Today we’d like to introduce you to Xu Han.
Xu, we appreciate you taking the time to share your story with us today. Where does your story begin?
I am a New Media Artist. I made a performance in 2019 using my own tears. The work is called Five Facts About Tears, which is a video of an art performance with five series of speculative wearable installations connecting my real tears. I would like to explore the symbolic and hidden meaning behind “tears” and present them through objects in order to pursue the beauty of poetry.
Would you say it’s been a smooth road, and if not what are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced along the way?
It was hard to record myself crying. I kept watching for something that really makes me feel pain in deep of my heart. Watch again and again. It is like a punishment that I am not allowing myself to get over with it for a period of time.
Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
Tears can be cooled. I use a fan to dry out my tears. Tears can be eaten. I eat tears.
Tears can be fake. I fake tears.
Tears can influence vision. When tears cover my eyes, what could I see?
Tears finally can be a life song.
In the last piece, I create a tears sensor. The material on my face is the conductive tape that links with the speaker in my mouth. When I cry, the circuit completes. So the speaker will play the sound of an infant crying.
The video is in here: https://xuhanart.com/Five-Facts-About-Tears
Contact Info:
- Website: xuhanart.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/xuhanart/
