Spirit Ether by Xi Li 李曦: A Physics Room offsite project
A multi-channel moving image installation speaks to how capitalism determines our psychological and spiritual experience across digital and physical spaces.
Preview: Friday 26 November, 6pm to 10pm
Open: Saturday 27 November, 10am to 10pm
Please note that while this venue is larger than our gallery space, under Level 2 restrictions we will still be asking you to sign in, wear a mask, and socially distance.
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This multi-channel moving image installation depicts a world where scale and perspective are distorted by their functions within capitalism: to sell.
Outsize symbols—carousel horse, billboards, jumbo jets, pagodas, skyscrapers, yuan signs, dollar signs, a series of colossal babies—loom and recede as we move through the no-space and no-time of the video.
The immersive installation speaks to how capitalism determines our psychological and spiritual experience across digital and physical worlds.⠀
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Xi Li 李曦 is an interdisciplinary artist from Harbin, China, based in Tāmaki Makaurau.
In 2021 she received a Master of Fine Arts at Elam School of Fine Arts at the University of Auckland and was awarded the Iris Fisher Scholarship. Li is also currently part of Cruel Optimism, Artspace Aotearoa's new artists show.⠀
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This project is enabled through the generous support of the Gough Family.
We would also like to thank Shipleys and SALT District.
Preview: Friday 26 November, 6pm to 10pm
Open: Saturday 27 November, 10am to 10pm
Please note that while this venue is larger than our gallery space, under Level 2 restrictions we will still be asking you to sign in, wear a mask, and socially distance.
⠀⠀
This multi-channel moving image installation depicts a world where scale and perspective are distorted by their functions within capitalism: to sell.
Outsize symbols—carousel horse, billboards, jumbo jets, pagodas, skyscrapers, yuan signs, dollar signs, a series of colossal babies—loom and recede as we move through the no-space and no-time of the video.
The immersive installation speaks to how capitalism determines our psychological and spiritual experience across digital and physical worlds.⠀
⠀
Xi Li 李曦 is an interdisciplinary artist from Harbin, China, based in Tāmaki Makaurau.
In 2021 she received a Master of Fine Arts at Elam School of Fine Arts at the University of Auckland and was awarded the Iris Fisher Scholarship. Li is also currently part of Cruel Optimism, Artspace Aotearoa's new artists show.⠀
⠀
This project is enabled through the generous support of the Gough Family.
We would also like to thank Shipleys and SALT District.
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