MVMNT
2014
MVMNT embarks upon an ethereal journey through the realms of time, space, motion, and destination. Building off Right On Track (2012), I continued my exploration of human migration and movement. For this piece, I drew inspiration from my travels around San Diego during my early twenties. On top of my university studies, I was able to spend some of my free time venturing to diverse locales such as the deserts of Tijuana, the mountains of Big Bear, and even Niland's Salvation Mountain. I was influenced by Richard Sweeney’s mesmerizing paper sculptures based off bird-swarming patterns and Do Ho Suh’s fabric recreations of his former homes. Both Sweeney and Suh explore themes of natural phenomena, movement, and migration—themes I am deeply fascinated by as a U.S. immigrant.
Aiming to craft a vision of perpetual flux, an ode to existence itself, MVMNT is a dynamic composition. It captures motion in real-time using a live webcam feed of the main plaza of the university of my undergraduate studies—the University of California, San Diego—spotlighting the ceaseless ebb and flow of student life. This piece dissects these movements, displacing their fleeting traces upon surreal landscapes. Presented at different times of the day, MVMNT invites viewers to question their routines and reality. By juxtaposing human figures against unlikely backdrops, it poses the question: “Where are we going? And why?”
This work aims to not only showcase movement, but to provoke thoughts on our collective journeys and destinations.
