Window Series

2025


Over the past five years, my work has sought to intervene in contemporary discussions of “nature,” not by returning to the romantic ideal of pristine nature, but by addressing a “post-natural state” shaped by deep interference from artifacts. In this state, nature is no longer the Other, but a collection of images and materials that are systematically produced, reproduced, and consumed. My works engage with this entanglement of image, matter, and structure. The seemingly inorganic materials come together to form poetic structures where time is fixed, function is stripped away, and emotion is heightened.


In my 2025 solo exhibition “Imagine A Returning Arrow” at Inna Art Space (Hangzhou, China), I attempt to "open the window" in the typically enclosed white cube space. My exploration of windows begins with the everyday. In the urban context, the window serves as a boundary, a gap, and a passage. It divides public and private spaces while allowing for the possibility of infiltration and intersection. Curtains, as a means of concealment, and security bars, which function both practically and decoratively, exist in the space between the visible and the invisible.


In the Window series, I use industrial aluminum profiles to construct the boundaries of the works. Photographic images of neglected façades and spaces in the city are printed on a translucent medium. Behind the images, mirrors and water-stained texts lie, condensed and undried, whispering softly. The viewer’s silhouette overlaps with the image, constantly being drawn into it during the act of watching, yet remaining untouchable. The faint words on the mirror are drawn from short poems I wrote during my graduate school years, serving as the most direct expressions of everyday emotions in a non-native language.