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The temperature drops rapidly, light shifts from bright to dark, and the air grows heavy, as if it had gained weight. A tornado seems to be building in the exhibition spaces of Kunsthalle Basel. In her first institutional solo exhibition in Europe, Alliance, Shuang Li (b. 1990) turns to the search for storms not only as literal and physical natural phenomena but, more importantly, as metaphors for the highly mediated realities and digital forces that shape and permeate our everyday lives.
The exhibition centers on the premiere of Li's most ambitious video installation to date. The film follows three main characters, all portrayed by the same “actress”: a sex doll. Accompanied by a film crew, they devote themselves to “storm chasing”—the deliberate pursuit of severe weather events such as tornadoes. Loosely scripted, the film unfolds through a series of unexpected encounters that emerge in real time.
This search develops through a sequence of spatial and atmospheric stages.…
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The temperature drops rapidly, light shifts from bright to dark, and the air grows heavy, as if it had gained weight. A tornado seems to be building in the exhibition spaces of Kunsthalle Basel. In her first institutional solo exhibition in Europe, Alliance, Shuang Li (b. 1990) turns to the search for storms not only as literal and physical natural phenomena but, more importantly, as metaphors for the highly mediated realities and digital forces that shape and permeate our everyday lives.
The exhibition centers on the premiere of Li's most ambitious video installation to date. The film follows three main characters, all portrayed by the same “actress”: a sex doll. Accompanied by a film crew, they devote themselves to “storm chasing”—the deliberate pursuit of severe weather events such as tornadoes. Loosely scripted, the film unfolds through a series of unexpected encounters that emerge in real time.
This search develops through a sequence of spatial and atmospheric stages.…
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