SOUND BLEEDS
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago IL
December 9 - December 21, 2024
An insistent weight encroached the shadows of my uterus, forcing me through medical thresholds and normative expectations. With 16mm film, digital video, and sound, I suture the threads of control over what feels beyond reach: the sovereignty of the body and a digital form of self. Marking one year since my surgery, SOUND BLEEDS stitches together light and shadow, pulse and silence, conjuring a body unbound by flesh alone. Through the manipulation of medical film and optical sound, this work explores the complex dialogues of self—a merging of the physical and digital, reclaiming agency and embracing multiplicity.
–– Peixuan Ouyang
Peixuan Ouyang is interested in how images infiltrate and mediate everyday life, and how we negotiate the world and connect with one another through these images. Peixuan’s work primarily lives through light and readily shapeshifts into films, videos, prints, books, installations, or a combination thereof. Many projects investigate the intersection of monumentality and the absurdity of living, exploring the complexities of globalization, migration, and the human body within and beyond digital and material landscapes. Peixuan juxtaposes the lasting impact of creations with the fleeting nature of life, celebrating the tension between our desires and the realities of human limitations. For more information, visit peixuanouyang.com.
SOUND BLEEDS concluded on the Winter Solstice with a sound performance by Haruhi Kobayashi. For more information, visit haruhikobayashi.com.
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