THE GREAT FILTER

THE GREAT FILTER, Wen-Yee Hsieh

The issue of identity between oneself and the environment has been interpreted as a world of its own. Catastrophes in the human world are translated into a sense of detachment between the self and the larger environment (from individual to collective and beyond). It is the detachment from the real world that gives birth to a parallel imaginary space. However, when the real world permeates into this parallel world, conflicts arise.

Taiwan, 10 minutes, 2024
Video
No dialogue

About the artist

Wen-Yee Hsieh

A young artist from Taiwan who poses questions about the relationship between visual art, and architecture. Fascinated by supernatural beings, his works reflect social phenomena and the mystery of life. HSIEH injected himself into works of art, that form a line of energy questioning the individual’s state against the environment.

Hsieh’s VR debut LIMBOTOPIA in VR (2021) was nominated by Tribeca Film Festival for the Immersive New Voices competition in 2022,and won the Best VR Prize in AniFilm in the Czech Republic.

In 2024, he was once again selected by the 2024 Tribeca Festival immersive section.
Created the infinite mirror installations THE GREAT FILTER and INVISIBLE THEM for New York’s art museum, Mercer Labs.

Hsieh’s next-level VR film LIMBOPHOBIA (2024) is selected by several European festivals, including Prague, Geneva, and Amsterdam in the winter of 2024.

Credits

Director: Wen-Yee HSIEH
Producer: Sebox HONG (Wu HUNG)
Sound Designer: Aaron WU