{"id":545208,"date":"2022-12-16T15:57:48","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T23:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sfmoma.org\/?post_type=exhibition&#038;p=545208"},"modified":"2025-01-13T14:48:36","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T22:48:36","slug":"wu-tsang-of-whales","status":"publish","type":"exhibition","link":"https:\/\/www.sfmoma.org\/exhibition\/wu-tsang-of-whales\/","title":{"rendered":"Wu Tsang: Of Whales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Of Whales<\/em> (2022) is derived from Wu Tsang\u2019s multidisciplinary research around Herman Melville\u2019s novel <em>Moby Dick<\/em>; or, <em>The Whale<\/em> (1851). Tracing the diving path of a sperm whale who plunges down to non-human depths for over an hour at a time only to resurface for a brief breath of air, <em>Of Whales<\/em> is a mystical adventure in place and being. Created on the Unity gaming platform, the dynamically generated real-time video and sound installation envelops visitors in an oceanscape-cosmos for respite, contemplation, and provocation. <em>Of Whales<\/em> forms part of a filmic trilogy that includes Tsang\u2019s feature-length adaptation of <em>Moby Dick<\/em>, which reinterprets the novel through a postcolonial lens, channeling the perspectives of the whale and crew to evoke latent spiritual musings and queer intimacies. First presented at the 59th Venice Biennale in 2022, the work features a musical score composed by Asma Maroof and Daniel Pineda, with Tapiwa Svosve, Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson, and Miao Zhao.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This exhibition features flashing and moving lights that may trigger photosensitivity.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The exhibition closes 15 minutes prior to museum closing.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><i>The volume of this work is lowered during non-peak hours. To experience it at normal volume, please visit between 1\u20134 p.m. Friday through Tuesday, or on Thursdays from 1\u20137 p.m.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"body--xsmall\">Header: Wu Tsang, <i>Of Whales<\/i>, 2022 (installation view, SFMOMA); collection SFMOMA, Purchase, by exchange, through a gift of Michael D. Abrams; \u00a9 Wu Tsang; photo: Katherine Du Tiel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Of Whales (2022) is derived from Wu Tsang\u2019s multidisciplinary research around Herman Melville\u2019s novel Moby Dick; or, The Whale (1851). Tracing the diving path of a sperm whale who plunges down to non-human depths for over an hour at a time only to resurface for a brief breath of air, Of Whales is a mystical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":545478,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"department":[],"class_list":["post-545208","exhibition","type-exhibition","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","theme-installations-and-special-projects","wpautop"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sfmoma.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibition\/545208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sfmoma.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibition"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sfmoma.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/exhibition"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sfmoma.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibition\/545208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sfmoma.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/545478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sfmoma.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"department","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sfmoma.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/department?post=545208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}