The artwork poetically explores the movement of people across countries and continents and meditates on unfinished journeys.
Ten Thousand Waves is a multi-screen installation shot on location in China. The work poetically weaves together stories linking China's ancient past and present. Through an architectural installation, the work explores the movement of people across countries and continents and meditates on unfinished journeys.
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Ten Thousand Waves
Nine-screen Installation
Isaac Julien: Ten Thousand Waves. The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, 2013
49'41'', nine-screen installation, 35mm film transferred to digital, colour, 9.2 sound
Isaac Julien: Ten Thousand Waves. The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, 2013-14
49'41'', nine-screen installation, 35mm film transferred to digital, colour, 9.2 sound
Isaac Julien: Ten Thousand Waves. The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, 2013-14
49'41'', nine-screen installation, 35mm film transferred to digital, colour, 9.2 sound
Isaac Julien: Ten Thousand Waves. The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, 2013-14
49'41'', nine-screen installation, 35mm film transferred to digital, colour, 9.2 sound
Isaac Julien Creative Caribbean Network. The Bass Museum, Miami, 2010-11
49'41'', nine-screen installation, 35mm film transferred to digital, colour, 9.2 sound
Isaac Julien: Ten Thousand Waves. The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, 2013-14
49'41'', nine-screen installation, 35mm film transferred to digital, colour, 9.2 sound
Chinese Artists at the Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, 2016
49'41'', nine-screen installation, 35mm film transferred to digital, colour, 9.2 sound
Move - Dance and Art since the 60s. Kunst Sammlung Nordhein Westfalen, Düsseldorf, 2011
49'41'', nine-screen installation, 35mm film transferred to digital, colour, 9.2 sound
Chinese Artists at the Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, 2016
49'41'', nine-screen installation, 35mm film transferred to digital, colour, 9.2 sound
Chinese Artists at the Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, 2016
49'41'', nine-screen installation, 35mm film transferred to digital, colour, 9.2 sound
Chinese Artists at the Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, 2016
49'41'', nine-screen installation, 35mm film transferred to digital, colour, 9.2 sound
Chinese Artists at the Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, 2016
49'41'', nine-screen installation, 35mm film transferred to digital, colour, 9.2 sound
Isaac Julien Creative Caribbean Network. The Bass Museum, Miami, 2010-11
49'41'', nine-screen installation, 35mm film transferred to digital, colour, 9.2 sound
Isaac Julien Creative Caribbean Network. The Bass Museum, Miami, 2010-11
49'41'', nine-screen installation, 35mm film transferred to digital, colour, 9.2 sound
Isaac Julien Creative Caribbean Network. The Bass Museum, Miami, 2010-11
49'41'', nine-screen installation, 35mm film transferred to digital, colour, 9.2 sound
Isaac Julien Creative Caribbean Network. The Bass Museum, Miami, 2010-11
49'41'', nine-screen installation, 35mm film transferred to digital, colour, 9.2 sound
Isaac Julien Creative Caribbean Network. The Bass Museum, Miami, 2010-11
49'41'', nine-screen installation, 35mm film transferred to digital, colour, 9.2 sound
Isaac Julien Creative Caribbean Network. The Bass Museum, Miami, 2010-11
49'41'', nine-screen installation, 35mm film transferred to digital, colour, 9.2 sound
Isaac Julien Creative Caribbean Network. The Bass Museum, Miami, 2010-11
49'41'', nine-screen installation, 35mm film transferred to digital, colour, 9.2 sound
Isaac Julien Creative Caribbean Network. The Bass Museum, Miami, 2010-11
49'41'', nine-screen installation, 35mm film transferred to digital, colour, 9.2 sound
Isaac Julien Creative Caribbean Network. The Bass Museum, Miami, 2010-11
49'41'', nine-screen installation, 35mm film transferred to digital, colour, 9.2 sound
Expanded Cinema: Isaac Julien, Fiona Tan, Yang Fudong. Eye Film Museum, Amsterdam, 2012
49'41'', nine-screen installation, 35mm film transferred to digital, colour, 9.2 sound
Expanded Cinema: Isaac Julien, Fiona Tan, Yang Fudong. Eye Film Museum, Amsterdam, 2012
49'41'', nine-screen installation, 35mm film transferred to digital, colour, 9.2 sound
Expanded Cinema: Isaac Julien, Fiona Tan, Yang Fudong. Eye Film Museum, Amsterdam, 2012
49'41'', nine-screen installation, 35mm film transferred to digital, colour, 9.2 sound
Expanded Cinema: Isaac Julien, Fiona Tan, Yang Fudong. Eye Film Museum, Amsterdam, 2012
49'41'', nine-screen installation, 35mm film transferred to digital, colour, 9.2 sound
Move - Dance and Art since the 60s. Kunst Sammlung Nordhein Westfalen, Düsseldorf, 2011
49'41'', nine-screen installation, 35mm film transferred to digital, colour, 9.2 sound
Isaac Julien: Ten Thousand Waves. Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, 2012
49'41'', nine-screen installation, 35mm film transferred to digital, colour, 9.2 sound
Isaac Julien: Ten Thousand Waves. Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, 2012
49'41'', nine-screen installation, 35mm film transferred to digital, colour, 9.2 sound
Isaac Julien: Ten Thousand Waves. Museum Brandhorst, 2012
49'41'', nine-screen installation, 35mm film transferred to digital, colour, 9.2 sound
Isaac Julien: Ten Thousand Waves. Museum Brandhorst, 2012
49'41'', nine-screen installation, 35mm film transferred to digital, colour, 9.2 sound
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Ten Thousand Waves
Three-screen Installation
Irreversible Intrusion. K11 Art Foundation, Shanghai, 2016
49'41'', three-screen installation, 35mm film transferred to digital, colour, 9.2 sound
Irreversible Intrusion. K11 Art Foundation, Shanghai, 2016
49'41'', three-screen installation, 35mm film transferred to digital, colour, 9.2 sound
Harmony and Transition: Reflecting Chinese Landscapes. Marta Herford Museum for Art, Herford, 2016
49'41'', three-screen installation, 35mm film transferred to digital, colour, 9.2 sound
Ten thousand Waves. Atelier Hermès, Seoul, 201149'41'', three-screen installation, 35mm film transferred to digital, colour, 9.2 sound
Rewriting Worlds. 4th Moscow Biennale, 2011
49'41'', three-screen installation, 35mm film transferred to digital, colour, 9.2 sound
Ten thousand Waves. Atelier Hermès, Seoul, 2011
49'41'', three-screen installation, 35mm film transferred to digital, colour, 9.2 sound
Mobile M+: Moving Images. Cattle Depot Artist Village, Hong Kong, 2015
49'41'', three-screen installation, 35mm film transferred to digital, colour, 9.2 sound
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Ten Thousand Waves
Better Life (Single-screen Installation)
Isaac Julien: Better Life. Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, 2012
51'44'', 35mm film transferred to high definition, colou, 5.1 sound
Isaac Julien: Better Life. Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, 2012
51'44'', 35mm film transferred to high definition, colou, 5.1 sound
Gothenburg International Biennial for Contemporary Art, Pandemonium: Art in a Time of 'Creativity Fever'. Göterborgs Konsthall, 2011
51'44'', 35mm film transferred to high definition, colou, 5.1 sound
Gothenburg International Biennial for Contemporary Art, Pandemonium: Art in a Time of 'Creativity Fever'. Göterborgs Konsthall, 2011
51'44'', 35mm film transferred to high definition, colou, 5.1 sound
Copenhagen Arts Festival. Kunstforeningen GL Strand, 2012
51'44'', 35mm film transferred to high definition, colou, 5.1 sound
Gothenburg International Biennial for Contemporary Art, Pandemonium: Art in a Time of 'Creativity Fever'. Göterborgs Konsthall, 2011
51'44'', 35mm film transferred to high definition, colou, 5.1 sound
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Ten Thousand Waves
Photographic artworks from Ten Thousand Waves series
Ten Thousand Waves
Installation view
Maiden of Silence (Ten Thousand Waves), 2010Endura Ultra photograph180 x 240 x 7.5 cm
70 7/8 x 94 1/2 x 3 in
Waves (Ten Thousand Waves)
Installation view
Waves (Ten Thousand Waves), 2010Endura Ultra photograph180 x 239.8 x 7.5 cm
70 7/8 x 94 3/8 x 3 in
Ten Thousand Waves
Instalation view
Green Screen Goddess (Ten Thousand Waves), 2010Endura Ultra photograph180 x 239.8 x 7.5 cm
Ten Thousand Waves
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Ten Thousand Waves
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Yishan Island, Voyage (Ten Thousand Waves), 2010Endura Ultra photograph120 x 160 cm
47 1/4 x 63 in
Ten Thousand Waves
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Glass House (Ten Thousand Waves), 2010Endura Ultra photograph180 x 239.8 x 7.5 cm
70 7/8 x 94 3/8 x 3 in
Ten Thousand Waves
Installation view
Ten Thousand Waves
Installation view
Yishan Island, Mist (Ten Thousand Waves), 2010Endura Ultra photograph180 x 239.8 x 7.5 cm
70 7/8 x 94 3/8 x 3 in
Ten Thousand Waves
Installation view
Glass House, Prism (Ten Thousand Waves), 2010Endura Ultra photograph, diptych180 x 239.8 x 7.5 cm each
70 7/8 x 94 3/8 x 3 in each
Midnight (Ten Thousand Waves), 2010Endura Ultra photograph180 x 239.8 x 7.5 cm
70 7/8 x 94 3/8 x 3 in
Mise-en-scène (Ten Thousand Waves), 2010Endura Ultra photograph | DiptychLeft side: 218 x 180 cm | Right side: 218 x 180 cm
Ten Thousand Waves
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Blue Goddess (Ten Thousand Waves), 2010Endura Ultra photograph, diptych180 x 245.1 x 7.5 cm each
70 7/8 x 96 1/2 x 3 in each
Ten Thousand Waves
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Mazu, Silence (Ten Thousand Waves), 2010Endura Ultra photograph180 x 239.8 x 7.5 cm
70 7/8 x 94 3/8 x 3 in
Nanjing Road Tram (Ten Thousand Waves), 2010Endura Ultra photograph, diptychLeft panel: 224 x 180 cms
Right panel: 255 x 180 cms
Mazu, Turning (Ten Thousand Waves), 2010Endura Ultra photograph, diasec mounted60.3 x 80 cm
23 3/4 x 31 1/2 in
Green Screen Goddess, Triptych (Ten Thousand Waves), 2010Endura Ultra photograph, triptych180 x 239.8 x 7.5 cm each
70 7/8 x 94 3/8 x 3 in each
Ten Thousand Waves
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Hotel (Ten Thousand Waves), 2010Endura Ultra photograph180 x 239.8 x 7.5 cm
70 7/8 x 94 3/8 x 3 in
Chameleon (Ten Thousand Waves), 2010Endura Ultra photograph, diasec mounted180 x 239.8 x 7.5 cm
70 7/8 x 94 3/8 x 3 in
Yishan Island, Long March (Ten Thousand Waves), 2010Endura Ultra photograph180 x 240 cm
70 7/8 x 94 1/2 in
Ten Thousand Waves
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When the Tree Blooms (Ten Thousand Waves), 2010Endura Ultra Photograph180 x 240 cm
Ten Thousand Waves
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Yishan Island, Dreaming (Ten Thousand Waves), 2010Endura Ultra photograph180 x 239.8 x 7.5 cm
70 7/8 x 94 3/8 x 3 in
Yishan Island, The Bridge (Ten Thousand Waves), 2010Endura Ultra photograph120 x 160 cm
No Moon Shining (Ten Thousand Waves Series), 2010Endura Ultra Photograph180 x 240 cm
70 7/8 x 94 1/2 in
Ten Thousand Waves
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Red Chamber Dream (Ten Thousand Waves), 2010Endura Ultra photograph, diptych180 x 230 x 7.5 cm each,
70 7/8 x 90 1/2 x 3 in each
Ten Thousand Waves
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Shadows (Ten Thousand Waves), 2010Endura Ultra photograph180 x 240
70 7/8 x 94 1/2
Ten Thousand Waves
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Ten Thousand Waves
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