Sung Tieu employs sculpture, drawing, sound, video, and installation to examine a wide range of subjects in which social or political power is articulated through sensory and psychological realms.
Through various media, Tieu crafts a spatial narrative in each of her exhibitions that reflects her research into bureaucratic systems and the psychological or emotional impact of their use of space. Many of the artist’s works and past architectural interventions have served as evocative reconstructions of sites of control, surveillance, or bureaucracy-at times, subtly referencing her own lived experience with various administrative environments. Perception is a key node in Tieu’s work as she elaborates the often alienating effects of sound and our sensory experiences of architecture and design.
This interview with Sung Tieu, was conducted in conjunction with “Sung Tieu: Civic Floor” installed at the List Visual Arts Center (April 4, 2023-July 16, 2023).