Wen-Yee Hsieh

THE GREAT FILTER

Over five meters high, this immersive video installation invites you to dive into a dizzying inner world where intimate imagination clashes with the brutality of reality.

The question of individual identity in relation to its environment takes the form of a personal world. The disasters that disrupt our human reality create a feeling of detachment between the self and the surrounding universe — from our personal environment to the collective, and far beyond. It is this separation from the real world that gives rise to a parallel dreamlike space. However, when reality intrudes into this alternate universe, tensions emerge.