Chen Yi Studio: Current/Y

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A DANCER COMES FACE-TO-FACE WITH HER LIVE DIGITAL TWIN

From acclaimed Taiwanese artist Chen Yi, Current/y is a spectacular immersive work combining live performance, motion capture, game-engine technology, lasers, large-scale projection and spatial sound.

Equipped with motion capture sensors, a dancer controls her avatar in a real-time duet, interacting with a constantly shifting virtual world projected across a vast screen.

Moving through the work as if scrolling through a social media feed, the performer enters a space governed by data and algorithms, where clicks, followers and attention become measures of human value – a kind of currency.

Part of Chen Yi’s ongoing Current/y series, the work continues to explore the idea of value in an age of rapid technological change – from social media and the attention economy to misinformation and surveillance.

To find out more behind the scenes information about Current/y, scroll down to find our Conversations articles.

Post-show Talk

We will be hosting a post-show talk with Chen Yi after the evening performance on Friday 18 Sep. The talk will be free for ticket holders.

Chen Yi

Artistic Director of Chen Yi Studio – Chen Yi’s work explores issues surrounding human desire, existence, data, environment, politics, economy, and society through the observation and comparison of tangible substance and virtual consciousness.

Chen Yi graduated from Taipei National University of Arts and received the top prize at the 2006 Taipei Arts Award. In 2010, he co-founded the art collective LuxuryLogico, whose interdisciplinary practice brings together technology and the humanities across installation, visual art, music, performance and film. The collective has exhibited internationally at Pompidou IRCAM, Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale, Thailand Biennale, Asia Triennial Manchester, Asian Art Biennial and Taiwan Biennial.