CUI YUXUAN 

Documentary Photography, Place, Journey

  1. Puppet Manchukuo: Echoes in the Layers of Time
  2. Divided Spaces, Dissolved Orders
  3. Deconstruct the “Tools” 
  4. Lost, Lost, Lost  失，失，失
  5. I’ve Never Heard a Swan Song

Space, Narrative, Installation

  1. What you will  第十二夜
  2. Love Me Tender, Bite Me True 
  3. Trespass 飞（非）地烟花
  4. 溯流 Go Upstream
  5. Jiakong, Jiakong 
  6. -Borderline as Storyline- 

Object, Text, Life, Act on Instinct  
  1. 言之凿凿 As if It's Carved in Stone
  2. Cleaning as Method  
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©2024 Cui Yuxuan

2022
Video installation, 16:9, black and white, HD, sound, 8’1”,  loop, mirror, studio easel

This piece, conceived during a residency in Salzburg, emerges as an exploration of the body’s unseen choreography within the architecture of space and the boundaries that subtly mold it. Through movement, it investigates the intricate interplay between resilience and fragility within the female form, probing how physical spaces shape and interact with bodily presence. The video unfolds as a fluid visual poetry, weaving together shifting rhythms, fragmented narratives, and layered imagery that metaphorically evoke the power dynamics of boundaries and gendered territories.
这件作品在萨尔茨堡驻留期间构思，探讨了身体在空间架构和边界中的无形编排。通过运动，它深入研究了女性身体韧性与脆弱性的复杂交织，审视了物理空间如何塑造和互动身体的存在。视频如同流动的视觉诗篇，交织着变化的节奏、碎片化的叙事和层叠的影像，隐喻地唤起了边界和性别领域的权力动态。

In a manner reminiscent of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, this work conjures a nocturnal world where identities are fluid and boundaries blur under the cover of darkness. Just as night obscures and reveals, the video navigates the liminal spaces where the body's agency is both constrained and liberated. The concept of 'what you will' resonates deeply here, inviting a contemplation of how the self is constructed and reconstructed in the twilight, where the invisible architecture of space shapes our movements, and the boundaries of gender become mutable, even negotiable.
正如莎士比亚的《第十二夜》那样，这件作品试图召唤出一个身份流动、边界在夜幕下模糊的世界。正如夜晚既掩盖又揭示，视频在身体的行动被限制与解放的边缘地带中游走。这里的“如你所愿”概念引发了对自我在暮色中如何被建构和重塑的思考，在这一过程中，空间的无形架构塑造了我们的行动，而性别的边界则变得可变，甚至可以协商。
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