ABOUT THE WORK
Material: woven fabric, woven video, installation
In Rhythm Behind the City (2019) Qianwen takes experiments from 20th century Modernism in animation, weaving, and architecture and reimagines them in... Read More
In Rhythm Behind the City (2019) Qianwen takes experiments from 20th century Modernism in animation, weaving, and architecture and reimagines them in the contemporary moving-image arena. Inspired by "Metabolism", a Japanese Architectural Movement, throughout 2019 Qianwen captured the "skin" of Chicago with photographs of the city's exterior. These images were woven into the fabric and reanimated with techniques inspired by 20th century Direct Animation works. Through the mutual decomposition and reconstruction of different mediums, and the journey back and forth between hand and digital, the source material is transformed and returned to the city's environment. The transition between these mediums adds motion and reveals a vibrant and vital rhythm behind the city.