Spin, Breathe, and Pump (2022)
Spin, Breathe, and Pump is an image target–based augmented reality (AR) art installation featuring a 118.8 x 84.1 cm digital print hung on the wall and a continuously looping 15-second computer-generated imagery (CGI). Participants must use a nearby iPad or scan a QR code using their Android devices to access the SpinBreathePump application, which allows them to view the CGI on their smartphones by pointing the camera at the printed image. Inspired by recent studies on racism in facial recognition technology, this work explores racism from a biological perspective. It is essential to acknowledge the morphological differences between races: they embody a rich social and cultural history and aesthetic and do not make us less human; fundamentally, we bleed the same, we breathe the same, and our hearts pump the same. It is through such diversity and similarity that a productive human society is constructed.

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Chenfei Xiao. Spin, Breathe, and Pump. 2022. WebXR AR art with a software assemblage image target and QR code, 84.1 x 59.4 x 1.27 cm.

Chenfei Xiao. Exhibition view of Spin, Breathe, and Pump in 55 CANCRI E exhibition. 2022. Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. WebXR AR art with a software assemblage image target and QR code, 84.1 x 59.4 x 1.27 cm.