YIXUE ZHAO

YIXUE ZHAO IS A VIDEO/INSTALLATION ARTIST AND FASHION DESIGNER WHOSE WORK EXAMINES THE MATERIALITIES OF SYMBOLOGY, UNRAVELING HOW THE BODY TRANSITIONS BETWEEN EMBODIMENT AND DEPERSONALIZATION. USING METICULOUS RESEARCH TO PROBE INTO HER SUBJECTS’ DIVERSE CONCEPTUAL DIMENSIONS, YIXUE COLLECTS, ARCHIVES, AND STITCHES TOGETHER INFORMATION, FOOTAGE, AND FORMS INTO PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL GARMENTS, MAGNIFYING THE FILMS (PUN INTENDED) THROUGH WHICH THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE IS FILTERED AND DEMARCATED. THE FABRIC OF HER WORK WEAVES TOGETHER THE MODES WITH WHICH GHOST MEMORIES, MYTHOLOGY, NOSTALGIA, AND RITUAL ENHANCE AND OBSTRUCT RAW PHYSICALITY, A MATERIAL INVESTIGATION OF HOW THE BODY AND BEING ENCASES ITSELF TO MITIGATE ITS RELATIONSHIP TO THE EXTERIOR CONDITION.

TEXT BY EVAN KARAS