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Yixuan Shao ︎
邵奕萱






Bleikr 



2020, Framed Cyanotypes, Sounds, Transducers, 10x9 ft.

Bleikr*, a collaboration by Bicheng Liang and Yixuan Shao, interweaves the visual and sonic experiences in geologic time. It is a set of time-based sounding prints, consisting of twelve channels of spatialized sounds and thirty-one cyanotypes of wild landscapes of deserts and canyons.

*The title "Bleikr" is an old Norse word meaning "pale or shining", which sets the origin for the English word "Bleak".

Collaboration in Process


Cyanotype prints of film photos. Laying out the visual composition. Spatialization score and layout. Testing materials for recording using cold-gold omni condenser mics clipped onto my violin bow. Binaural recording of the materials collected in places where Bicheng shot the photos. Going into sand, resonance provided by found steel sheet. Making custom frames for each print. Mounting. Mounting. Into modular units. Screen printing onto the wooden bench. Constructing the bench. Subwoofer to be installed inside of the bench.