Alison Chung-Yan :: New Media Artist | Composer :: Ottawa

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Transformation

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Transformation 2006
video

A kaleidoscopic video & sound portrait of a city’s growth, transformation and renewal from its natural & rural heritage through to its industrial & high-tech present. The changing city is juxtaposed against the passage from day to night. All footage is taken from west-Ottawa and the surrounding area.

Current Exhibition:
Expo 2010: Shanghai – Canada Pavilion
(May 1 – October 31, 2010) »» More News

Exhibition History:
City of Ottawa Public Art Commission Finalist,
Eva James Memorial Community Centre

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Son Image

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Son Image2006
interactive sound & video installation

Son Image is an interactive sound and video installation in which the many layers of its composition are revealed through audience interaction.

Controlled by viewers entering, exiting and moving within the gallery space, video and sound fragments emphasize similar rhythms found within nature and the environment. From the changing seasons to the rotation of the planets, Son Image serves as a metaphor for our connection to the larger rhythms of the Universe. It is an affirmation of the capacity for our presence and actions to shape our existence and the construction of its meaning.

Exhibition History:

19th Annual Images Festival, WARC Gallery, Toronto
April 13 – 22, 2006

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The Connections Project

The Connections Project 2002
net art

The Connections Project is an interactive sound-art motion-graphics piece inspired by the underlying rhythms of the Universe. From the circadian rhythms of the human body and the symbiotic pulses of the ecosystem … to the inorganic hums of our technological creations and the interplanetary motions of the stars …

Exhibition History:

Images Festival, Toronto. 2003
Java Museum for Internet Technologies in Contemporary Art, Germany. 2002

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Lifelines

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Lifelines 2001
video

Lifelines is a moment of transition – in breaking away from the abusive confines of one life to the promise but uncertainty of a new one. Sometimes the most important lifeline is the one we extend to ourselves.

Exhibition History:

Island Art Film & Video Festival, UK, 2005
VideoDictionary, La Casa Encendida, Spain, 2004
SAW Video Mediatheque, Ottawa, 2003

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A little rain must fall

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A little rain must fall 2009
video

The highest purpose is to have no purpose at all. This puts one in accord with nature, in her manner of operation. – John Cage

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Pause … Perchance to Hear

Pause … Perchance to Hear 2004
audio CD | sound installation

Pause … Perchance to Hear is an electroacoustic expression of the intangible pleas of a ravaged environment – cries which often go unheard beneath the incessant din of human activity.

Much is lost when we fail to stop and listen.

Exhibition History:
2004 Biennale of Electronic Art, Perth, Australia

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If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, then eight. Then sixteen. Then thirty-two. Eventually one discovers that it is not boring at all. – John Cage

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