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Kara Chin presents a new interactive multimedia installation for Liverpool Biennial 2025, inspired by Manga and apocalyptic video game graphics that explores rage, grief and nuisance. The artist draws on repeated motifs such as seagulls, parking meters, and the seemingly invasive Buddleia plant often found in cities, including Liverpool. Here, they serve as metaphors for global unease and anguish in the face of economic and ecological decline.

Chin's installation amplifies low-level and everyday annoyances such as pests, weeds and city centre parking charges, transforming them into almost theatrical or comical over the top explosions of anger. Through doing so, she references how newspaper headlines often exacerbate stories into insidious narratives for clickbait.

However, these nuisance symbols also represent resilience and the ability to flourish in unlikely environments. The Buddleia plant was first brought to the UK from China in the 1890s and is fondly known as the ‘butterfly bush’ due to its ability to attract butterflies and other pollinators. Chin draws comparisons between Buddleia's status as an ‘invasive’ species and the racist language used in mainstream media about immigrant populations. Similarly, seagulls also fit into the positive narrative of resilience as adaptable birds that have found alternative ways to thrive in urban environments in the wake of declining food in our oceans and seas.

This project extends to the streets of Liverpool with intricate ceramic tiles exhibited along Berry Street.