Tianyi is always in either a second-hand shop or on second-hand sale apps where she encounters found objects, images and footage (and she never feels bored). Her love for used/ collected/ found objects originates from, instead of nostalgia, a haunted feeling experienced in contemporary days as the past has not been shed away while our world keeps moving, or in fact it can never be...
Audio-visual installation and performance
Found objects, office shelves, monitors, TouchDesigner, Arduino, 4-channel video, 2-channel live video, slide show, sound, and real-time AI-generated text on paper.
6’00” sequence, installation size variable
A Station That Never Sleeps is a site-specific installation that takes the form of an unmanned surveillance station. Constructed from office shelving, monitors, and found objects, the work functions as a makeshift console resembling the security setups common throughout Hong Kong. The project was developed using archival materials from Para Site’s thirty-year history to examine the entanglement of urban space and collective memory.
The station runs on a six-minute loop recorded during an opening performance where the artist manipulated video, sound, and home appliances via MIDI. Throughout the exhibition, the system continues to log the space. A CCTV camera captures screenshots every thirty minutes, triggering an AI programmed as a security guard to generate and print log entries. As visitors enter the room, their physical presence is tracked and converted into noise. This live input overlays the original recorded sequence, ensuring the installation constantly shifts through the presence of the audience.
Site-specific commission by Para Site, Hong Kong Supported by Mondriaan Fonds Installation view of ‘Site-seeing’. Para Site, Hong Kong, 2026. Photo: Felix SC Wong.
