I will be gone out of order, but before that, my voice is beautiful.
With a 16.6/second switching frequency, I sing and with the same 16.6/second switching frequency, I break down.
After I am completely broken, I can be discarded.
(Text by Yao Chung-han)
Fluorescent light has a limited life span. It wears out. Inside a pitch dark space, a string of sparks is continuously triggered by programmed electric currents. The concurrent, minute cracking sounds are amplified by a microphone placed at the upper part of the work. Perceptual contrasts fascinate the artist. In his words, "the visual part is so intense, while the sound is almost imperceptible and yet beautiful."
Being sensitive to the uncertainties of place, whenever he arrives in a new city, Yao Chung-han would open the hotel's windows, standing awhile to figure out what kind of place it is. A sudden spurt of sound can become enchanting to him, as if a scene unexpectedly unfolds outside of one's own apartment. Likewise, an instantaneous sound can appear purposelessly, and thus capture one in amazement.
"I Will be Broken" is such a scene occurring outside of one's window. Even though it is program-controlled, the approaching of different visitors, with different distances, at random affects the work. For the artist, the visitor is integral to the space of the work.
(Text by WU Ting-hsien. Translated by Manray HSU)
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