Artists Statement

Message in the Sky, taking shape as a site-specific/crowd-responsive installation, pools together the city’s modern-day 1001 dreams, and casts them away into the celestial using a radio telescope. The installation invites local public to bring in their favorite fragrances and spray on hand-gold-leafed paper cards. In exchange, they are given unique codes which enable them the privilege of casting their hopes and dreams as messages to the stars.
Curator: Kóan Jeff Baysa

• Jiayi Young is an Assistant Professor of Design at the University of California, Davis, USA. Her inquiries lie within the emergent and experimental field of digital media with an emphasis on the cross-disciplinary areas of design that integrates the arts, the sciences with cutting-edge technology.  jiayiyoung.info
• Shih-Wen Young, Professor, Department of Science & Engineering, American River College, Sacramento, CA, USA