Kara Chin is an artist working across animation, ceramics, sculpture and installation. She uses unexpected materials, strange scales and fragmented references and imagery to create sculptures which reflect on our day-to-day relationship to fast evolving technology and the world around us.
She refers to these intricate works as ‘litter fossils’ as they reference common sights and objects found in cities such as takeaway cartons, seagulls and other city detritus. The trail of works links Liverpool Biennial 2025 venues, ultimately leading us to FACT Liverpool where Chin presents a new, interactive multimedia installation. Part of the same body of work, her installation at FACT explores rage, grief and nuisance through repeated motifs such as seagulls, parking meters, and the seemingly invasive Buddleia plant often found in cities including Liverpool. Alongside references to litter seen here, they serve as metaphors for global unease and anguish in the face of economic and ecological decline.
Further work by this artist is exhibited at FACT Liverpool.
Courtesy of the artist and LINSEED. Commissioned by Liverpool Biennial, with support from Suling Mead.