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Born in 2003, Shenzhen, Guangdong

Currently studying in the Department of Experimental Art, School of Intermedia Art, China Academy of Art

Lives and works in Hangzhou

 

Group Exhibitions

2024

One Eye Listening, One Ear Thinking Its Own Thoughts, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou,China

Prompts, Espresso, and Lies, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou,China

Cement Field — Park Live Art Festival, Houchao Gate, Hangzhou,China

Spatiotemporal In-Situ, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou,China

2023

Proliferation — The 5th Cross-Strait Joint Exhibition of Outstanding Works from Art Academies, Quan Shanshi Art Center, Hangzhou,China

Perspective or Worldview: Landscape as Methodology — The 7th International Intermedia Art Festival, Zhangjiang Science Hall, Shanghai,China

Neon Theatre — Inaugural Exhibition of ABI Space, ABI Space, Hangzhou,China

Fragrant Jade in Smoke, Liangzhu Jade Bird Collection, Hangzhou,China

2022

The Master’s Starting Point, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou,China

The Master’s Starting Point, Kongqiu Village, Linhai, Zhejiang,China

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Passionate about socially engaged art practices, their work primarily involves video, installation, and photography. Recently, they have been exploring the connection between individual emotional memories and collective memory.This work is based on Foucault’s Madness and Civilization, and unfolds from the perspective of an uncle suffering from mental illness. It reconstructs fragmented memories of his youth and reimagines his dreams. Through his delirious murmurs, the piece reflects the connection between public space and marginalized, alienated individuals. In addition to the protagonist’s dreams and memories, the imagery also incorporates real medical footage and symbols such as the Ship of Fools, using a chaotic, irrational first-person perspective to critique “rationality” and the grand narratives shaped by it.

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