back-and-forth . Hsiao-Chu (Julia) Hsia . Dec 18 2025

Описание: Performance artist: Hsiao-Chu (Julia) Hsia
Videographer: Piper Yu
Location: Crossing Art, New York, NY, USA
Date: Dec 18 2025

“back-and-forth” is a multimedia piece with an on-site installation and a participatory performance, using the video projection to bring out travel stories in a framed space by wires. This work responds to the artist’s self-identification as an immigrant living overseas, away from the hometown, visualizing traveling traces between points with curves bouncing in the space and moving images from a window view. It interprets the inevitable experience encountered by every individual who has a goal to keep moving forward and a home to go back to. As the clock ticks, the time passes by without notice, and the views voyagers see on the way pass in seconds yet take a great part in our running lifetime.

The performance invites the audience to join a “journey”, using the installation as the stage, to share trivial moments in a happening trip as the artist moves around the space. Greeting and waiting, photos and small talk during travels with friends or strangers only meeting once. The size and shape of the installation and the setting of the projection are flexible and customizable to fit into different places to form an immersive experience based on the theme and the needs.

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