SubSurfaceSaṁsedaja
Duration: 2020.7.25 - 2020.9.12
Location: IMAGOKINETICS, Hangzhou
For human beings, a SubSurfaceSaṁsedaja is an extraordinary being with the ability to penetrate multiple surfaces. They penetrates the topsoil, the surface of the water, their own skin, as well as the boundaries of life and death. They pass between the many surfaces of matter and concepts, sometimes emerging, but more often hiding. They are passages that meet with different surfaces and create a liminal space at the intersection. They become one with their surroundings, extending in all directions, like painting, dance and poetry.
SubSurfaceSaṁsedaja is a series of mixed-media works inspired by Hangzhou's humid natural environment that Zhang Wenxin created after moving to the city. She goes into the mountains to shoot during heavy rain, enters the virtual world to model during nightfall, and reads about the past and the future in clear weather. SubSurfaceSaṁsedaja is both an image-based field report with a de-anthropocentric perspective and a temporary altar that connects ancient mythology with the digital world through images.