An experimental radio performance that examines the subtle ways institutions shape artistic practice within Asian contemporary art systems. Through surreal soundscapes and dreamy narratives, the piece follows Shade, a curator whose daily reality is filled with endless document processing, self-censorship and institutional mechanisms. While her story is personal, it echoes the collective experience of art workers in a system where AI becomes a metaphor for the binding powers of institutions. When the mechanisms of control become substantial, what possibilities lie in becoming shadows? The piece takes listeners through dark galleries and midnight conversations to explore the backstage of art institutions. Written and produced by Yu Yin.
Guideline into the Shadow Mindscape
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The full radio show, 36 minutes. Broadcast on WORM Radio, Rotterdam.
Radio show poster, 2024.
