Narratives from Invisibility and Silence
Xin Yang
Description
How do invisible networks and hidden narratives shape our environments? Narratives from Invisibility and Silence is a diverse investigation: a spatial, multimedia installation combining glass paintings depicting micro-world activities, pigment-based compositions and audiovisual media.
Through research into the colours and sediments of water and soil collected from various sites across Cyprus — including the grayish-green sediments of the Larnaca Salt Lake bed, the bright yellow crusts forming near the Red Mine Lake, and the bluish-grey residues from desalination plants — the project seeks to dismantle and reveal the hidden stories embedded within these materials. It traces the unseen ecological, technological and historical networks that connect these sites, transforming their silences into visual narratives.
Affiliations
Funded by the Department of Contemporary Culture – Deputy Ministry of Culture, Cyprus, KYPRIA 2025.
Developed as part of WIP LAB 2025, organised by the CYENS Centre of Excellence.
CREDITS
Scientific Contributor: Dr. Miltiadis Polydorou – Postdoctoral Researcher, Archaeological Research Unit, University of Cyprus
Xin Yang
Xin Yang is an interdisciplinary artist exploring life sciences, urban systems, non-human interactions and AI. She investigates overlooked but vital micro-processes and interrelations, tracing how boundaries between human and non-human, local and global, and nature and technology blur and reshape one another.
Through audiovisual media, sculpture, painting and installation, she visualises the dynamics and tension within these complex, interconnected systems.