​Three

This installation evolved over the semester with my teammates, transitioning from classroom settings to stand-alone experiences. It shifted from a performance practice narrative to an open interaction, abstracting concepts originally rooted in specific contexts.

The aim is to imagine learning within a community, reflecting personal journeys through body-based experiences. It explores the performance boundaries of the bodies and imagines future interactions through embodied experiences rather than relying on specific devices. The installation focuses on personal performance and manual control of the projecting system, with no cloud-based data transmission. Re-positioning the value of subtle achievement through movement practice and inviting conversation about accessibility.

Using basic nodes to create scenarios and one camera with a single projection. The installation emphasizes personal performance while leaving room for future evolution into more sophisticated systems integrating light and sound. It aims to cultivate subtle changes and fluidity in movement, exploring how language and words relate to movement motivations.

Media Artist, Choreographer, Performer, Programmer: Zelia ZZ Tan

Sound Artists: Ravindra Deo*1, Cross Liu *2

Moving Image Artist: laury Fong

Avatar Designers: Dayday, Zhang Tian

Writer: abbi Page

Graphic Designer: Ingrid Tai

Videographers: LingYan, Shile Liu, Charlotte Sun, Himari Chatani, Jules Even

Participants featured in the videos: Ilse Castro Corona, Euseon Song

Thanks to guest artists, including Philip Fury, Claudix, Maisa Imamović, Gilles Jobin, and Susana Panadés Diaz

Acknowledgments to Peter Flaherty, Rosanna Gamson, John Hawk, Yaloo, and Dariush Derakhshani. Gratitude to the creative team for their efforts. Special thanks to the School of Dance, Theater, Film/TV, and ICAP grant from CalArts, and dear friends

*1 Designed the headphone experience for Three 

*2 Designed the sound environment for the immersive Labyrinth II