Qianyu Liu
About
Qianyu Liu is a Chinese artist whose works often focus on concepts and how to better respond to social phenomena, exploring the use of visual forms to reflect the nature of abstract things. She focuses on unconventional forms of widespread violence, hoping to reflect on the harmful effects of symbolic violence through the form of everyday interactive jewellery, and through the interactive experience to reflect on the immense invisible harm that symbolic violence can do to the mind. Through the interactive experience, she reflects on the immense invisible damage that symbolic violence can do to the heart. This project is an innovative exploration of interactive jewellery on the theme of symbolic violence, exploring forms of detailed sexual violence that most people find sensitive but important, questioning the value of the appearance of the jewellery.
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“About the square box, I wanted to complete a complete closed-loop interaction, so I designed a structure where the gems can be pushed in and then recovered at a specific angle, and at the same time, this structure can ensure that the gems can only be pushed in one direction and not in the other. This structure also ensures that the gems can only be pushed in one way and will not fall out. ”
“In Ring 1, I have made a secret clasp on the box, so that the stone will not fall out when pushed in, and can be removed by opening the secret door. I hope to encourage people who have been harmed by symbolic violence to achieve the goal of self-healing.”
“Ring 2 is also playful and I made it more suitable for everyday wear, once the stone is pushed into the structure it will not return to its original position except with the aid of a tool, this represents the fact that many of the injuries caused by symbolic violence cannot be fully repaired, even if people achieve self-healing in some way the trauma left by the symbolic violence in the heart may be everlasting, but that doesn’t mean that the heart is any less beautiful when traumatised. I want to encourage people to find another form of appreciation for themselves, so that even though the ring is different and irreparable from the beginning, it is still whole and beautiful.”
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