Relational: Shirley Tse and Dana Berman Duff's Collaborative Exhibition Explores Breath, Moon, and Tides

Key facts

• Shirley Tse and Dana Berman Duff collaborated under the name 'Relational' for the exhibition 'The Universe Breathes Us'.
• The exhibition was first staged at Kling and Bang in Reykjavik in 2025 and later at Shoshana Wayne Gallery in Los Angeles in summer 2026.
• The show includes sculptures, videos, and a live choral performance of an original song by Dana Berman Duff and Alan Duff Berman.
• Tse's photograph 'Orkney Moon' (2025) depicts a soccer ball covered in rice paper in a Scottish field.
• Duff's videos include 'The Other Side of the Moon Is Not Dark' (2025) and 'The Breathing Ocean (Portal)' (2026).
• The installation 'Sun and Moon' (2025) features a rice-paper moon suspended from the ceiling and a 16mm projector.
• Tse was inspired by the idea that 'Tidal power is the only form of power we harness from the Moon'.
• The exhibition explores themes of breath, relational force, and sustainability, with Tse using leftover materials.
• The interview was conducted by Chris Kraus on August 4 at the gallery.
• The exhibition notebook contains emails and calculations, including a scale exercise for the moon's rotation.