Original Score and Sound Design in collaboration with Qasim Naqvi

“For the High Line, Liu presents "NOAA: A Fall Towards Home," commissioned by High Line Art and co-produced with Onassis ONX. Building on recurring motifs in her practice, the work took the audiences through the life cycle of one National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellite. Reimagined as a sentient being, the satellite comes to life via intimate diary-like entries, narrating its journey as a permanent celestial migrant. Its real-world counterpart—NOAA-15—was launched in 1998 and became part of a long-term mission of mapping global climate change.

In Liu’s work, performers embody the machine’s journey from launch to degradation and eventual retirement. Behind them, LED screens display original text and video told from the satellite’s perspective, alongside fragments from the history of orbital photography, tracing the evolving gaze through which Earth first came to see itself from above.” - The High Line

Relevant Links:
NOAA: A Fall Towards Home
Qasim Naqvi