Alchemyverse
Alchemyverse was founded by artists Bicheng Liang and Yixuan Shao in New York. The duo combine their respective backgrounds in print-making and sound studies with intensive field research to form their collaborative practice.
In May 2022, we had the privilege of visiting the Atacama Desert in Northern Chile and collaborating with the local community on a project that involved the land and its resources. Our resulting work, Messa in Luce, features fourteen clay tablets sourced, shaped, fired, and sonified with sounds recorded during our research expedition. This account documents our personal experience of collectivity, exchange, and nonlinear passages of time in the Atacama region as temporary cohabitants.
