melo (melody chua)
INTIMATE WORLDS THROUGH EXPERIMENTAL MEDIA
CHAOS STRUCTURES :: FUTURE FICTIONS :: POSTHUMAN SENSITIVITIES :: GLITCH NOIR
A transdisciplinary media artist, MELO engages with technology in ways that reflect on how human-machine relationships—particularly the power dynamics found within them—act as mirrors for human relationships. Her interactive media works are therefore investigations into the following questions: “How can we give voices to the ‘othered’ and give form to the invisible? How do we navigate the delicate borderlands where we are not only sovereign entities but also vulnerable extensions of each other? How can we subvert a system while being entangled within the system?” Playful, but with serious and personal undertones, MELO’s works are programmed in a way to question not only what one does with the technologies, but how those interactions unfold.
MELO’s works are situated across the realms of sound performance, human-machine improvisation, immersive media, and interactive installation. The aesthetics of her work gravitate towards immersive future-fictions--introspective, strangely nostalgic, and pulling audiences into intimate worlds. She is currently a doctoral candidate at the Kunstuniversität Graz and Zürich University of the Arts.
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