Documenting the speculation and observation of the scanned, operative, and performative bodies against transparent and infrastructural aesthetics of the national leading nanotechnology laboratory, INFINITE REPLICAS delves into the immense visibility bestowed by new scientific and technological imaging tools and asks, “what is (not) to be seen?”

Developed during a residency at the MIT nanotechnology lab, this project probes the dichotomy and yet resonance between art and science by returning to one of their earlier convergences: life drawing, a canon of visual surveying that mirrors, and is constantly conditioned by evolving identity politics, new art discourses and technological advancements. The video excerpt documented a real-life incidence when a model that the artist commissioned was prohibited to pose nude for a life drawing session set at the nano lab.

Director/Editor: Kwan Q Li

Cinematographers: Kwan Q Li, Weihan Jiang, Joel Cunningham

Cast: Mari Kishi, Diana Guo, Sharon Lacey, Tobias Putrih, Meriam Soltan, Nomeda Urbonas

Thanks: Sara L Brown, Vladmir Bulovic, Samatha T. Farrell, Whitney Rochelle Hess, Sarah Hirzel, Graham Yeager, Shaowen Zhang