https://yorik.red Li Yao Sun, 26 Apr 2026 21:15:36 +0000 https://yorik.red en https://yorik.red/Archive Wed, 01 Apr 2026 07:50:37 +0000 Li Yao https://yorik.red/Archive Archive https://yorik.red/Information Mon, 02 Mar 2026 09:33:46 +0000 Li Yao https://yorik.red/Information <img width="1908" height="2140" width_o="1908" height_o="2140" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3dc1bd858e954a1899cce921083ed57ca1b72525fab2ffd48339069e06ed1e40/IMG_1981.jpg" data-mid="250892765" border="0" data-scale="59" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3dc1bd858e954a1899cce921083ed57ca1b72525fab2ffd48339069e06ed1e40/IMG_1981.jpg" /> Bio Li Yao (姚力) is a visual artist based in Chicago. Born in China and educated in the U.S., he trained as an illustrator before expanding into fine art and emerging technologies. Yao has exhibited internationally, including at TingDAO, the Altered Festival, The Wrong Biennale, and Ars Electronica. His illustrated fable Maldives debuted as a solo exhibition at the Chinese American Museum of Chicago in 2026, where the accompanying booklet sold through its first printing. He has presented research at SIGGRAPH Asia 2021 and has taught virtual reality design at the University of Chicago and OF Course Shanghai. He holds an MFA in Art and Technology Studies from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2018) and a BFA from the School of Visual Arts (2016). Downloadable CV Now Maldives: Chapter 2 in production through June 2027Research travel in Hong Kong and Guangzhou, Sept–Dec 2026 — architecture and lianhuanhua archives for Maldives You can stay updated about the latest progress of Maldives via my Substack newsletter. Maldives booklet, second edition, now available Past[Solo Exhibition] Maldives @ Chinese American Museum of Chicago, March 8 - April 19, 2026. [Interview]&nbsp; VR/XR艺术家姚力：通过厕所设计、监狱设计、卫生理论来探讨日常科技对我们认知的现实所产生的影响 | OF小酒馆 [Interview] “Join the virtual quest for the perfect melon”, Chicago Reader’s interview on Perfect Melon project https://yorik.red/Maldives-A-20-part-bilingual-illustrated-fable-that-reinvents Sun, 26 Apr 2026 21:15:36 +0000 Li Yao https://yorik.red/Maldives-A-20-part-bilingual-illustrated-fable-that-reinvents 马尔代夫 | Maldives A 20-part bilingual illustrated fable that reinvents lianhuanhua to dismantle the model minority myth; the first six parts debuted at the Chinese American Museum of Chicago. Debut Chapter Illustrated Fabe + Exhibition 2026 (on-going) <img width="2250" height="3000" width_o="2250" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f81fa744b7677ce5c6311065c50d365911e9b0a8f0c42eed002bb5ff39fb429d/Li-Birth_3000px.jpg" data-mid="250892541" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f81fa744b7677ce5c6311065c50d365911e9b0a8f0c42eed002bb5ff39fb429d/Li-Birth_3000px.jpg" /><img width="3000" height="2250" width_o="3000" height_o="2250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/65adc2efa7e428af7c139c36c49ff51debbf61b70f21573a0d7323e197c88f64/Li-Flowery-Heart_3000px.jpg" data-mid="250892542" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/65adc2efa7e428af7c139c36c49ff51debbf61b70f21573a0d7323e197c88f64/Li-Flowery-Heart_3000px.jpg" /><img width="3000" height="2250" width_o="3000" height_o="2250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8a17b4e7295cd7e1a150979408e192c7b68fe7df956c2e1f28e23195f741a4d6/Li-Family-Photo_3000px.jpg" data-mid="250892543" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8a17b4e7295cd7e1a150979408e192c7b68fe7df956c2e1f28e23195f741a4d6/Li-Family-Photo_3000px.jpg" /><img width="3000" height="2250" width_o="3000" height_o="2250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/82baa84ac7eac6741e34f6a4f2efe72454552a19ac241790aba2b7965e70d742/Li-Departure_3000px.jpg" data-mid="247608491" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/82baa84ac7eac6741e34f6a4f2efe72454552a19ac241790aba2b7965e70d742/Li-Departure_3000px.jpg" /><img width="2250" height="3000" width_o="2250" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e53518ceb890d8c0c4b271004caef517fe2411becb261243169d7f1913ef40b7/Li-Dinner-Table_3000px.jpg" data-mid="250892544" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e53518ceb890d8c0c4b271004caef517fe2411becb261243169d7f1913ef40b7/Li-Dinner-Table_3000px.jpg" /> <img width="2250" height="3000" width_o="2250" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3bf48a4533f47c965cc832d662663d65e9b97fa2e4b995abbfbddd9141d2bd5d/Li-Nightmare1_3000px.jpg" data-mid="250892545" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3bf48a4533f47c965cc832d662663d65e9b97fa2e4b995abbfbddd9141d2bd5d/Li-Nightmare1_3000px.jpg" /> Maldives is a 20-part illustrated fable and immersive exhibition re-imagining the immigrant experience through phantasmagoric surrealism. Fusing Dreamcore aesthetics with Y2K-era Guangzhou, the project employs multilingual serial-picture narration to dismantle the model minority myth of assimilation, and explore the radical reclamation of a fragmented cultural identity. The first six parts debuted at my March 2026 solo exhibition at the Chinese American Museum of Chicago. Chapter Two is currently in production.The work reinvents lianhuanhua — a turn-of-the-century Chinese serial picture medium originally designed for mass literacy — as a high-concept, digital-surrealist form. Translation and code-switching operate as narrative tools: while Mandarin and English carry the primary story arc, Cantonese traces are embedded in the prose and within the Dreamcore architectural textures, accessible only to specific cultural speakers. This tiered literacy mirrors the coded, fragmented reality of the diaspora and challenges the graphic novel's status quo as a linear, transparent medium, repositioning the act of reading as a process of cultural excavation and repair.Multilingual wordplay is central to the work's framing. The title, Maldives (马尔代夫), functions as a proxy for an idyllic life, a phonetic Mandarin pun for "Ma'er substitute husband" (Ma'er dai fu), and a nod to the Cantonese cartoon character McDull, representing a promised paradise that remains perpetually out of reach. The project will manifest in two distinct forms: a high-volume 8.5 x 11" publication and a monumental gallery installation. The book is intended for wide circulation, serving as a portable, accessible narrative artifact for my community. In parallel, the exhibition will feature twenty limited-edition 40 x 53" fine-art prints. The scale and dramatic lighting of these prints will transform the gallery into an immersive "book-as-environment". Audiences are invited to navigate diasporic liminality alongside Ma'er, treated to the nuances of an immigrant psyche shaped by a multitude. <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/edf9693043e34f898923a54a5f7b84b6ee07992d118cdd69293c9a6c40fef808/_U6A2879.jpg" data-mid="247607163" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/edf9693043e34f898923a54a5f7b84b6ee07992d118cdd69293c9a6c40fef808/_U6A2879.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8cd945aa142d1735df8a18cea919222f2f2e35b159fe2c7da38e749d76ac677b/_U6A2883.jpg" data-mid="247607166" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8cd945aa142d1735df8a18cea919222f2f2e35b159fe2c7da38e749d76ac677b/_U6A2883.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" 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src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/986916f2957b2972ef931bf4877585330037b652062567e4bd10fa9872636cca/DSC02058.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f8680fc1f0f874cf46b89f2e9905dde8d9d8e421086b5139e613ec588a9ebbeb/DSC02063.jpg" data-mid="250970507" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f8680fc1f0f874cf46b89f2e9905dde8d9d8e421086b5139e613ec588a9ebbeb/DSC02063.jpg" /> Saddle-stitched booklet <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d7cbd4e476481b11de8a440377b04d62380bf2ba29de51b71e241936365d860f/IMG_8525.jpg" data-mid="250971013" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d7cbd4e476481b11de8a440377b04d62380bf2ba29de51b71e241936365d860f/IMG_8525.jpg" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" 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src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1fee0342cb7b187771759fc824d78114fc1964668b3a7d2b090d96098604c79a/IMG_8497E.jpg" /> Preliminary sketches&nbsp; <img width="1080" height="1920" width_o="1080" height_o="1920" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a6ab5c4e7efea32e5fa912ce456248f3d31b2e964d1af6387314e3a95a63a16a/Nightmare_sketch.jpg" data-mid="250965068" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a6ab5c4e7efea32e5fa912ce456248f3d31b2e964d1af6387314e3a95a63a16a/Nightmare_sketch.jpg" /> <img width="1080" height="1920" width_o="1080" height_o="1920" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d5be239c4223a7ff69b46f503fb6cf4187a6228dd45fa6bb4e9aaaa747373407/Buddha_sketch.jpg" data-mid="250965065" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d5be239c4223a7ff69b46f503fb6cf4187a6228dd45fa6bb4e9aaaa747373407/Buddha_sketch.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" 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The entirety of the project is a VR experience for which I designed this pavillion, including a series of fictitious marketing campaigns and an online interactive performance. The project is a collaboration with Jas Brooks and Gabby Luu. To design this pavillion, I emphasize the idea of frictionlessness and transparency that is rampant in the rhetoric of industrial design and neoliberal commerce. I utilize glass material and modular framework design to evoke the resemblance of trade exposition pavilions created by the likes of Renzo Piano and Joseph Paxton. This pavilion is modeled in Autodesk Maya and rendered in Blender. <img width="3840" height="2160" width_o="3840" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f2dee6eecb3dee6cd20d7478429ffd2be172168fb544b4a4e048383fbc31456a/20230310_12_bright.png" data-mid="246743406" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f2dee6eecb3dee6cd20d7478429ffd2be172168fb544b4a4e048383fbc31456a/20230310_12_bright.png" /> <img width="3840" height="2160" width_o="3840" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ded17ef26285d7f1f29e08eb5ee6428c06b2b15f7c0a8d93c2e5720dc5837b29/20230310_09.jpg" data-mid="246743442" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ded17ef26285d7f1f29e08eb5ee6428c06b2b15f7c0a8d93c2e5720dc5837b29/20230310_09.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="2160" width_o="3840" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7d56aad4815d7e40f855be1280c6bd46d872a7f54f0cac13298bb394fc383c3f/20230310_15.jpg" 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width="3840" height="2160" width_o="3840" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ec8b435026345882aa31c67781fed6c6746cf5a7114fae45171186eea1c25c87/20230311_06.jpg" data-mid="246743461" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ec8b435026345882aa31c67781fed6c6746cf5a7114fae45171186eea1c25c87/20230311_06.jpg" /> https://yorik.red/Bathroom-Study-A-voxel-reconstruction-of-a-Shenzhen-high-school Fri, 02 Sep 2022 04:03:37 +0000 Li Yao https://yorik.red/Bathroom-Study-A-voxel-reconstruction-of-a-Shenzhen-high-school Bathroom Study A voxel reconstruction of a Shenzhen high-school bathroom, tracing the casual surveillance designed into institutional space. 3d Modeling, virtual Environment Design 2022 <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d1457f4f761932a433fdcc78d74431593c7d69f4d9511730bca38022f16ecdb5/snap2022-11-04-01-43-45.png" data-mid="249338638" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d1457f4f761932a433fdcc78d74431593c7d69f4d9511730bca38022f16ecdb5/snap2022-11-04-01-43-45.png" /><img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a9973de9a0e891ee705d443680036fb67da252096331bcb859dc19910401e274/snap2022-11-28-00-34-40.png" data-mid="249338639" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a9973de9a0e891ee705d443680036fb67da252096331bcb859dc19910401e274/snap2022-11-28-00-34-40.png" /><img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/839f0461cf69c8f025465c1a9aa85079570268d4cd54a74e24083bab58987816/snap2022-11-28-00-41-09.png" data-mid="249338640" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/839f0461cf69c8f025465c1a9aa85079570268d4cd54a74e24083bab58987816/snap2022-11-28-00-41-09.png" /><img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d3c1ddb948dd5ceca481f0d54e865dc7d2d199ceac0c8567897b7bc6ad326dd4/snap2022-11-28-00-47-15.png" data-mid="249338641" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d3c1ddb948dd5ceca481f0d54e865dc7d2d199ceac0c8567897b7bc6ad326dd4/snap2022-11-28-00-47-15.png" /><img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2ec70ec9a706f035744179b044582307c9cccd750e5e56405582fe68d93313c4/snap2022-11-28-00-53-27.png" data-mid="249338642" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2ec70ec9a706f035744179b044582307c9cccd750e5e56405582fe68d93313c4/snap2022-11-28-00-53-27.png" /><img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c611c59f154a86a69a4c186d0d5346982ec5dd31fb67f81bd00b923ad10ffa2d/snap2022-11-28-01-18-14.png" data-mid="249338643" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c611c59f154a86a69a4c186d0d5346982ec5dd31fb67f81bd00b923ad10ffa2d/snap2022-11-28-01-18-14.png" /> This is a 3d replica of the men’s bathroom in my high school in Shenzhen, where I had my first paruresis (shy bladder syndrome) experience. Many anxiety episodes took place in this space where each bathroom-goer would be exposed to the sight of others. The atmosphere in such institutional bathrooms in China was invariably one of casual surveillance. In recreating the space with a voxel model, I begin to channel the intentions of the designers and builders of these school bathrooms. What are the motivations behind designing bathroom surveillance? My 3d models set the stage for a subsequent animation short, now in progress. https://yorik.red/Perfect-Melon-Ad-Campaign-An-ad-campaign-for-a-fictional-beverage Wed, 01 Apr 2026 07:24:27 +0000 Li Yao https://yorik.red/Perfect-Melon-Ad-Campaign-An-ad-campaign-for-a-fictional-beverage Perfect Melon (Ad Campaign)An ad campaign for a fictional beverage corporation that builds its consumer base by having visitors hunt for the "perfect" melon in VR. Video, Performance, Branding 2019 <img width="3036" height="4048" width_o="3036" height_o="4048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a14a730fa6461ec6262bc31833b2ce1dec9dcfda327d1ffa29e2a6771411de23/PerfectMelon1.jpg" data-mid="246743684" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a14a730fa6461ec6262bc31833b2ce1dec9dcfda327d1ffa29e2a6771411de23/PerfectMelon1.jpg" /><img width="2825" height="875" width_o="2825" height_o="875" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/18f31d136deb4e756166d4eddb33b1b221c2b52b88c054beab703c821c6f1a82/Perfect-Melon-Full-Label-Design_Final.png" data-mid="246743686" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/18f31d136deb4e756166d4eddb33b1b221c2b52b88c054beab703c821c6f1a82/Perfect-Melon-Full-Label-Design_Final.png" /> Perfect Melon is a “community-building” marketing campaign from the fictional Perfect Melon beverage corporation, presented as an interactive installation.&nbsp; The corporation intends to cultivate a consumer community entirely mediated by the corporation itself.&nbsp; For the campaign, the corporation hosts a VR flavor experience in which attendees enter a virtual pavilion floating above an infinite melon field and are tasked to find the “perfect” melon.&nbsp; Attendees assess melons by slapping them, listening to their sounds, and sampling their flavors via a taste display.&nbsp; Once they select a melon, their choice is folded into the corporation’s commercial beverage formula: a mix of all chosen melons. Perfect Melon Co. is interested in how international food, flavor, and beverage corporations seek to distill experience and emotion into commodified flavors. This trend is an extension of capital realism: a state of reality that is molded by the products we consume and the commercial ecosystem ​(e.g. advertisements) we engage with. These concepts are well illustrated in Givaudan’s “engage your senses” campaign and in a quote from the Coca-Cola Company: “the product of the Coca-Cola Company is not Coca-Cola… In fact, the product of the Coca-Cola Company is advertising itself.” Team Bio The Perfect Melon team consist of members Jas Brooks, Gabby Luu and Li Yao, who came together through an Art and Science Seminar in the summer of 2018.Jas Brooks is an artist and PhD candidate at the University of Chicago focusing on wearable devices that interface directly with our senses of smell and taste. Their artwork addresses intimacy, human relations, and the amplification of aesthetics via new modalities.Li Yao is a Chicago-based VR/XR artist, organizer and educator. His work focuses on the way our sense of realities is shaped through architecture and corporation’s media campaigns. Li has exhibited in various venues including Altered Festival, The Wrong Biennale, Ars Electronica 2018, and Mykono Multimedia Festival. He received his MFA in Art and Technology Studies from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2018, and his BFA in Fine Arts from the School of Visual Arts in 2016.Gabby Luu is an artist and graduate from the University of Chicago, where she studied Art History (BA ‘19) and the Humanities (MA ‘19). Her research interests include contemporary East Asian Art, and her Master’s thesis focused on intersections of the body, race, politics, and masculinity in Who’s the Daddy (2017) by Wong Ping. Gabby worked in both non-profit museums and a commercial art gallery, and continues to pursue a career in the arts. https://yorik.red/Tea-Room-Study-A-3D-study-of-the-Japanese-tea-room-and-garden-where Sat, 13 Aug 2022 04:45:22 +0000 Li Yao https://yorik.red/Tea-Room-Study-A-3D-study-of-the-Japanese-tea-room-and-garden-where Tea Room Study A 3D study of the Japanese tea room and garden, where hospitality is choreographed as a quiet exercise of power. 3d Modeling, Virtual Environment Design 2022 <img width="1385" height="1080" width_o="1385" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/51c339fe835bea860c54984afad80468e3b9ae4d5f33227beaff0d61d6e0e753/snap2022-06-11-14-57-28.png" data-mid="150292835" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/51c339fe835bea860c54984afad80468e3b9ae4d5f33227beaff0d61d6e0e753/snap2022-06-11-14-57-28.png" /> <img width="1385" height="1080" width_o="1385" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/14c200d353157102853f92013317c06e8f0da7fbc3047461a9e182828d283d08/snap2022-06-11-13-48-29.png" data-mid="150292836" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/14c200d353157102853f92013317c06e8f0da7fbc3047461a9e182828d283d08/snap2022-06-11-13-48-29.png" /> <img width="1385" height="1080" width_o="1385" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/41c70ce50a34049fabb807fa4119d4d9931c5601d8ad85817951569944cf9ec6/snap2022-06-11-02-30-24.png" data-mid="150292842" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/41c70ce50a34049fabb807fa4119d4d9931c5601d8ad85817951569944cf9ec6/snap2022-06-11-02-30-24.png" /> <img width="1385" height="1080" width_o="1385" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/448ece84e2f0fb64b1e853384f961c1b50975a73a4e70e9d58038d1cb44720a3/snap2022-06-11-22-51-05.png" data-mid="150292831" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/448ece84e2f0fb64b1e853384f961c1b50975a73a4e70e9d58038d1cb44720a3/snap2022-06-11-22-51-05.png" /> <img width="1385" height="1080" width_o="1385" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/16f46dc62c3ddd8116051e9299ceb006f8ce7dfb62fd6d783bbf7d2e7f6b9f63/snap2022-06-11-15-52-32.png" data-mid="150292833" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/16f46dc62c3ddd8116051e9299ceb006f8ce7dfb62fd6d783bbf7d2e7f6b9f63/snap2022-06-11-15-52-32.png" /> <img width="1385" height="1080" width_o="1385" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ed097a1ec1d0213d363c04c564fedd1cb8e141baeb998881505c027d4c1fe664/snap2022-06-11-03-28-09.png" data-mid="150292840" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ed097a1ec1d0213d363c04c564fedd1cb8e141baeb998881505c027d4c1fe664/snap2022-06-11-03-28-09.png" /> <img width="1385" height="1080" width_o="1385" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d01a1c17d10cf3b8080a79cd00a1703a42b5cedf08628b3c98b2dfdb7b5ecc92/snap2022-06-11-16-34-01.png" data-mid="150292832" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d01a1c17d10cf3b8080a79cd00a1703a42b5cedf08628b3c98b2dfdb7b5ecc92/snap2022-06-11-16-34-01.png" /> <img width="1385" height="1080" width_o="1385" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/345c3ae7034d05f23abb10b3514d79864ea32c0b154e0a8da4f268fe4a1811b4/snap2022-06-11-15-21-50.png" data-mid="150292834" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/345c3ae7034d05f23abb10b3514d79864ea32c0b154e0a8da4f268fe4a1811b4/snap2022-06-11-15-21-50.png" /> <img width="1385" height="1080" width_o="1385" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e7d18ea8efc14af1ab4af1a277fe3165707c396b3c27c864e1cd417f73a856c3/snap2022-06-11-03-53-41.png" data-mid="150292838" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e7d18ea8efc14af1ab4af1a277fe3165707c396b3c27c864e1cd417f73a856c3/snap2022-06-11-03-53-41.png" /> What does it really mean to be served? This project is a study of Japanese tea room and tea garden layout. The buildings are loosely based on Omotesenke’s Fushin’an (不審庵). The Japanese tea room is a distinct type of building designed around the tea ceremony. It is a room that, at first glance, appears to be a mere extension of the tea-drinking ritual. Contemplating further, we see other details that reveal an intriguing power dynamic. Structures such as 中潜, the gate that connects the inside and outside of the garden, are designed to be so small that visitors have to curl up their bodies in order to step through the gate. The intention behind the design is said to humble the temper of the guests before they are served in the tea ceremony. This is only one of the many meticulously curated steps in the formality of the tea room visit. https://yorik.red/My-Son-My-Son-What-Have-Ye-Done-A-bar-of-soap-erodes-under-a-slow Tue, 23 Jan 2018 06:50:49 +0000 Li Yao https://yorik.red/My-Son-My-Son-What-Have-Ye-Done-A-bar-of-soap-erodes-under-a-slow My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?A bar of soap erodes under a slow drip until it snaps under its own weight — an altar to a mother's name, 洁贞, and the purity it demanded. Time-based Installation 2016 This installation centers on a sacrificial altar where a single bar of soap is subjected to a slow, rhythmic erosion. Under the steady drip of water, the soap gradually softens and thins until it is physically snapped by the weight of its own burden. It is a meditation on the slow deterioration of familial bonds and the declining physical wellbeing of my mother. Having been away from China for many years, the distance has transformed home into a space of impending loss. The piece is also a linguistic dissection of my mother’s name, Jiezhen (洁贞), meaning "cleanliness and chastity." This paternal projection of ideal womanhood has manifested in her as a hyper-vigilant anxiety—a compulsion toward cleanliness and a hypochondriacal fear of the world. Here, the soap serves as a fragile symbol of the heteronormative duties and cultural expectations placed upon a mother and wife, documenting the moment where the pressure to remain pure becomes a breaking point. Installation <img width="2448" height="3264" width_o="2448" height_o="3264" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/570f8da8fcda86b49b4d1a094f532f43a3090e433f06a28c5e3609257e1a6374/IMG_3090.jpg" data-mid="51214827" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/570f8da8fcda86b49b4d1a094f532f43a3090e433f06a28c5e3609257e1a6374/IMG_3090.jpg" /> <img width="5472" height="3648" width_o="5472" height_o="3648" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f86e7acdc87042e2b6f5d1add4161238db49d9ad968054eafac4f3e87b89b547/IMG_1804.JPG" data-mid="9823822" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f86e7acdc87042e2b6f5d1add4161238db49d9ad968054eafac4f3e87b89b547/IMG_1804.JPG" /> <img width="3648" height="5472" width_o="3648" height_o="5472" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/64920f9582c353ca190a4896740f5ca435029cc83e6b330eb1e848e0fc7bc45b/IMG_1819.JPG" data-mid="9823841" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/64920f9582c353ca190a4896740f5ca435029cc83e6b330eb1e848e0fc7bc45b/IMG_1819.JPG" /> <img width="5472" height="3648" width_o="5472" height_o="3648" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0d730837b1ca3312279a431a1f21e8b777d1e718c1db02babbc653deb18e7f77/IMG_1809.JPG" data-mid="9823840" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0d730837b1ca3312279a431a1f21e8b777d1e718c1db02babbc653deb18e7f77/IMG_1809.JPG" /> Fabrication <img width="3264" height="2448" width_o="3264" height_o="2448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/12a1f62fb03dd14e9e5105eea23ffeb05e73f675c023ac98d2b7e7bf6dfd84f0/IMG_2590.jpg" data-mid="51215194" border="0" alt="Digital model in SOLIDWORKS" data-caption="Digital model in SOLIDWORKS" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/12a1f62fb03dd14e9e5105eea23ffeb05e73f675c023ac98d2b7e7bf6dfd84f0/IMG_2590.jpg" /> <img width="3264" height="2448" width_o="3264" height_o="2448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/300b9e4127c7bf5ed0d46b47fd608fde356ca7cbcf88a20148aaf87d53448a4e/IMG_2591.jpg" data-mid="51215195" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/300b9e4127c7bf5ed0d46b47fd608fde356ca7cbcf88a20148aaf87d53448a4e/IMG_2591.jpg" /> <img width="2448" height="3264" width_o="2448" height_o="3264" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/317d0ad5c67aaa23e2e7fb80eb11de16c5ea0f1341c57c5ad634196b2528263b/IMG_2562.jpg" data-mid="51215205" border="0" alt="Sketch of construction" data-caption="Sketch of construction" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/317d0ad5c67aaa23e2e7fb80eb11de16c5ea0f1341c57c5ad634196b2528263b/IMG_2562.jpg" /> <img width="2448" height="3264" width_o="2448" height_o="3264" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7d7f613391fb71fb9bd69e8405b4ea5e314c8eec5a9d34997e06034f398457fa/IMG_2563.jpg" data-mid="51215208" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7d7f613391fb71fb9bd69e8405b4ea5e314c8eec5a9d34997e06034f398457fa/IMG_2563.jpg" /> <img width="2448" height="3264" width_o="2448" height_o="3264" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/abada354879810884a0fb8786c4ad0b74cbfb5a5355c978682ef00e93303f284/IMG_2547.jpg" data-mid="51215544" border="0" alt="Stress-testing the soap" data-caption="Stress-testing the soap" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/abada354879810884a0fb8786c4ad0b74cbfb5a5355c978682ef00e93303f284/IMG_2547.jpg" /> <img width="2448" height="3264" width_o="2448" height_o="3264" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/742dbd8400caaae1b5e399731ba54b80473f3f0fb7521486f49af9dd335c9130/IMG_2561.jpg" data-mid="51216242" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/742dbd8400caaae1b5e399731ba54b80473f3f0fb7521486f49af9dd335c9130/IMG_2561.jpg" /> <img width="2286" height="3048" width_o="2286" height_o="3048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/83e5aa12b2e311ceec5f8fbfaa7004db70260cf909ac50e1fde1b9504cb9e564/IMG_2634.jpg" data-mid="51214365" border="0" alt="CNC carving the shallow water tank" data-caption="CNC carving the shallow water tank" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/83e5aa12b2e311ceec5f8fbfaa7004db70260cf909ac50e1fde1b9504cb9e564/IMG_2634.jpg" /> <img width="2448" height="3264" width_o="2448" height_o="3264" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/034704f4d695d0bbc00682bb063292bc9cba3ca43797548b2ddf7b6b905a44f3/IMG_2679.jpg" data-mid="51214371" border="0" alt="Plywood texture detail" data-caption="Plywood texture detail" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/034704f4d695d0bbc00682bb063292bc9cba3ca43797548b2ddf7b6b905a44f3/IMG_2679.jpg" /> <img width="2448" height="3264" width_o="2448" height_o="3264" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/099a5ac23a1dd5226a8368e9efcc5b7ab9d74a7124367c084418ea76d8ee9d56/IMG_3003.jpg" data-mid="51214378" 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https://yorik.red/Journey-Under-the-Midnight-Sun-A-blue-shifted-video-roaming-the Fri, 23 Mar 2018 04:07:53 +0000 Li Yao https://yorik.red/Journey-Under-the-Midnight-Sun-A-blue-shifted-video-roaming-the 白夜行 | Journey Under the Midnight Sun A blue-shifted video roaming the industrial edges of the city, titled after Keigo Higashino's murder mystery. Video 2016 <img width="3648" height="2048" width_o="3648" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/329a1c99d8d466a10a578782b9f68a61afb653387a74debd6fe06e80fe5ee8a7/IMG_6364.JPG" data-mid="13468597" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/329a1c99d8d466a10a578782b9f68a61afb653387a74debd6fe06e80fe5ee8a7/IMG_6364.JPG" /> <img width="3648" height="2048" width_o="3648" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/77ad5a8429352306a093b174fb720e4702e5c5ac7dfedc5bf4fd0c44e51833d6/IMG_6327.JPG" data-mid="13468598" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/77ad5a8429352306a093b174fb720e4702e5c5ac7dfedc5bf4fd0c44e51833d6/IMG_6327.JPG" /> <img width="3648" height="2048" width_o="3648" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c1cc65fb071d6e4d37ecfad9e90aba2a3945f9f4dd8aad1889734b3d9f62f885/IMG_6329.JPG" data-mid="13468600" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c1cc65fb071d6e4d37ecfad9e90aba2a3945f9f4dd8aad1889734b3d9f62f885/IMG_6329.JPG" /> https://yorik.red/Red-Oil-Wontons-A-single-JPEG-of-a-bowl-of-red-oil-resaved-more-than Sun, 10 Jan 2016 18:52:15 +0000 Li Yao https://yorik.red/Red-Oil-Wontons-A-single-JPEG-of-a-bowl-of-red-oil-resaved-more-than 红油抄手 | Red Oil Wontons A single JPEG of a bowl of red oil, resaved more than 5,000 times until the image collapses into color blocks and the vessel becomes the content. 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