June 2 – July 9, 2021
I want you to stop by all three windows. Look into the gallery itself, and then at each of the TV screens. What are you a witness to? Which world would you like to live in?
The moment a face appears on the screen, a set of political relationships is not only projected, but dynamically produced. Imagine what could happen if we have the power to produce relationships for the better? Deepfakes are digitally manipulated videos that realistically swap faces, so that a person appears to say or do something that they never said or did. This work is a meditation on how we perceive truth from videos, and particularly from news media. If what is “real” and what is “fake” isn’t so obvious, why not let it free us to conceive of and act out new realities?
— Yuwei Pan
For an online version of the exhibition, visit: www.panyuwei.com
Special thanks to Media 3 Ltd. for supplying the news desk, the Gallatin Galleries team for fantastic installation, and my advisor Nina Katchadourian for unrelenting support.
Yuwei Pan (she/they) (MA ’21) is a New York-based multimedia artist, designer and activist. Their mission is to make the unimaginable and invisible into what’s tangible and believable, and to invigorate radical reimagination of our future.
Yuwei is currently a Master’s student at NYU Gallatin studying Speculative Design and Social Change and before that she received a BFA from Washington University in St. Louis. She takes on a wide-reaching approach that spans immersive installations, performance, participatory art, dance and numerous other disciplines. Humor, identity, and social commentary are important elements in their work. Yuwei is the recipient of the Morris Horwitz Graduation Award in Photography and Service, Anderson Ranch Summer Program Award and Richard J. Koppenaal Scholarship, and her work has been shown at Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, Des Lee Gallery, and PS122 Gallery in New York.
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