The time difference is a gift from the Sun. Inspired by the idea of presenting two time zones from two localities in one space, the installation creates a supernatural space-time interaction that defies rules. Enchanted by the Sun Path, the artist Jiayu Liu translates tangible elements into abstract light effects, entailing the Sun’s movement across different locations.

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The work responds to two locations for the new scents: an ambient light-scape and traces of natural scenes from Italy and Laos. Both are realized through projection, situated in a cylindrical container where the wall becomes an END-LESS canvas. The lightscape presents both sunrise in Italy and sunset in Laos on the same canvas. The complicated color play was generated from real-time captures of sunlight data and extracted topographies in Unity 3D, fed into TouchDesigner for dynamic motion graphs. Scanning across the light-scape on the canvas, two strips of projection also lead us to explore natural scenes. In the middle of the exhibition, a presence symbolizes a connection between Italy, Laos, and China and embracing the time differences given by the Sun.