Shocking Asia: Multimedia Artist Spencer Yeh’s Immersive Travelogue Chambers

Description

On the upper floor, Yeh presents a seven-hour video work entitled SHOCKING ASIA.

The work, which is separated into chucks on separate screens across the gallery, draws its title from 1970s “mondo” films by German exploitation filmmaker Rolf Olsen.

Yeh’s film takes the form of a series of episodic travelogues shot whilst traveling in Thailand, Myanmar, Singapore, and Malaysia, and staged as a multi-projector installation with succession of lounge-like chambers.

On the gallery’s lower floor, visitors are confronted by an older group of videos taking Yeh’s practice as a self-taught vocal improviser as both material and subject.