https://adawu.org Ada Wu Sat, 15 Feb 2025 01:36:05 +0000 https://adawu.org en https://adawu.org/Fleeting-but-Prolonged Sat, 15 Feb 2025 01:36:05 +0000 Ada Wu https://adawu.org/Fleeting-but-Prolonged FLEETING BUT PROLONGED Fleeting but Prolonged is a video performance project capturing the body in a heightened state of transformation and becoming. Being in front of a camera, I tried to synchronize my eye movements with those of various animal species. A light was put in front of my eyes to change my pupil dilation to simulate the different species. Through durational exhaustion and subversion of the body’s automatic function, I seek transcendence and a new form of existence. Performance Score &amp; Instructions (click to view)&nbsp; 2024 Camera, Light, Animal Footages Endurance Performance Exhibited at 2025 Orlando Immerse Fest&nbsp; <img width="3840" height="2160" width_o="3840" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fcb33d8a6368d1926e08e69f474719f1b4a48f2517933ee2a3c4b5aa04a01917/Sequence-01.00_01_40_40.Still003.jpg" data-mid="226608054" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fcb33d8a6368d1926e08e69f474719f1b4a48f2517933ee2a3c4b5aa04a01917/Sequence-01.00_01_40_40.Still003.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="2160" width_o="3840" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/75b49d581639c59e982e222da16e955aa6690a910f4c24d14a5dc8798628c01f/Sequence-01.00_02_54_48.Still004.jpg" data-mid="226608055" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/75b49d581639c59e982e222da16e955aa6690a910f4c24d14a5dc8798628c01f/Sequence-01.00_02_54_48.Still004.jpg" /><img width="3840" height="2160" width_o="3840" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/631c3fb63b65818515e19d225c7d27473e52edd64d817576e045fa20a089c47f/Sequence-01.00_05_56_28.Still002.jpg" data-mid="226608056" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/631c3fb63b65818515e19d225c7d27473e52edd64d817576e045fa20a089c47f/Sequence-01.00_05_56_28.Still002.jpg" /> https://adawu.org/Becoming-Discrete-Becoming-Particle Tue, 05 Dec 2023 05:35:15 +0000 Ada Wu https://adawu.org/Becoming-Discrete-Becoming-Particle BECOMING-DISCRETE BECOMING-PARTICLE Using low-frequency vibrations to deconstruct my body and non-language voicing: As I gradually approach the subwoofer, the continuous waves produced by my mouth interfere more and more with the continuous waves produced by the subwoofer, mutually deconstructing each other into discrete states. The effect is captured by an omnidirectional microphone attempting to capture both waves simultaneously and spatialized into a multi-channel speaker array. 2023 Body, Subwoofer, Speaker, Microphone, Action Live Performance at Studio For Research in Sound and Technology (RISD) Exhibited at Sol Koffler Gallery&nbsp; <img width="808" height="665" width_o="808" height_o="665" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ad664df5b7b556ac3120790e618ce538f3480b9164721e92cdd763479a555349/Screenshot-2023-12-05-at-12.50.04AM.png" data-mid="198602122" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/808/i/ad664df5b7b556ac3120790e618ce538f3480b9164721e92cdd763479a555349/Screenshot-2023-12-05-at-12.50.04AM.png" /> <img width="3840" height="2160" width_o="3840" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a56368b7f45aa57ed4d8cf9dcb3a4fe14f19961ba9a8174f2ff2059d6e6ddb03/A008C152_23120424_CANON.00_06_02_10.Still010.jpg" data-mid="198600641" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a56368b7f45aa57ed4d8cf9dcb3a4fe14f19961ba9a8174f2ff2059d6e6ddb03/A008C152_23120424_CANON.00_06_02_10.Still010.jpg" /><img width="3840" height="2160" width_o="3840" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/31df0a2f3e7a64805852be921dd531a0ff7b940f61523f64fb6e614f40f57a9b/A008C152_23120424_CANON.00_04_56_47.Still009.jpg" data-mid="198600658" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/31df0a2f3e7a64805852be921dd531a0ff7b940f61523f64fb6e614f40f57a9b/A008C152_23120424_CANON.00_04_56_47.Still009.jpg" /><img width="3840" height="2160" width_o="3840" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b00f0cf4814702e68859114104e04c04f54f6f64b0a5a4ebe0aa9c4a5ab477f4/A008C152_23120424_CANON.00_03_52_03.Still008.jpg" data-mid="198600639" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b00f0cf4814702e68859114104e04c04f54f6f64b0a5a4ebe0aa9c4a5ab477f4/A008C152_23120424_CANON.00_03_52_03.Still008.jpg" /> https://adawu.org/Interfere-and-intervene Fri, 10 Nov 2023 17:31:09 +0000 Ada Wu https://adawu.org/Interfere-and-intervene INTERFERE AND INTERVENE&nbsp; 2023&nbsp; metal, speaker, industrial velcro, paint,&nbsp;destructive interference, action&nbsp; exhibited and performed at Woods-Gerry Gallery, RISD&nbsp; <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/25798fc58da310104cb0ac40427973ddda0f529fe2491e25a861380b13efc3f9/Photo2.png" data-mid="196496805" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/25798fc58da310104cb0ac40427973ddda0f529fe2491e25a861380b13efc3f9/Photo2.png" /><img width="1440" height="1080" width_o="1440" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0448c9e2ebe53e5809e938079f14ec55f7fdafbf0b1479248cfe3343ac8dd513/Photo1.jpg" data-mid="196496804" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0448c9e2ebe53e5809e938079f14ec55f7fdafbf0b1479248cfe3343ac8dd513/Photo1.jpg" /><img width="4680" height="2633" width_o="4680" height_o="2633" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e034fe35e3b550033e2affb8d2e7619b059f12032b9ed6ef75089715372c2521/DSC03222.jpg" data-mid="196497503" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e034fe35e3b550033e2affb8d2e7619b059f12032b9ed6ef75089715372c2521/DSC03222.jpg" /><img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dd612ba81da9d8ac48925c463f91b55f2998d60590ed47bc760219270fd33899/Photo3.png" data-mid="196496806" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dd612ba81da9d8ac48925c463f91b55f2998d60590ed47bc760219270fd33899/Photo3.png" /> https://adawu.org/system-of-meaning Sat, 17 Dec 2022 01:02:37 +0000 Ada Wu https://adawu.org/system-of-meaning SYSTEM OF MEANING 2022 &nbsp; &nbsp;Multi-channel Audio and Instructional Video System of Meaning investigates how linguistic systems establish meaning and are used as a form of control. Original and pitch-shifted waveforms of vowels are played through opposite speakers. At the center between speakers, their wave interferences create binaural beats that obscure intelligible vowels. Audiences are instructed to separate into groups and enter accordingly. Movement paths appear on the screen as obscured instructions.&nbsp; Institutions have used language to establish a singular fixed “truth” and construct separate opposites . I believe that new meanings can arise among the in-between space, the gray area where our minds mismatch and overlap. Through ambiguous instructions and unintelligible vowels, I aim to catalyze emergence and interference that deconstructs the system of meaning. <img width="1024" height="768" width_o="1024" height_o="768" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4745163d4f0a0d2f7af2c0317776866ba49f5803d653c1d4000d9dcb2f4a8ada/Untitled-1.jpg" data-mid="162164945" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4745163d4f0a0d2f7af2c0317776866ba49f5803d653c1d4000d9dcb2f4a8ada/Untitled-1.jpg" /><img width="2802" height="1570" width_o="2802" height_o="1570" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ccab3b81a733786f360846f18f57e282cf1847f3cb0f4d12be7f7f93df5cf34b/Screen-Shot-2022-12-16-at-8.23.13-PM.png" data-mid="162164960" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ccab3b81a733786f360846f18f57e282cf1847f3cb0f4d12be7f7f93df5cf34b/Screen-Shot-2022-12-16-at-8.23.13-PM.png" /> https://adawu.org/Without-You-performance Sun, 24 Apr 2022 05:52:50 +0000 Ada Wu https://adawu.org/Without-You-performance WITHOUT YOU I’M NOTHING (performance) 2021Installation and Live Performance at Tap Room, RISD Without You I’m Nothing explores my personal symbiotic love-hate relationship with disciplinary institutions. The structure is both a place and a body, indicating how a disciplinary institution as a larger body consumes and assimilates my body. The body casts signify the alienation and transformation of self in the process of assimilation. Through the performance, I experiment with catharsis as a form of healing and self-care. The performance shows my struggle to maintain autonomy, unlearn discipline, and find my voice. Crawling out of the structure at the end of the performance, I hope to evoke hope and freedom. <img width="6016" height="4000" width_o="6016" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8949d30d09feff803c3361525f9ac7069d100719fc7e3d78fb4fb1b55b04a4e0/1.jpg" data-mid="140557693" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8949d30d09feff803c3361525f9ac7069d100719fc7e3d78fb4fb1b55b04a4e0/1.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="6016" width_o="4000" height_o="6016" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c77de241757e731f496e10e6b6b82d4fa5d7b85b1b57a31dd72e59c5d4ca7df9/DSC_0073.JPG" data-mid="140558108" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c77de241757e731f496e10e6b6b82d4fa5d7b85b1b57a31dd72e59c5d4ca7df9/DSC_0073.JPG" /> <img width="1012" height="1800" width_o="1012" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2b29c8bd947e33a889fe90b3d8eb51af412de8fe0f11477739e689ea60ed35c3/Screen-Shot-2021-12-09-at-6.24.26-PM.jpg" data-mid="140496212" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2b29c8bd947e33a889fe90b3d8eb51af412de8fe0f11477739e689ea60ed35c3/Screen-Shot-2021-12-09-at-6.24.26-PM.jpg" /> <img width="3683" height="5248" width_o="3683" height_o="5248" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aa13cbb246c92425203e145fe03db8e2cdd4e9decd10a3c83e356a3b743cdc13/33.jpg" data-mid="140541184" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/aa13cbb246c92425203e145fe03db8e2cdd4e9decd10a3c83e356a3b743cdc13/33.jpg" /> <img width="4005" height="4806" width_o="4005" height_o="4806" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8f9dc8a519f932bee6c6c8b47ad902ae2a2ad484b156e3f469e3c746124c1c32/DSC_006411.jpg" data-mid="140557640" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8f9dc8a519f932bee6c6c8b47ad902ae2a2ad484b156e3f469e3c746124c1c32/DSC_006411.jpg" /> https://adawu.org/ENTITY Sun, 24 Apr 2022 23:32:52 +0000 Ada Wu https://adawu.org/ENTITY ENTITY—THE INSTITUTE 2022 Blender 3D, Unreal Engine, Arduino, Pure Data Digital Video and Sound Performance Exhibited at 20 Washington Place (RISD) Cover feature of the College Hill Independent https://www.theindy.org/issue/523 Entity—the Institute features eight interactive objects either programmed for distance, light and capacitive sensing or attached to contact microphones. When activated, they make sounds such as: voice counting in Chinese, monologue on obedience, and noise. The digital screen displays a 3D-rendered animation of an imagined dystopia named “Entity”. In the exhibition, the audience interacts with the objects and creates fleeting narratives. In the performance, I interact with the object in an order that sounds transform from legible speech and melody into noise. Through constructing two narratives, linear and fragmented, within a simulation of alternative history, Entity—the Institute investigates the reliability of recounts and whether historical “truth” can be achieved. It examines how history can be preserved and transmitted in language, object, and direct experience, and reveals the fragility of each: language can disintegrate into noise, objects can be destroyed, and the experience is ephemeral.&nbsp; <img width="5616" height="3744" width_o="5616" height_o="3744" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2b6d30e518db00a8b7b7b8172763fc97db5869568ec75949c20ce66adb03bc9b/IMG_0049.jpeg" data-mid="162165079" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2b6d30e518db00a8b7b7b8172763fc97db5869568ec75949c20ce66adb03bc9b/IMG_0049.jpeg" /><img width="5616" height="3744" width_o="5616" height_o="3744" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7e1759feddf338dc93b598644c14d7e729922d0188ed52b44eea41c589119afc/IMG_0031.jpeg" data-mid="162165078" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7e1759feddf338dc93b598644c14d7e729922d0188ed52b44eea41c589119afc/IMG_0031.jpeg" /><img width="5616" height="3744" width_o="5616" height_o="3744" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4b7fe7ff37aae64421c65554ba626d2d132aee33bf664913505ce172b41a9e92/IMG_0017.jpeg" data-mid="162165077" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4b7fe7ff37aae64421c65554ba626d2d132aee33bf664913505ce172b41a9e92/IMG_0017.jpeg" /><img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9cf5e49eff346567a888c776fde680011dd01d659472492a4c03debc26d7230a/NewLevelSequence.0087.png" data-mid="140559779" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9cf5e49eff346567a888c776fde680011dd01d659472492a4c03debc26d7230a/NewLevelSequence.0087.png" /> https://adawu.org/Common-Ground Sun, 24 Apr 2022 23:48:22 +0000 Ada Wu https://adawu.org/Common-Ground COMMON GROUND 2020 Research Project, Instructional Map and Audio Exhibited at Gelman Gallery (RISD)(click here for full pdf) Common Ground investigates body movement inside totalitarian architectures. A series of movement maps with audio instructions were made influenced by the theories of Foucault and Arendt, and documentation of movements such as Labanotation. The audience is asked to follow the same paths as in these structures in an open space and imagine what they would see.Structures represent social control and organization of the body in space. I aim to bring attention to the obedience and dissonance between built structures and our bodies. I selected architectures that have never been constructed. In this way, the reenactment of movement conjures up the immateriality and the spirit that goes beyond the existence of buildings. The absence of the architecture and the presence of our body reveal the residual, invisible scars that structures imprint onto the body. <img width="2434" height="1728" width_o="2434" height_o="1728" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a2195714125adaae7eaf88e12398e0984af54453877d2bd0f70e5641b1a2d973/Screen-Shot-2022-04-21-at-7.20.41-PM.png" data-mid="140560479" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a2195714125adaae7eaf88e12398e0984af54453877d2bd0f70e5641b1a2d973/Screen-Shot-2022-04-21-at-7.20.41-PM.png" /><img width="2414" height="1714" width_o="2414" height_o="1714" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8e90a4ec7d80be45c7d4d2eb949a471805c9a0ebaa2f51cc6dcadc9d7cbaea9a/Screen-Shot-2022-04-21-at-7.20.53-PM.png" data-mid="140560482" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8e90a4ec7d80be45c7d4d2eb949a471805c9a0ebaa2f51cc6dcadc9d7cbaea9a/Screen-Shot-2022-04-21-at-7.20.53-PM.png" /> https://adawu.org/without-you-im-nothing Sun, 24 Apr 2022 06:24:16 +0000 Ada Wu https://adawu.org/without-you-im-nothing WITHOUT YOU I’M NOTHING (Installation)&nbsp; 2021 Wood, Metal, Paint, Acetates Exhibited at 20 Washington Place Auditorium and Gelman Gallery (RISD) <img width="6016" height="4000" width_o="6016" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8c775d619725a9efc430d17c7c8b2f7c2503a9ad8a61c62546376c77111031b8/WechatIMG487.jpeg" data-mid="140557073" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8c775d619725a9efc430d17c7c8b2f7c2503a9ad8a61c62546376c77111031b8/WechatIMG487.jpeg" /><img width="2718" height="3665" width_o="2718" height_o="3665" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/22544e51fc7d98b638c14f33969bbd1942e46a765c854774483ae6c7b9689e7d/WechatIMG488.jpeg" data-mid="140494861" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/22544e51fc7d98b638c14f33969bbd1942e46a765c854774483ae6c7b9689e7d/WechatIMG488.jpeg" /> <img width="3431" height="5718" width_o="3431" height_o="5718" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b6a9ecdeaff3472c1f854f5057b915e5e27ff24c6731d23ad8df25414f6e18a1/DSC_0067.jpg" data-mid="140557057" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b6a9ecdeaff3472c1f854f5057b915e5e27ff24c6731d23ad8df25414f6e18a1/DSC_0067.jpg" /> https://adawu.org/Red-Steel Sun, 24 Apr 2022 05:59:19 +0000 Ada Wu https://adawu.org/Red-Steel RED STEEL 2021Site-specific Endurance Performance at an Abandoned Factory, Shenzhen&nbsp; Red Steel investigates discipline, assimilation, and heroism. My process of hammering nails symbolizes individuals assimilating into a collective through adopting disciplines. The action shows repetition as an ideological tool to persuade the masses. The performance examines the perpetuating protagonist-heroic narrative, that once persuaded the workers to exploit their bodies, by presenting a self-sacrificing hero who eventually collapses due to seemingly futile actions. I aim to critique the narrative of the factory space—abandoned both physically, and within the ideological circuit of collective memory and official records—and the physical and conceptual displacement of immigrant labor within such a space. <img width="1080" height="1440" width_o="1080" height_o="1440" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/37e6630994ab97763364e4d6617a5c1e20056b4e3532d110f95ab03b5b42daab/IMG_2907.JPG" data-mid="140494326" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/37e6630994ab97763364e4d6617a5c1e20056b4e3532d110f95ab03b5b42daab/IMG_2907.JPG" /><img width="2794" height="1568" width_o="2794" height_o="1568" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/736e16e1535e9c528333664df1a45c880ef504a7a24a637ad4ef4b4870096895/Screen-Shot-2022-04-23-at-9.53.44-PM.png" data-mid="140542819" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/736e16e1535e9c528333664df1a45c880ef504a7a24a637ad4ef4b4870096895/Screen-Shot-2022-04-23-at-9.53.44-PM.png" /> <img width="9000" height="13500" width_o="9000" height_o="13500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a9ba7f07efd0bc31f5a5f3a49d1b825b98e5dd6b21611020aec0f6cff54de0d6/541680aeak4893f5b87559a08b0e7bf7.JPG" data-mid="140494332" border="0" data-scale="89" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a9ba7f07efd0bc31f5a5f3a49d1b825b98e5dd6b21611020aec0f6cff54de0d6/541680aeak4893f5b87559a08b0e7bf7.JPG" /><img width="9000" height="5063" width_o="9000" height_o="5063" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fbd390825cc4ff1a6eff3fa7f046b7a86743f17629062e4f1ade44d50d27fcf7/12.jpg" data-mid="140556932" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fbd390825cc4ff1a6eff3fa7f046b7a86743f17629062e4f1ade44d50d27fcf7/12.jpg" /> https://adawu.org/the-progress-machine Sat, 17 Dec 2022 19:49:15 +0000 Ada Wu https://adawu.org/the-progress-machine THE PROGRESS MACHINE 2022Contact Microphone, DC Motor, Scrap Metal, Plumb Bob, Bare Wire, Effect Pedal, Speaker, ProjectionExhibited at Granoff Center of Brown University&nbsp; The Progress Machine uses noise as a political motif of resistance. The plumb bob is attached to a DC motor with bare wire. Continuously activated out of balance, it drags itself across metal attached to contact microphones, generating noise. The projection displays zoomed-in and blurred found footage from the Great Leap Forward. In the Art of Noises, Luigi Russolo marks the industrial revolution as the birth of noise. In 1960s China, the failed industrialization led to 700 tons of pig iron and 30 million deaths in famine. This work aims to investigate the silenced gap&nbsp; between what is experienced and what is told. A plumb bob is a tool of standardized measurement. Here its repeated attempts to measure become futile – referring to how the distorted standard in measuring progress during the Great Leap Forward leads to futility, and the loss of standard units (when death becomes numbers that are modified) in historical documents. The found footage expresses the loss of resolution of individual narratives within a collective history.&nbsp; <img width="2048" height="1536" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7b248a29700c26ae9128304e085452060db55a99783c12bf55a558990d173998/Untitled-1-copy.jpg" data-mid="162202563" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7b248a29700c26ae9128304e085452060db55a99783c12bf55a558990d173998/Untitled-1-copy.jpg" /><img width="1024" height="768" width_o="1024" height_o="768" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8a692e48f2b936a019edfd48844ddf3a1d593bfc8ce4caa107d58161b8da177d/progress-machine.jpg" data-mid="162202564" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8a692e48f2b936a019edfd48844ddf3a1d593bfc8ce4caa107d58161b8da177d/progress-machine.jpg" />