Hu Xiaoyuan, Axing Ice to Cross the Sea

Hu Xiaoyuan’s recent videos extend the thinking on self-consciousness found in her earlier work to the level of the medium itself. Hu Xiaoyuan is able to transcend her own concrete experience, turning now to discuss time, space, and existence as more abstract elements. "Axing Ice to Cross the Sea" shows a woman and her actions while facing the winter sea, juxtaposing individual emotion and cold nature.

This artwork was featured in the UCCA exhibition "ON | OFF: China’s Young Artists in Concept and Practice, ” 2013