Tianjun Li: <i>i am</i>

11.12.26-17.01.27. Open daily 11am-6pm Finland-based multidisciplinary artist Tianjun Li has been selected for Fruitmarket’s Valo/Light commission, delivered in partnership with the Finnish Institute in the UK and Ireland. Li will present i am, a project drawing on their fascination with lighthouses as part of coastal infrastructure throughout the world. They will combine footage they’ve made in island landscapes across Finland, Greenland, Iceland, the Netherlands, their native China and elsewhere, with new Scottish material, including film from Shetland and the Borders. Created for Fruitmarket’s Warehouse, the multiscreen installation synchronises flickering light and voice through a shared pulse. It follows a distant Li across landscapes during the ‘blue hour’—the twilight hour after sunset. Li repeatedly signals the phrase ‘i am’ in Morse code, becoming a human lighthouse using a flashing searchlight and ethereal vocalisations that echo fog signals. Across the installation, these s