Kayden Nguyen
Beating Heart, 2026
Video sculpture
Beating Heart is an installation work with a 2D paper sculpture and video projection. A robot body ripped in half, yet existing with a beating heart. It delves into the reoccurring themes of techno-orientalism, humanity, and cycles. It seeks to challenge our understanding of sentience and how we assess it in a physical form.
About:
Kayden is a new media artist, primarily working with digital animations, sculptures, and video projections. He is a first-generation Vietnamese immigrant born to a single mother. Having a unique relationship with his culture and his intersectional identity, he was fixated on outsider perception and began exploring it. He is invested in the organic versus the machine, creating works with the intention of dismantling social constructs and how certain marginalized identities are perceived.
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