2025
Three-channel video installation, stereo sound
9 min 10 sec
3C Xing Yi Quan: Sparring refers to a training method in which humans and technological objects engage in paired routines and coordinated movements based on forms and postures. This work continues the artist’s long-term project 3C Xing Yi Quan, initiated in 2017—an open-source, contemporary internal martial art system. “3C” broadly refers to computers, communication, and consumer electronics. While traditional Xing Yi Quan draws on the behavioral ecology of animals in nature, 3C Xing Yi Quan reflects on the ubiquitous technological devices that have come to define a new kind of natural environment in everyday life.
Through informed movements, the exercise fosters deeper understanding of familiar technological gadgets that are an intimate part of our daily lives. The highest ‘Xing Yi 形意’ is ‘to be’, learn from these products by imitation, experience, and cohabitation, in order to find a sense of symbiosis and enjoyment with our new technological nature.
Installation view. Photo: Wen-Ling Lin, Zhe-Zhi Lin