Redemption
Xinyue Luo
Redemption (installation), duration: 4’37’’, 2021, Vid- eo Link: https://vimeo. com/662880605
This project was inspired by my own experience of suffering from Keratosis pilaris throughout my whole body when I was 18. The illness was caused by my excessive cleanliness and external pressure. During the course of treatment and recovery, I needed to stay away from sunlight for a week. During that time I achieved self-improvement through introspection and contemplation.
Redemption (installation), duration: 4’37’’, 2021, Vid- eo Link: https://vimeo. com/662880605
I present this preformance in a closed white room with scattered black feathers and white scraps peeling off from the wall. This is evidence of the gradual transfor- mation of my body during the last part of the treatment by pursuing light.
I present this preformance in a closed white room with scattered black feathers and white scraps peeling off from the wall. This is evidence of the gradual transfor- mation of my body during the last part of the treatment by pursuing light.
sheet facial mask, acrylic paint, 21 x 21 cm, 2021
Before I got sick, I lived under a mask that I disguised. This mask was battered, scarred. It is not as good as it looks. It also has a hypocritical side.
Left:Clown;
Middle: Daughter of Sea; Right: Taste of Life;
body paint,2021
In the process of treat- ment, what I think about the most is about aesthetics. When I was a child, I was not con- fident, but my intimate friend illuminated me and made me more and more positive. My life became meaningful, but I still relied on oth- ers.I remained depen- dent. Now I don’t need to rest on others, but can shine by myself, so I use myself as a me- dium to create a series of works to convey the independent artistic beauty that I pursue.
In the process of constantly looking at myself in the mirror day after day, from gazing to reviewing, I am able to reflect on the state of my life before the illness, at the same time I have concerns about whether this treatment is effective.
Finally, with the treatment, I also gradually recovered. In the dark, I wake up with the light spot, and the light as a symbol of vitality gives me the motivation to go ahead continuously. This light is the hope I am look- ing for. In addition to the renewal of the physical skin, it is more like the washing of the soul, which allows me to grow from introspection.