CCRP 26–27: Annie Huang & Reegan Jackson

Drawing from their interest in the collective experience of language and technology, Annie Huang and Reegan Jackson will explore internet memes as a shared cultural language. Focusing on widely circulated audio fragments—catchphrases, vocal tics, and remixed speech—their work will examine how these sounds move through algorithmic systems, becoming collective signals of time, humour, emotion, and cultural reference, while remaining ephemeral and intangible despite their ubiquity.

Through computational processes, these fleeting signals will be translated into digital models before becoming sculptural objects in porcelain, metal, and glass through the melting capabilities of a kiln. Interactive sound and visual elements will also be explored, with audio inputs generating and manipulating forms in real time. In seeking to materialise what typically only exists in circulation, the project will reflect on the ways digital sediments affect contemporary experience.

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Annie Huang is an artist based in Boorloo/Perth. Her practice considers the cultural complexities experienced by intersectional identities through the lens of Eastern and Western contexts. Informed by material and theoretical research, she utilises ceramics, video projection, animation, and new media installation to speculate and reflect on contemporary narratives surrounding the ‘foreigner’ and ‘insider’.

Annie is currently a sessional teacher and PhD Candidate in Fine Arts at the University of Western Australia. She has participated in various exhibitions, talks, residencies, and group projects, both nationally and internationally, including, most recently, at Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA), Walyalup Fremantle Arts Centre (WFAC), and Seoul National University, amongst others.

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Reegan Jackson is an interdisciplinary artist living and working in Boorloo/Perth, Western Australia. Reflecting on the tensions involved in navigating the systems that shape contemporary experience, his practice centres on material exploration through the reworking of materials to expose their inherent qualities, functional roles, and the broader structures that inform their conditions.

Reegan’s work has been featured in numerous exhibitions, notably including The ISEA2026 Symposium (the 31st International Symposium on Electronic/Emerging Art) in Dubai, the 2025 Australian Ceramics Triennale at Walyalup Fremantle Arts Centre (WFAC), and Unfettered (2018) as part of SymbioticA’s Unhallowed Arts Festival at the University of Western Australia.