginary house. Traveling through the space, the sound, projected animations and light, evokes the fragmented nature of childhood memories. Toy building blocks serve as both symbolic memory objects and tangible materials, reconstructing moments from the past. As a collective memory of play, these blocks embody the cyclical process of construction and deconstruction, mirroring the ever-shifting act of remembering.
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An interactive toy block table invites viewers to "build the memory of their childhood home,"
with the sounds of construction becoming a key element of the installation’s soundscape.
with the sounds of construction becoming a key element of the installation’s soundscape.
Lost and Found is first developed and presented at Automata with generous support from Mike Kelley Foundation.