(Set of 9 ceramic pieces, computer desktop cases with RGB lighting, dimensions variable, 2026 )

Idols Idle is a collection of ceramic sculptures drawn from different regional mythologies and weather-related deities across Southeast and East Asia. Expanding on the techno-animist premise within Weather Casting, the sculptures further imagine how local mythologies take physical forms in a future where humans themselves can wield and command weather.

Made with ceramics - a choice of material that grounds the atmospheric to the terrestrial. The sculptures are shaped into idols, talismans, and amulets that blend the archaic with the speculative geoengineered climate future. Housed within see-through computer cases adorned with RGB lighting, what would otherwise be traditional idols are instead installed within technologically-updated settings for their reintegration into future societies. Together, Idols Idle creates an expansive cyclical relationship with Weather Casting.