Feb YIF XIE
Bio
Born in Zhejiang, China in 1999, now lives in London.
Founded a contemporary art sharing platform TADO ART CENTRE in 2019.
I focus on re-architecting female ‘s daily life in the digital space through performance, and likes using 3D cyborg to perform instead of myself.
Moving images are the main carrier of my creation. After clarifying the narrative path of the performance, I would choose a metaphorical environment, and use 3D technology to build virtualization and abstraction, aiming to create a sphere that is dissociated from reality while also evoking the viewer's association. The main body of the narrative is then comprised of filming performances, which directly guides the audience to think about the state of female social existence through the emotions of the performers and body language abstracted from daily life. Performances are typically presented as mime, exaggerated, and abstract narrative to heighten the irony effect and provide more room for interpretation. Sometimes animations of 3D scanned people are used instead of live performances. The combination of live performances and human-like animations creates a unique uncanny valley effect in the works.The video's background sound is made up of onomatopoeia, which adds to the ridicule and satire.
Education
University of the Arts London Computational Art (MA)
East China Normal University Product Design (BA Honours Degree)
Awards
The Global Grad Award 2020
MANA International New Media Art Competition Single Award: Interactive Projection 2020
TEDA Cup Youth Creative Design Competition 2019
Exhibitions
To Go Faster, 2022, London
ANTI-STATIC, 2022, London
Ain't I a Womxn: Feminism For Everybody, 2022, London
COVERED AUTHORITATIVELY performance show 2021, Shanghai
MANA New Media Art Exhibition 2020, Shanghai
West Bund Art Center 2020 Futurelab Exhibition, Shanghai
The Global Grad Show 2020, Dubai
Milan Furniture Fair 2018, Milan
Talks & Publications
Rounded Radio international women's day show, 2022
Tianhe Kong Creative Festival China‘s Top Creatives Summit Forum 2020 in Donghua University.
OPEN&FUN(23-10-2020),
MANA(30-10-2020)
China Advertising(13-11-2020)
Pitchina (14-11-2020), DIGITALING(25-11-2020)
Journal of the School of Design, East China Normal University(19-12-2020)
Journal of ECNU(23-8-2021)
Residencies
The OPEN&FUNArt Village art residency 2020. Shanghai, China-Oct, 2020