Muk6Hak1 目黑

Single-channel video on large-scale projection, open sound

Co-production of Shawn Tang Pakhin and Jennifer Yue Yuen Yu

WATER LIGHT FESTIVAL Neustift Abbey, Brixen

3-21 May

2023

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Muk6 Hak1 is the alphabetic pronunciation in Cantonese which literally translates ‘seeing darkness’. 

 

This project investigates the ambiguousness in seeing based on the physiological perspective and further develops into an abstract form. It is an envelope of artistic research on vision, encompassing the natural relationship of two eyes, pupil dilation and constriction according to light intensity, the reflectiveness of cornea, sensitivity of vision, natural reflexes resulting in blinking. By poetic means, it takes the form of a static aesthetic in video essay format, departing from physiology which hence enfolds the obscurity, fragility and authenticity of visual memory.

 

It is also an intention to exemplify the relationship between the spectators and the format of moving image under high contrast of light intensity. The intimacy is layered not only from the abstract illustration on vision but also between the spectators and the perceivable visual before eyes. The repeated image will burn in the memory of spectators in the form of light and shadow, which brings up the touching feeling right on your eyes.