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Guan Xiao Fiction Archive Project

Guan Xiao

3750 Washington Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63108
January 18, 2019 to April 21, 2019

Fiction Archive Project

The speed, accessibility, and quantity of data we consume via the internet has transformed our relationships to images, objects, and ideas. Guan Xiao explores the impact of the internet on our lives by using it as a tool of exploration. Through sculpture and multichannel videos, Xiao translates ready-made digital images into physical compositions, merging opposing objects and collapsing juxtapositions. Looking at history as a “lump of recycled things in changing packages,” Xiao places discordant objects in proximity to one another. By forming these oppositional relationships, she not only emphasizes how contrasting ideas emerging from disparate points of origin can express similar perceptions, but may also liberate objects from their historical and functional interpretations. CAM will present the Beijing-based artist’s first solo project in the US.

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  • 2019-01-18 00:00:00 2019-01-31 00:00:00 America/Chicago Guan Xiao

    Fiction Archive Project

    The speed, accessibility, and quantity of data we consume via the internet has transformed our relationships to images, objects, and ideas. Guan Xiao explores the impact of the internet on our lives by using it as a tool of exploration. Through sculpture and multichannel videos, Xiao translates ready-made digital images into physical compositions, merging opposing objects and collapsing juxtapositions. Looking at history as a “lump of recycled things in changing packages,” Xiao places discordant objects in proximity to one another. By forming these oppositional relationships, she not only emphasizes how contrasting ideas emerging from disparate points of origin can express similar perceptions, but may also liberate objects from their historical and functional interpretations. CAM will present the Beijing-based artist’s first solo project in the US.

    FREE

    3750 Washington Blvd. St. Louis MO 63108
Guan Xiao Fiction Archive Project
3750 Washington Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63108

(314) 535-4660

Guan Xiao

3750 Washington Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63108
January 18, 2019 to April 21, 2019

Fiction Archive Project

The speed, accessibility, and quantity of data we consume via the internet has transformed our relationships to images, objects, and ideas. Guan Xiao explores the impact of the internet on our lives by using it as a tool of exploration. Through sculpture and multichannel videos, Xiao translates ready-made digital images into physical compositions, merging opposing objects and collapsing juxtapositions. Looking at history as a “lump of recycled things in changing packages,” Xiao places discordant objects in proximity to one another. By forming these oppositional relationships, she not only emphasizes how contrasting ideas emerging from disparate points of origin can express similar perceptions, but may also liberate objects from their historical and functional interpretations. CAM will present the Beijing-based artist’s first solo project in the US.

FREE

Guan Xiao Fiction Archive Project
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  • 2019-01-18 00:00:00 2019-01-31 00:00:00 America/Chicago Guan Xiao

    Fiction Archive Project

    The speed, accessibility, and quantity of data we consume via the internet has transformed our relationships to images, objects, and ideas. Guan Xiao explores the impact of the internet on our lives by using it as a tool of exploration. Through sculpture and multichannel videos, Xiao translates ready-made digital images into physical compositions, merging opposing objects and collapsing juxtapositions. Looking at history as a “lump of recycled things in changing packages,” Xiao places discordant objects in proximity to one another. By forming these oppositional relationships, she not only emphasizes how contrasting ideas emerging from disparate points of origin can express similar perceptions, but may also liberate objects from their historical and functional interpretations. CAM will present the Beijing-based artist’s first solo project in the US.

    FREE

    3750 Washington Blvd. St. Louis MO 63108
3750 Washington Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63108

(314) 535-4660