Practice
I am a systems designer coming from a dance background, making the invisible knowledge inside movement practice accessible to people outside it. I build data-driven visualization and AI interpretation pipelines that translate what a body knows into something a non-specialist can see and experience.
Exhibitions & Commissions
Worlds Beyond · The Bushnell Digital Institute
Commercial
Hartford, CT · 2026
Worked with real dancers to design narrative for a 270° immersive exhibition space. Using motion capture and procedural design to transform the dancers' movements into a visual language.
Acts of Holding Dance · Art Gallery of New South Wales
Institutional
Sydney · 2025-2026
Toured: Salamanca Arts Centre · Blacktown Arts Centre · Illuminate Adelaide · OzAsia Festival · Le Meridien Hotel (permanent acquisition)
Scalable Choreography / The Node Tree with Anna Smith · SC24
Trade Show Exhibition Design
Denver · 2023-2025
Choreographic movement system expressed as a generative decision tree to express the nature of parallel computing.
BLINK Lights Festival · two editions 2M+ visitors
Public Festival
Cincinnati · 2022 & 2024
As We Rise · Boston Rose Kennedy Greenway
Public Commission
Boston · 2022
Barangaroo Tidal Flora · International Towers Barangaroo
Commercial
Sydney · 2025
Adidas Basketball · James Harden Vol. 6 campaign
Commercial Campaign
New York · 2022
Solo artist commission.
Performance & Scenography
Legends of the Golden Arches · Performing Lines WA
Perth · Melbourne · Brisbane · 2023-25
Madame White Snake · Malthouse · The Snow Queen · Bushnell · Snake Face · Greendoor · 7 Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner · Darlinghurst Theatre
2023-2025
Residencies
Bundanon Trust · Artist in Residence
NSW · 2021
Ausdance NSW · Dance Artists in Residence (DAIR)
Sydney · 2021
Centre for Projection Art · Artist in Residence
Melbourne · Jun-Nov 2020
Six months. Mentored by Annika Koops. Research: dance, design, and data interpretation through projection.
Biennales & Festivals
Istanbul Triennial · Acts of Holding Dance
Istanbul · 2022
March Dance · Acts of Holding Dance
2024
Education
Master of Interaction Design and Electronic Arts · University of Sydney
2022
Focus: Embodied Interaction and Generative Systems
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance) · University of Melbourne
2018
Ballet Training, Advanced 2 (RAD) · Victorian College of the Arts
Melbourne
Technical
Capture Optical flow analysis · MediaPipe pose estimation · real-time body tracking · pose data extraction (CSV/JSON)
Data Python pipeline architecture · JSON schema modelling · automated production workflows
Intelligence Real-time LLM integration · custom API bridge architecture · Claude embedded in live TouchDesigner systems
Render Houdini (VEX/Python) · TouchDesigner (real-time systems) · WebGL · GPU-based particle systems
Press & Awards
"Wendy Yu and the Engineering of Choreographic Systems" · Critical Playground
March 2026
"Coded Art" · Glorious Sport
February 2022
International Chinese Outstanding Youth Award
2023
Think Youth Shanghai Digital Creation · Excellence Award
2022