"And yet none of them died, each one only transformed, was always re-born, received evermore a new face, without any time having passed between the one and the other face— and all of these figures and faces rested, flowed, generated themselves, floated along and merged with each other."
—— Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha
House of Reincarnation is an autobiographical journey to the land of nightmare; in this journey, I devote time to find out the origins of my monstrous world, in order to understand them in dwelling culture, how they stem from my personal experience, and how they shape me and who I am. The relationship between my psyche and the ruins form nightmarish spaces, becoming the carrier of my anxiety and fear, and turning into the external manifestation of mediating trauma.
My perspective of psyche forms a reflection that blends reality with dreams, as an external idea called "Outland", an isolated nightmarish space that contains all the horror, uncertainty and anxiety; as well as a self-projection character, X, who lives inside the Outland. Like the anonymous name "X", this figure has no face, no gender, and no fixed features, essentially it is a bridge between my culture and fears, an island of perpetual nightmares, trapped inside the circle of reincarnation. Spaces which are filled with uncertainty and variability, have shown in miniatures and illustrations.
Exhibition View
2022, EDA Winter Show, Shenzhen, China. EDA Art Space.
2021, Rhode Island School of Design Grad Show, Providence, United States
Machine Learning
A machine learning technique that allows my computer to process previous-shoot footages from abandoned places and forest, and interpret my hand-made sculptures. When generating visual response, it embodies uncanny emotion and form a closed psychological loop, which is a reincarnation that could never be escaped.
Miniatures
8 miniature scenes that represent the Outland space, X appears in different forms in each scene.
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