Glitch (2024)
"Glitch" is an interactive VR
experience that simulates a museum tour to critique misogynistic practices in
the cultural industry. The tour starts with a typical audio introduction,
leading the audience to admire the breathtaking beauty of artifacts celebrated
by art history. It is then interlaced with "unexpected glitches" —
the female voice awakes from the recording and shifts into an uncanny tone that
bitterly criticizes the narrative used to educate generations of audiences. The
lighting also changes to reveal the sordid truth hidden beneath the halo of
canonization: the ubiquity of violence, objectification, oppression, and
erasure of women in the art world.
During these "glitches," the
audience is led to use weapons to destroy the exhibited artifacts that
perpetuate misogyny. These weapons reference classic feminist conceptual
artworks. By incorporating controversial acts of destruction, it prompts the
audience to contemplate how we should handle these toxic yet "historically
significant" cultural elements.
The project has been exhibited at FutureLab, West Bund Art Center (November 2024, Shanghai).