2024

(In collaboration with Ash Zing, Ding Ling)
Filing cabinet, archives, saggar, Jian Zhan, origami paper boat, heat transfer printing ceramics fragments, video Installation 9’56’’

The three artists share similar life trajectories—born and raised in China, currently reside in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and Canada respectively. Through exchanging their research and experiences, they discovered that from the Ming Dynasty to modern times, a lot of European countries imported a large number of porcelain, furniture, and artworks from Jingdezhen, China. Meanwhile, unexpected cultural misunderstandings, appropriations, and technological shifts occurred in Europe during the replication and imitation of Chinese ceramic manufacturing processes.

Simultaneously, the identity anxieties brought about by the learning experiences of overseas first-generation immigrants and the conflicts and integrations between Eastern and Western cultures are unavoidable themes for us, especially within the context of contemporary art. Based on such cultural backgrounds, we attempt to integrate our individual histories, creative forms, and traits, along with related works to achieve a layering of identity. Through a series of fabricated archival materials, we present a fictional artist, Artist X.