2021 | Hong Kong | Installation

A Wet Finger in the Air

  • Chinese, English - 61 mins
  • Director | Tiffany Sia
  • Writer | Tiffany Sia
  • Producer | -

STATUS: Released

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A Wet Finger in the Air, a single-channel video, assembles appropriated footage of bilingual weather reports from 1980’s through 1997-era Hong Kong TVB and Pearl broadcasting stations into a hypnotic, randomized loop that repeats every hour. While these reels may invoke a kind of nostalgia, Sia's interest centers more on locating atmospheric and weather changes as a metaphor for the similarly unpredictable and slippery turns of history. The artist metaphorically raises a wet finger in the air to judge the invisible direction of the times.

Video Installation Experimental Found Footage Hong Kong Weather Metaphor Multi-channel Contemporary Art
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