Ina is a Creative Technologist who artfully weaves together art and technology to investigate speculative futures. Her expertise in real-time production has grown from collaboration with both Academy Award-winning VFX studios and bespoke creative teams. Drawing from her background in Architecture and Filmmaking, Ina has a knack for guiding audiences through storytelling. She was also part of the New Inc & New Museum cohort. Her work has been showcased on esteemed platforms such as NOWNESS, HYPEBEAST, History Channel, Hulu, MTV, Coachella, Wired, ONX Studio, Slamdance Film Festival, and Art Basel, reflecting her commitment to exploring the intersection of technology and art.
“‘From Mao to Me: Generations of Books’ is an installation series exploring China’s profound societal and psychological upheavals over the past decades, changes poetically compared to four centuries of European evolution by author Yu Hua.
I will conduct a public book reading using real-time and deepfake technology to traverse history through three books, narrated by a former Chinese nuclear facility worker, a romantic medical student, and a LA-based Chinese immigrant artist. This work captures the intense scale of change and the deep disparities within the nation, portraying dramatic shifts in landscape and ideology alongside the oscillating personal and collective psyches.”