The Reach of Here
A real-time generative audiovisual system that runs autonomously while exhibited, organizing sound, form and connection through local conditions and a moving field of view.
2026 · Autonomous audiovisual installation · Real-time generative system
The Reach of Here is a real-time generative audiovisual system that runs autonomously while exhibited.
Local Conditions
Individuals in a changing world respond only to local conditions. Only those within a moving field of view can make sound, each emitting a tiny fragment of the whole sound, which shapes its form and connections.
As the field moves, sound and attention shift, and new relations form.
A Specific “Here”
The world begins from a specific “here.” So even within this work, no position can take in everything that is happening: not the individuals, the moving field of view, the viewer, or the author who set the rules.
Nous / Us
The work treats Nous / Us as an open question. Coexistence is possible; perhaps “us” is closer to a relation that holds for a while.
It depends on who is within reach of whom now, and changes with those conditions.
Work Archive
- Title
- The Reach of Here
- Year
- 2026
- Artist
- Liu Hao / 刘昊
- Form
- Autonomous audiovisual installation · real-time generative audiovisual system
- Operation
- Runs autonomously while exhibited
- Behavior
- Individuals respond to local conditions within a moving field of view
- Sound relation
- Only visible individuals emit small fragments of the whole sound; sound, form and connection shift with the field
- Conceptual frame
- Here · local reach · coexistence · temporary relations · Nous / Us
- Documentation
- Video documentation ↗