Xiaoli O. Chang 常

Contemporary Art Practice (MA)
human figure with short dark hair, huddled into an unnatural- or hyperflexible fetal position looking down; wearing dark blue shirt, pale blue shorts and white socks.

About

Venturing in look (out) for labels, Xiaoli O. Chang 常 proclaims position in a “transdisciplinary” practice; a juxtaposition utilised to simulate conceptual participation with- and without corporeal support. Chang presents work tinged by themes of beauty; selected as a tool aimed to soothe-, deceive- and expose to reveal uncomfortably familiar truths.

Instagram: @milkchaos

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regular (dis)comfort: BED
by xiaoli o. chang 常

please
lie
    down
when you           want to
 
                                              leave

Touch once — harmless, you think. “Irregular,” you say. Touch once — it burns, burns, burns. A fire would be kinder, it leaves no doubt. Instead, left with this. Insistent as eyelids close. Persistent is the presence. Muttering: no, no, no.

Xiaoli O. Chang 常 invites you to experience the ghost of touch in a safe space. Lie to yourself, down in bed. Here, you leave when you want to.
(Please remove shoes before going to bed)

Supported by the Logitech Diversity Scholarship in Art & Design, and Anders Sandrews Stiftelse.

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