Throat of the Wind

2026 Student Award Winners

Aiwen Ding and Zhi Geng
Beijing, China

Throat of the Wind transforms a decommissioned wind turbine blade into a site-specific sound installation carrying the environmental and historical memory of Anguli Nao in northern China. Using wind, electromagnetic signals, cowhide, and the abandoned blade itself, the artists turn a remnant of energy infrastructure into an instrument through which the landscape and its histories can be heard.