Cyrus Tang, still from Remote Nation, 2008, standard definition video loop, 13.56 min
CYRUS TANG’s work Remote Nation is currently showing at MS.SUE as part of the exhibition EVERYTHING THAT EXISTS IN THE CURRENT.
The exhibition, part of the Due West Festival program, explores the emotional and social implications of moving between different states of being. When the flow of our existence is interrupted and relocated, the context shifts, and everything we knew then is no longer.
Tang’s video work Remote Nation shows a city made of clay gradually disintegrating underwater, thereby alluding to a fading sense of 'home'. The water, however, transforms the city into another state of existence. Tang says she is particularly moved by the residue left from the melted clay.
Curated by Nikki Lam, EVERYTHING THAT EXISTS IN THE CURRENT is installed at multiple sites in central Footscray.