Origins, Resonance
Presented by WA Museum × ALT Alliance × WA+ Virtual Gallery
Curatorial Concept
Origins, Resonance is a solo exhibition by artist and Guqin musician Yiting Liu, with technical direction and spatial realization by Ziyi Zhang and production support from ALT Alliance. The exhibition unfolds as a meditation on being—an inquiry into how life, nature, and consciousness continue to echo through time.
Rooted in Eastern philosophy, it draws from the harmony of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity, reimagining our relationship with the universe in the digital age. Through painting, sound, video, installation, and virtual architecture, the artists create a poetic journey that moves from the birth of the cosmos to the awakening of emotion.
The exhibition unfolds in five chapters — Cosmic Genesis, Reconstructed Order, Romantic Light, Silent Approach, and The Bloom of Orchid — each symbolizing a state of perception: Generation, Balance, Resonance, Threshold, and Rebirth.
Exhibition Structure
First Floor
I. Cosmic Genesis
Theme: The first resonance of chaos, the awakening of all things.
Before silence, nothing has yet been named. Light and sound, matter and energy are born within disorder—the first breath of existence.
The works in this chapter explore the origin of time and consciousness. The imagery of stone, water, and moon forms a spiritual archetype. Painting and sound intertwine in virtual space, awakening an intuitive sense of cosmic birth.
“In the stillness of chaos, the first light does not illuminate—it calls.”
Mediums: Immersive video, projection and soundscapes, poetic short films, virtual particle models.
II. Reconstructed Order
Theme: From separation to structure, from drift to balance.
As the universe expands, order begins to emerge. Between energy and form, creation and collapse, a new symmetry takes shape.
Artists use digital imagery to contemplate the meaning of reconstruction—technology no longer as a tool of control, but as an extension of perception.
“Order is not born of rules, but the gentle echo of chaos.”
Mediums: Immersive video, projection, sound installation, narrative video essays.
III. Romantic Light
Closing Statement
Theme: The return of emotion and the flicker of humanity.
When order stabilizes, humanity begins to see itself reflected in light—this marks the birth of romance.
This chapter focuses on emotional resonance between people and nature. Light and sound unfold in rhythmic breaths, like glimmers rippling across a lake.
“Romance is the refraction of time—the echo of the soul in light.”
Mediums: Video installation, breathing light projections, poetic audio-visual pieces.
IV. Silent Approach
Theme: The quiet awareness and the threshold of the unknown.
This is a turning point. The works return to minimal and meditative language, exploring proximity and boundaries.
When the viewer’s steps trigger shifts in light and sound, ripples of awareness begin to spread.
“All things are silent, yet everything is listening.”
Mediums: Interactive installation, environmental sound art, responsive light systems.
IV. Silent Approach
Theme: Rebirth, resonance, and the continuation of echoes.
In Eastern culture, the orchid symbolizes integrity and resilience—its bloom is not a beginning but a continuation of the cycle.
Visitors wander through a digital forest where sound, image, and memory intertwine, becoming echoes of existence itself.
“The orchid speaks not, yet its fragrance lingers afar.”
Mediums: Virtual natural environments, generative art, sound-interactive installations.
Exhibition Structure
Second Floor
Literary Dimension
As an extension of the exhibition, the second floor presents a Literary Dimension exploring the symbiosis between art and language.
In a space where poetry, text, and image intertwine, visitors experience another layer of resonance—where perception flows through words, and thought transforms into feeling.
This is both a space for contemplation and an afterglow of emotion—where the breath of art continues through language.
Spatial Experience
The exhibition space embodies a “flowing order.”
The architecture appears to float above digital waters, reflecting the gentle shimmer of moonlight.
Sound resonates with the visitor’s footsteps, creating ripples of energy.
Dynamic lighting follows the lunar cycle, symbolizing the transformation and continuity of consciousness.
Core Elements: Stone, Water, Moon, Orchid
Exhibition Objectives
To reinterpret the Eastern philosophy of Harmony between Heaven, Earth, and Humanity through the language of contemporary art.
To build cross-cultural emotional resonance through the fusion of art and technology.
To explore the convergence of virtual and physical narratives, expanding the boundaries of curatorial practice.
Origins, Resonance is a journey through echoes—whispers of the cosmos, flickers of emotion, and questions of existence.
When we once again gaze at the stars, what we hear is no longer silence, but resonance—the tender reverberation of the past, the present, and the future intertwined.