Enxi Liu

About

Enxi Liu, born in 2001, obtained a Bachelor’s degree from the Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts in China and is currently pursuing an MRes degree at the Royal College of Art in the UK. She often poetically explores the various possibilities of combining sensory time with the body through performance, photography, and imagery. In her creations, the interconnected sensations of personal bodily experiences and self-reflective experiences are combined with a sense of prolonged time. Elements such as identity, memory, perception, and traces are all inscribed into a slow and subtle cycle of existence.

Enxi Liu’s works stem from the slow experiences of personal life and the enduring essence of time, exploring time through the connection of bodily perception and the flow of consciousness. Engaging in boundless soul wandering within the perception of bodily actions, she shifts from introspection and self-reflection towards sensory and individual memory-based time, as well as time linked to the relationship with nature. The flow within the continuum seems to blur the boundaries between past and future; each successive state permeates one another, with every present moment containing the past and foreshadowing the future.

Through performance, moving image, and photography, Enxi extends the prolonged sensory experiences into a Sisyphean cycle of repetition. Fragmented and winding traces intertwine with continuously repeated memories. After prolonged waiting, she attempts to narrate the story we collectively flow through; in the circular language of reminiscence and shared experiences, time reunites at this moment, merging us once again into a whole. Enxi’s artistic journey is characterized by a deep engagement with the fluidity of time and memory, weaving them into her works to create a resonant narrative that speaks to the collective human experience.

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