Take a Break
Sculptural installation, wax, soap, glass wax, plaster, iron powder, concrete, iron plate
Variable dimension
2024

Let the River Flow
Performance video
14:11mins
2024

Have You Ever Noticed Those Sandbags?
Performance video
11:00mins
2023

Second Layer
Sculptural installation with latex, rubbish from the Glue Factory & GSA studio
Variable dimensions
2024

Jiachen Liu

In my past projects, I explored different relationships and the subtle, sensitive changes that occur in the physical, natural and psychological aspects of relational associations. After coming to Glasgow, I often notice objects in the gaps of the urban environment and unconsciously anthropomorphise them. In my work I combine them with parts of my body to create new 'creatures'. At the same time I connect with these objects through the performance in the images. I want to embrace the connection between the self and the physical body, and all that is felt in the external world. In the exhibitions, I act as a medium to form new spaces with my works, in which the sense of atmosphere extends outwards to the entire exhibition space, towards the viewer and towards the world outside the exhibition. In the process, I experiment and anticipate what kind of temporary connections I will make with different environments. I build a bridge between the alienation of the self and the anthropomorphisation of objects, exploring the tripartite interaction between people, objects and spaces.