original hand with dropping balls

Xiang Li

Inlaid With Pearls

Real life is materially invaded by the contemplation of the spectacle, and people are addicted to the imagery fetishism created by capital.

The desire formed under consumerism induced by boredom is implicitly induced by commercial images, art or installations, which makes people subconsciously attracted by the idea of "improving my position in their minds". The spectacle is an affirmation of appearances and an identification of all human social life with appearances. "Inlaid With Pearls" is about a process of being materialized, showing a worldview alienated by the spectacle.


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Xiang Li is an artistic beginner who is used to criticism and self-expression. She current uses surrealism as her main presentation style, and her works are mostly presented in a visual language, experimenting in two-dimensional or three-dimensional spaces, and exploring different computer vision effects in multiple areas.Code is not the only means of her creation, but one of the tools of auxiliary expression. Works are often implemented with multiple tools. The theme is mainly about current self feelings, life experiences or reflections on society and people, mostly private emotions, which are more abstract.

same hand inlaid with pearls
St. James Hatcham Building
25 St James's Goldsmiths, University of London
New Cross London SE14 6AD
1st - 4th September 2022