Hui-Lin Wu, also known as Mue (pronounced “moo”), is an artist working at the intersection of duration, body, language, and sound. Currently an MFA candidate at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Mue’s practice examines how linguistic structures shape perception and the way we engage with our surroundings, often integrating audience participation into their practice.
Rooted in their studies of language, Mue investigates how words and sound function as both meaning-making systems and raw material, blurring the line between speech, noise, and music. Their theatre and musical training informs a sensitivity to the body, embodiment, and spatial dynamics, while encouraging experimentation with vocalization, synthesized sound, and fragmented language.
Through performance, installation, and live-feed manipulation, Mue engages with the shifting scales of presence, investigating the uncanny entanglement of the human and the machinic. Their work navigates liminal semantic spaces where the organic and artificial converge, weaving together echoes of automated speech and spectral resonance in an ongoing exploration of communication and connection.
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