Screening and discussion
Admission:
General $12
Student $10
September 10, 2026, 7pm
Brooklyn NY 11205
USA
Join us at e-flux Screening Room on Thursday, September 10, 2026 at 7pm for a screening of Su Yu Hsin’s Particular Waters trilogy. The screening will be introduced by Candice Strongwater and followed by a conversation between Su Yu Hsin and critic Dawn Chan.
Following Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) from its headquarters in Hsinchu, Taiwan, to its expanding operations in Phoenix, Arizona, and Dresden, Germany, Su Yu Hsin’s research-based trilogy traces the entanglement between the global semiconductor supply chain and water infrastructures. Approaching computing and AI infrastructure from the material perspective of water and silicon, the films examine the resource consumption involved in chip manufacturing and its environmental consequences.
Films
Particular Waters (2023, 13 minutes)
Internationally sought-after semiconductors require tons of water for their production. But where does the water come from? And who gains access to it and on what terms? The film reconstructs Hsinchu’s 2021 drought through the perspective of a female water truck driver, probing the ecological consequences of industrial expansion.
Where Clouds Once Formed (2025, 14 minutes)
Tracing Arizona’s landscape from a self-driving car, the film explores the desert’s transformation into a AI hub. Against drought-ridden terrain and techno-utopian promise, Tohono O'odham poet Ofelia Zepeda's Cloud Song offers an ancestral countercurrent to the expanding physical infrastructure of industrial cloud computing.
Sunshine-belt Machine (2026, work-in-progress)
Silicon, Earth's second most abundant element, forms the backbone of computer chips and solar panels. The film delves into the Saxony region of Germany and its hidden silicon value chain, which is revived by Silicon Saxony. The future promises are hard to grasp on today's post-mining landscape.
The screening is organized in conjunction with the group exhibition Uneven Geographies at The Anya and Andrew Shiva Gallery (September 3 – October 30, 2026).
For more information, contact program@e-flux.com.
Accessibility
– Two flights of stairs lead up to the building’s front entrance at 172 Classon Avenue.
– For elevator access, please RSVP to program@e-flux.com. The building has a freight elevator nearest to 180 Classon Ave (a garage door) leading into the e-flux office space. A ramp is available for steps within the space
– e-flux has an ADA-compliant bathroom with no steps between the event space and this bathroom.
