Luo-Han Chen
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Objects & Moving Image
Happy Birthday, Sweetie
A jellyfish drifts. The day passes through me.
2023, dimensions variable, Single-channel colour video, stereo sound, 9 min.
Foreign Body, No. 1
A pause between threads.
2023, 30*30 cm, Hand-woven textile (silk), surgical suture with curved needle, wood, steel nails.
Foreign Body, No. 2
Soft fields open. Small intrusions remain.
2023, 3 parts: Installation dimensions variable; each approx. 20 cm on the long side,
Hand-woven textile (cotton, hemp), steel nails.
Foreign Body, No. 3
A body spills over the edge.
2023, Installed approx. 35*20*3 cm; with a linear element approx. 1 metre,
Rubber, latex, wool yarn, wood, iron clip
Foreign Body, No. 4
Open cradle.
2023, Two-part installation; installation dimensions variable; largest component approx. 25*40*3 cm,
Gauze, latex, clay, surgical suture, wood, dye
Foreign Body, No. 5
Knotted in black.
2023, 41*41*5 cm, Silk, latex, wood, iron nails, hand-woven textile
Foreign Body, No. 6
Glass vessel as body. Silk spins out.
2023, 4 glass objects; each approx. 5*3*3 cm, Glass, hand-twisted silk thread
Foreign Body, No. 7
The boundary stays open.
2023, Installed approx. 45*20*10 cm; with a linear element approx. 120 cm,
Hand-woven textile, metal, wood, latex, plastic clip.
Foreign Body, No. 8
What was faced stays in the cloth.
2023, Wood frame 45*45*6 cm, Wood, hand-woven textile, iron nails.
Watermelon Sugar
The afternoon is bright and cold. I keep my eyes closed.
2020, dimensions variable, Single-channel colour video, stereo sound, 8 min. Silk, Plaster.
To the Sea
The world reopens. We go to the sea.
2020, action with photographic record; 13 plaster forms; some lost to sea, others salt-eroded; photograph as final work,
Plaster. (now lost or salt-eroded)
Lockdown I (Small Orbit)
Inside, a small orbit.
2020, dimensions variable,
Video documentation; single-channel video, silent, 30 sec; looped.
Documents a site-specific installation realised in a quarantine room during the 2020 lockdown: flexible LED strip; installation dimensions variable.
Lockdown II (Window Signal)
No one is there. The window keeps speaking.
2020, dimensions variable,Video documentation; single-channel video, silent, 1 min; looped.
Documents a site-specific installation realised in a quarantine room during the 2020 lockdown: silk screen; installation dimensions variable.