Fukushima Offset is a project about the dynamic relationship
amongst the media news, the public discussion, and the event of
Japan Fukushima treated water. An installation of giant kelp is
designed to display the complex relationship by sounds and visuals.
Twitter comments from four public media are gathered as data,
controlling the spinning movements, at the same time, projected.
The giant kelp sculptures gradually break and create physical
sounds because of the movements during the process.
The installation after a long time of the collisions transforms from the
representation of a biological species to a complex symbol. After
the event filtered by the walls of media, is the ecological issue
transformed into political condemnation and a bargaining chip for
taking sides? This project asks whether peoples' opinions can be
passed on to the reality itself to have a positive impact and explores
the relationship between marine life (the reality) and the public
discussion.
Mou Peijing (Melody) is a young new media artist born in Shanghai and living in Hong Kong. Her recent works are based on the development of the exploration and research, mostly involving critical ecology, narrative, and language. She enjoys combining physical and virtual media into her artistic vocabulary. Her VR installation was exhibited in M50 Art Park in ShangHai. Her digital writing project was published on The New River journal and won New Media Writing Prize. Melody holds a BA Arts at School of Creative Media and a minor in Computer Science in City University of Hong Kong.
