model kit card — huidi xiang

Playbour Objects_model kit cardPlaybour Objects_digital object

2022

series of physical sculptures and digital objects

This series of works is created for an exhibition that spans two gallery spaces: one virtual and one physical. These spaces echo each other not as a pure repetition, but as parallel lanes that alternate and evolve as they adopt and investigate formal and conceptual languages. Virtual objects stand in for their counterparts in the physical gallery and vice versa.

Each physical sculpture in this series is presented as an unassembled plastic model kit card, while its digital counterpart (viewable through a VR headset during the exhibition) is displayed as the assembled object. This invites the audience to be part of the assembly and play process while viewing.

09/09/2022 - 10/16/2022
created for the duo exhibition “Neither Here Nor There” with artist Lau Wait at Lydian Stater. Co-curated by Elisa Gutiérrez Eriksen and Lydian Stater.

Physical Gallery

Playbour Objects_model kit card_see shovel saw
Playbour Objects_model kit card_elephant slide

CNC and hand routed MDF, 3D printed PLA
(card stand: casters, foam, cement)
24in x 48in x 1/2in each

Playbour Objects_diagram_see saw shove
Playbour Objects_diagram_elephant slide

Digital drawing printed on paper
24in x 24in each

Digital VR Gallery

to the VR gallery: https://oncyber.io/lydianstater

Playbour Objects_digital object_see shovel saw
Playbour Objects_digital object_elephant slide

new colors released every week throughout the exhibition period on objkt.com and can be viewed in the VR gallery
https://objkt.com/collection/KT1VHNMH5EcwEBDuE7chSkj88gExRQ4AG6K1

09/09/2022
09/17/2022
09/24/2022
10/08/2022
10/15/2022

Playbour Objects_video_see shovel saw_360 view
Playbour Objects_video_elephant slide_sliding
https://objkt.com/collection/KT1BSuS8u17cfLdWFLS87XYo16Yq2e41Er5n