Ilana Harris-Babou
The points of departure for Ilana Harris-Babou’s work are contemporary forms of digital media and the ways we insatiably consume them—think of the glut of home improvement and cooking shows and beauty tutorials made available instantaneously online daily. Via these numerous digital interfaces, our “realities” of daily life become reinforced through personally-constructed algorithms.
Yu Liu
The work Cabinet of Curiosities by Taiwanese artist Yu Liu is a four-year study and extended interpretation of Rumphius, a biologist who traveled to Ambon Island, Indonesia, with a Dutch East India Company merchant ship in the 17th century