metamorphosis of the wall
five-channel video with audio
02:17 min
2024
metamorphosis of the wall is a five-channel video installation created through 3d modeling and animation. the work examines acceleration within virtual space as an allegory for the conditions of the ai era. set within a fractal landscape that drifts between reality and simulation, it evokes both a digital network and the logic of artificial intelligence. within the videos, a vehicle emerges from a central hub and moves through this synthetic environment in slow motion, using deceleration to construct a paradoxical sense of speed. as it travels through data-generated terrains and simulated ecologies, an enclosing "wall" continually reappears representing a structural boundary and a metaphor for the loops and constraints of perception in the age of ai.
artist: yao zhang
yao zhang is a video and new media artist. born 2003 in changzhou, china, she graduated from the digital media art program at nanjing university of art and currently works in shanghai. she works with digital and time-based media to integrating multiple forms into her video creations. yao is dedicated to exploring the unknown in unfamiliar environments, engaging in unpredictable dialogues with an open mind, and actively repositioning herself. by adopting a decentralized approach, she avoids fixed definitions of media and resists predetermined symbolic meanings. this approach enables her to establish new relationships with subjects, infuse her immediate perceptions into her creative process.
metamorphosis of the wall
five-channel video with audio
02:17 min
2024
metamorphosis of the wall is a five-channel video installation created through 3d modeling and animation. the work examines acceleration within virtual space as an allegory for the conditions of the ai era. set within a fractal landscape that drifts between reality and simulation, it evokes both a digital network and the logic of artificial intelligence. within the videos, a vehicle emerges from a central hub and moves through this synthetic environment in slow motion, using deceleration to construct a paradoxical sense of speed. as it travels through data-generated terrains and simulated ecologies, an enclosing "wall" continually reappears representing a structural boundary and a metaphor for the loops and constraints of perception in the age of ai.
artist: yao zhang
yao zhang is a video and new media artist. born 2003 in changzhou, china, she graduated from the digital media art program at nanjing university of art and currently works in shanghai. she works with digital and time-based media to integrating multiple forms into her video creations. yao is dedicated to exploring the unknown in unfamiliar environments, engaging in unpredictable dialogues with an open mind, and actively repositioning herself. by adopting a decentralized approach, she avoids fixed definitions of media and resists predetermined symbolic meanings. this approach enables her to establish new relationships with subjects, infuse her immediate perceptions into her creative process.