<p dir="ltr">WYANYB 2.0, a revision of the earlier installation work titled “When You Are Not Your Body" (WYANYB) by the author, was selected by internationally renowned curators Gunalan Nadarajan and Yu-Chuan Tseng for the 2022 International Techno Art Exhibition "Mediating Asia," showcased at the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts. This artwork interrogates the complex dynamics of presence and absence, visibility and invisibility, and embodiment and disembodiment in the digital age. It challenges traditional notions of being and the world, particularly in the context of cybernetic.</p><p dir="ltr">WYANYB 2.0 makes significant contributions to the discourse on digital embodiment, the ontology of the self in the virtual era, and digital spirituality. By presenting various ways the human body can appear and disappear within the digital realm, the artist provides to the audience a metaphysical experience that challenges conventional perspectives on death, being, and existence. The artwork introduces an "absurd proposal" where viewers experience a form of disembodiment, becoming perceptual monads rather than physical entities. This transformation allows audiences to empathize psychologically with their virtual selves, offering a unique viewpoint on existence in the immaterial digital world. The piece is particularly relevant in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has heightened the pervasiveness of virtuality and necessitated a reexamination of concepts like body ownership, selfhood, and the cybernetic, networked self. Additionally, WYANYB 2.0 explores the concept of digital spirituality, encouraging viewers to contemplate the spiritual dimensions of their digital experiences and the nature of their digital souls.</p><p dir="ltr">The installation is composed of:</p><ul><li>1 unit of CPU i5 to run custom-built software</li><li>3 units of 35” LCD TV Monitor</li><li>3 units of HDMI cable</li><li>1 unit Logitech Webcam Pro 9000</li><li>1 unit of custom wooden case (2558mm (L) X 671.8mm (W) X 412.5 (H)) (size of the case is relational to the size of the size LCD TV available provided by the museum)</li><li>1 unit of wooden cover (1033.2mm (L) X 665mm(W)) supported by hydraulic cabinet spring door lift</li></ul><p></p>
