Adam Shiu-Yang Shaw studies the influence of architecture and urban environments on memory, perception, and emotional experience. His practice highlights neglected or forgotten elements within the built landscape—such as abandoned sites, outdated infrastructure, and remnants of past human presence. By moving through different urban contexts, Shaw uncovers the physical and psychological strata embedded in these spaces, transforming them into material for his immersive installations. Working across sculpture, sound, and image, Shaw constructs hybrid environments from salvaged objects, architectural fragments, and everyday materials. His process involves collecting, deconstructing, and reassembling elements into complex spatial collages that suggest timelines in flux. These assemblages recall museum displays or archival storage, but instead of presenting resolved histories, they gesture toward uncertainty, absence, and transformation. Shaw’s practice is grounded in a quiet archaeology—one that unearths not monumental histories, but the residue of lived experience. By combining craft, memory, and material culture, he creates immersive works that invite reflection on place, loss, and the shifting nature of belonging. His installations do not replicate the city; they reimagine it as a site of layered stories, partial erasures, and speculative futures. ...
