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Tie . Untie, String, video projection, 6'x8'x1.5'

beili liu tie/untie   Upon undulating white sting pooled onto the gallery floor, a video loop is projected. Two hands untangling a pool of red thread under water. The fingers carefully and gently lift, pull, and unravel the entangled red lines. When the ends of the threads are eventually found, they are tied into a knot.
beili liu tie/untie  

"The video piece, Tie-Untie, is a remarkably innovative yet simple play on the genre in general, and a poignant expression of the artist’s chosen theme in particular. With a large nest of string on the floor and the projector pointed straight down upon it, the dark room itself takes on an instrumental role. Focusing all attention into the vibrant pool electrified with light and the imagery of a pair of hands articulating colored yarn back and forth, hither and away, in and out of the frame, the matter is mesmerizing. Furthermore, upon realizing that this meditative mirage takes place underwater, the whole thing seems to float and sink into the floor at the same time. The combination of the submerged action — with the color, the skin, and digits working the yarn with the soft highlight of the projection upon the nylon pool — is pure magic."


—Steven Irvin, Buzzine, LA

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beili liu tie/untie   Installation view

 

 

 

 

 

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