Xin Liu’s sculpted avatar comes to life in space and dances through the cosmos on a Blue Origin rocket, until it is destroyed upon reentry.

Liu brings her sculpted avatar to life in space and it dances through the cosmos on a Blue Origin rocket.  In May 2019, she brought her robot’s space dance of death to the Exploratorium’s Webcast Studio.  Footage of the space voyage and narration of Xin’s journey creating the avatar, written by poet Abigail Wender, combine to provide an immersive and truly other worldly experience.  Living/Distance explores how each person holds a relatively inconsequential, but wholly unique place in this world.

Living/Distance transferred to the Kadist Gallery in Paris, France. See more information here: https://kadist.org/work/living-distance/