In the Tempest, Through the Eaves

In the Tempest, Through the Eaves

2025

Concrete, terra cotta, metal, wood, 4-channel sound

In the Tempest, Through the Eaves is an interactive sound installation that references the artist's ancestral past through the language of historic Chinese architecture. The dou-gong bracketing systems depicted in the sculptures have been used for millennia and are built to withstand strong storms and earthquakes. Segments of traditional timber-framed roofing structures are recreated in concrete to suggest a calcification or petrification process that occurs when something is severed from its original place of origin and transplanted elsewhere. Strands of terra cotta tile, formed by placing unfired clay slabs on the artist’s body, are suspended in midair and sonified with earthquake data. Seismographs from locations near where the artist has lived become sound waves, vibrating and sounding the tiles. They act as disembodied plate armor, sheltering those below while carrying the impressions of her form.