边/GRAB AND SHOOT BETWEEN SIDES
THE LAST SHOOT III
WEB CAM DIES IN THE SEA
SHADOW OF THE SHADOW/WANG LIANG WEN JING
LIANAS
IMAGE_EXCHANGE
ACCIDENTAL PHONE CAPTURE SERIES
VITIV
氣/Qi
HUA清池观看游记/HUA QING CHI TRAVEL NOTES
UN-EXPOSING/影像连结
WHERE ARE YOU FROM
SING INTO THE VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK
WINDOW
The FEEDBACK OF LOOKING
FANTASY OF BEING IN EXILE
100 Ft.
捕/Capture: A Solo Show
降B调的玻璃罩/GLASS COVER IN B FLAT
THE LAST SHOOT
SEEING AND HUMMING
JIYŪ• BUZIYOU/自由·不自由
SEE,AGAIN,THE PASSING OF LIGHT/再び、見る、消え去る光
BE PRESENT WITH THE SHADOW
MANIFESTO
FANTASY FOR SOLITUDE
WRITINGS & NOTES
ABOUT
MYSELF, MY PATHS, AND MY WORKS
边/GRAB AND SHOOT BETWEEN SIDES
THE LAST SHOOT III
WEB CAM DIES IN THE SEA
SHADOW OF THE SHADOW/WANG LIANG WEN JING
LIANAS
IMAGE_EXCHANGE
ACCIDENTAL PHONE CAPTURE SERIES
VITIV
氣/Qi
HUA清池观看游记/HUA QING CHI TRAVEL NOTES
UN-EXPOSING/影像连结
WHERE ARE YOU FROM
SING INTO THE VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK
WINDOW
The FEEDBACK OF LOOKING
FANTASY OF BEING IN EXILE
100 Ft.
捕/Capture: A Solo Show
降B调的玻璃罩/GLASS COVER IN B FLAT
THE LAST SHOOT
SEEING AND HUMMING
JIYŪ• BUZIYOU/自由·不自由
SEE,AGAIN,THE PASSING OF LIGHT/再び、見る、消え去る光
BE PRESENT WITH THE SHADOW
MANIFESTO
FANTASY FOR SOLITUDE
WRITINGS & NOTES
ABOUT
MYSELF, MY PATHS, AND MY WORKS
边/GRAB AND SHOOT BETWEEN SIDES
THE LAST SHOOT III
WEB CAM DIES IN THE SEA
SHADOW OF THE SHADOW/WANG LIANG WEN JING
LIANAS
IMAGE_EXCHANGE
ACCIDENTAL PHONE CAPTURE SERIES
VITIV
氣/Qi
HUA清池观看游记/HUA QING CHI TRAVEL NOTES
UN-EXPOSING/影像连结
WHERE ARE YOU FROM
SING INTO THE VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK
WINDOW
The FEEDBACK OF LOOKING
FANTASY OF BEING IN EXILE
100 Ft.
捕/Capture: A Solo Show
降B调的玻璃罩/GLASS COVER IN B FLAT
THE LAST SHOOT
SEEING AND HUMMING
JIYŪ• BUZIYOU/自由·不自由
SEE,AGAIN,THE PASSING OF LIGHT/再び、見る、消え去る光
BE PRESENT WITH THE SHADOW
MANIFESTO
FANTASY FOR SOLITUDE
WRITINGS & NOTES
ABOUT
MYSELF, MY PATHS, AND MY WORKS
THE LAST SHOOT III
WEB CAM DIES IN THE SEA
SHADOW OF THE SHADOW/WANG LIANG WEN JING
LIANAS
IMAGE_EXCHANGE
ACCIDENTAL PHONE CAPTURE SERIES
VITIV
氣/Qi
HUA清池观看游记/HUA QING CHI TRAVEL NOTES
UN-EXPOSING/影像连结
WHERE ARE YOU FROM
SING INTO THE VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK
WINDOW
The FEEDBACK OF LOOKING
FANTASY OF BEING IN EXILE
100 Ft.
捕/Capture: A Solo Show
降B调的玻璃罩/GLASS COVER IN B FLAT
THE LAST SHOOT
SEEING AND HUMMING
JIYŪ• BUZIYOU/自由·不自由
SEE,AGAIN,THE PASSING OF LIGHT/再び、見る、消え去る光
BE PRESENT WITH THE SHADOW
MANIFESTO
FANTASY FOR SOLITUDE
WRITINGS & NOTES
ABOUT
MYSELF, MY PATHS, AND MY WORKS
I was given the name 滑惜子, or Xizi Hua on official documents; Xizi “Cecilia” Hua at school, Cecilia Hua on jobs and at events; or I could invent a Xi Zi Hua, or a Hua Xi Zi. 滑/hua is a rare last name, 惜子/xi zi means “precious child.” I like hua xi zi better now, but I miss Cecilia. My friends call me cc.
... and I call myself a media artist now.
I grew up in different cities and socioeconomic realities under the fast-developing China of the 2000s, before moving to and living in the United States at fifteen for even more clashes of cultures and ideologies. Having lived in the US for 11 years, I came back to China in early 2021. I have been aware of and thinking about my fluidity, privilege and limitations when traveling across borders, cultures, ideologies and the firewall.
I work with tools of capturing and projecting images and videos with sound; perform with my own body and bodies in a community (with Grass Stage theater collective); think with the infrastructure of technological productions and internet networks and attempt to build connections between nodes, communities and happenings both virtually and physically. The question I’ve been asking centers around: if we can’t opt out from the machines, how do we create the technical protocols of our own while holding power of resistance in autonomy and co-exist? I am continuing looking to “un-expose” while gleaning images and sound that are “interconnected” and “telematic” to confront with complex, intense and unspeakable emotions.
“hua xi zi received her MFA in Film, Video, New Media and Animation at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and BA in Cinema and Media Studies at University of Southern California. xi zi is also an alumni of classes ‘Machine Language’ and ‘Solidarity Infrastructures’ taken virtually at the School for Poetic Computation, as well as a member now working with the ‘Grass Stage’ theater collective initiated by Zhao Chuan, from participating in the workshop led by Wu Meng in spring 2023, Shanghai.”
contact me:
ceciliaxizi<at>gmail<dot>com
contact for cv
... and I call myself a media artist now.
I grew up in different cities and socioeconomic realities under the fast-developing China of the 2000s, before moving to and living in the United States at fifteen for even more clashes of cultures and ideologies. Having lived in the US for 11 years, I came back to China in early 2021. I have been aware of and thinking about my fluidity, privilege and limitations when traveling across borders, cultures, ideologies and the firewall.
I work with tools of capturing and projecting images and videos with sound; perform with my own body and bodies in a community (with Grass Stage theater collective); think with the infrastructure of technological productions and internet networks and attempt to build connections between nodes, communities and happenings both virtually and physically. The question I’ve been asking centers around: if we can’t opt out from the machines, how do we create the technical protocols of our own while holding power of resistance in autonomy and co-exist? I am continuing looking to “un-expose” while gleaning images and sound that are “interconnected” and “telematic” to confront with complex, intense and unspeakable emotions.
“hua xi zi received her MFA in Film, Video, New Media and Animation at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and BA in Cinema and Media Studies at University of Southern California. xi zi is also an alumni of classes ‘Machine Language’ and ‘Solidarity Infrastructures’ taken virtually at the School for Poetic Computation, as well as a member now working with the ‘Grass Stage’ theater collective initiated by Zhao Chuan, from participating in the workshop led by Wu Meng in spring 2023, Shanghai.”
contact me:
ceciliaxizi<at>gmail<dot>com
contact for cv