As a visual artist living in New York, Xianzhi Fu explores the connection between nature and the body. She is currently focusing on video installation and video art, employing a blend of media, including video mapping, sculpture, and photography, to create evocative pieces that resonate deeply. One representation of her artwork is “Mind Habitat.”
If you visit the “Mind Habitat” exhibition in person, you will find that it has a soundtrack, allowing people to interact with both light and sound. The synergy between visual elements, such as light and shadow, and auditory elements, like music, can enhance the overall immersive experience for the audience. This creates a multisensory environment in which you can enter the world that Xianzhi creates during meditation.
Contemporary American artist Christian Marclay has expressed that, to this day, people’s understanding of art galleries is not significantly different from the 19th century’s perception of galleries. He mentions a lack of knowledge on how to display sound art.
The artwork “Mind Habitat,” however, takes an innovative approach by treating sound as a natural element and engaging with music interactively. It explores a new form of compositional expression where viewers, through the combination of music, gradually immerse themselves in the meditative atmosphere created by the artist.
Xianzhi found it challenging to convey the images in her head before being exposed to projection mapping. However, when she starts to use projection mapping to project all the scenes she has captured onto real-world objects, she can sculpt the shape of light based on the actual shape of the objects. It gives the impression that the images are growing out of the objects’ surfaces.
For example, her sofa and curtains are both white. “Lying on the sofa makes me feel like many memories are gradually spreading around me through the projected sofa. I find this experience to be a powerful connection, allowing the things I perceive in my mind to be conveyed through video, enabling others to see some of the scenes I am currently experiencing in my brain.” It sounds like she sees nature as a vast Wi-Fi, and people can interact with it—“everything, everywhere, all at once.”
Xianzhi Fu’s artistic journey, rooted in detailed daily observation, unfolds as a profound exploration of the interplay between nature, the body, and the evolving mediums of visual art. Through “Mind Habitat,” Xianzhi creates a multisensory environment, inviting viewers to immerse themselves in the meditative worlds she crafts. She invites audiences to experience nature as a vast Wi-Fi, where interactions extend beyond the canvas into the realm of shared consciousness.
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