ABSTRACT ART WITH NEW MEDIA exhibition artist | CRANE ZHU
Experience is significant. The inheritance and transmission of experience have promoted the development of civilization. Physical experience transforms feelings into memories or knowledge. Then experience will change our perceptions and our way of life. In Approaching, by using a 360-degree camera with 3 meters long tripod, and Touch Designer program, the intention is to present the audience with my experiences with the tree. With the height of the tripod, I was able to send the camera into the branches. By folding the whole 360 video into the space, we can see the whole 360 view which is already over our vision area. I try to embody an immersive experience in this way.
In my 3 channel 4K video work Pulse, I scan plants with a 3D scanner and phone. Combined with videos recorded while visiting my tree in four seasons, I intend to express the energy contained within trees which is their own vitality and the wisdom contained in the entire forest. With the help of a machine’s perspective, we can see a world that is “invisible” or “uncorrected” to us.
Crane Zhu is an expanded media artist who was born in Hubei, China in 1998. She draws from the disciplines of science, philosophy, architecture, and biology. Her art practices focus on the relationship between technology, nature and ourselves, and the exploration of new possibilities for human cognition and experience. Her work takes many pathways, which include single-channel video, multi-channel video, installations, interactive video, performance, XY robot plotter drawing, printmaking, and photography.
She received two BFA degrees from California State University San Marcos and Anhui University (China) in 2018. She also received her MFA degree in Electronic Integrated Arts at Alfred University in 2022
