CORAL WEB
2022
9’ 49’’
Video by Xinyu Xu
Sound by Lapis
When we begin to live from within outward, in touch with the power of the erotic within ourselves, and allowing that power to inform and illuminate our actions upon the world around us, then we begin to be responsible to ourselves in the deepest sense.—— Audre Lorde.
A body seeks to escape the 'valley of ice,' risking being burned. On her journey of searching for an exit, she is willing to become anything without limitations. This piece is a re-interpretation of the dream discussed in symbolic prose, Dead Fire (Si Huo) by Lu Xun.