Swimming Competition, Suzhou, China, 2007

Swimming Competition, Suzhou, China, 2007

I explore the essence of emotions by pairing together materials and the natural. Water, movement, and nature play an enormous role in my work. With a background of professional training as a competitive swimmer during my youth, my project-based practice mainly focuses on the presentation of water, combining it with various materials to present my understanding of dichotomy, struggle, and meditation.

Growing up in a rapidly developing China, I was surrounded by the industrial boom and artificial materials. These materials take on issues of urban development, environmental pollution, population growth, and the sense of uncertainty and loneliness. On the other hand, water is a universal substance, something that is constant and offers me calmness and peace. Influenced by water and materials, my practice experiments with how the two can co-exist.