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Visiting Artists Research Guide : Xin Liu, 10/30/24

Lecture Details

Title: Visiting Artist Lecture in Photography: Xin Liu

Date: Wednesday, October 30 at 3:30 PM

Location: 1156 Chapel St., the Pool (Room G-10)

Additional Details:  This event is open to School of Art community members only.

Artist Biography

Photograph of Xin LiuXin Liu (1991) is an artist and engineer who splits her time between London and New York City. She is originally from Karamay, located in the northern Uighur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang, in northwestern China. She studied Measurement, Control Technology, and Instruments at Tsinghua University. Then, Liu moved to the United States to earn her MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and a Master’s degree in media arts and sciences  from MIT Media Lab. Her recent research and interest center around the verticality of space, extraterrestrial explorations, and cosmic metabolism: the metabolism of our planet and how it has been affected by technological infrastructures in the past few decades. 

Artist's Instagram                            Artist's Website

Articles and Written Interviews

Sample Artworks

Photograph of artwork titled The Sarira Journey I

The Sarira Journey I, Digital Photography, Archival Inkjet Print, 2021, 70 x 47cm

Photograph of artwork titled YOU START TO WONDER  WHETHER IT'S A DREAM

YOU START TO WONDER WHETHER IT'S A DREAM, Combines a neon light sculpture with 3 audio pieces lasting 10 hours 15 minutes embedded sound, 2023

Photograph of artwork titled Drawing Notes

Drawing Notes, Wood, acrylic paint, acrylic, brass, 3D printed resin, gold leaf, copper, 2019, 13 x 17 x 4 inches

Videos

Xin Liu's Inward Expeditions | Art21 "New York Close Up"

In Conversation with Xin Liu

Artists in (their) Residence: Xin Liu

Xin Liu Artist Talk, Gravity is the Momentum of Feelings