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Huanzhe Hu

Ice: Solar Etchings & Solar Captures

My work stems from a simple wish: to revitalize the intangible, visualize the imperceptible, and give volume to the inaudible. In my interdisciplinary art practice, I make installations, film, and photography to embody the intricate relationship between technology, mysticism and fading spirituality. I focus on non-human life and modalities of empathy to investigate the coevolution of objects, species, and space.

I have always thought of the world as something without a defined center. In my world, there is not a single species or inner voice at the helm; rather, it is a place where everything is interconnected in a vast, intricate web of coexistence. My world is less anthropocentric. Part of making my perceived world is to highlight the imperceptible through a poetic lens. My current exploration with ice is an extension of my ongoing dialogue with this imperceptible world, a dialogue that revolves around the quiet, profound interconnectedness of all things.
 

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A person trying to focus on a tree with an ice lens.

Ice: Solar Etchings - Experiments recorded with super 8 film

Ice
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2023

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The ice lens burns the paper, the burn mark expanding as the sun moves.

Ice: Solar Etchings - Installation view

Ice, paper
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2023

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One hand holding a fragment of an ice lens.

Ice: Solar Etchings - Fragments of an ice lens

Ice
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2023

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Ice lens broken into fragments.

Ice: Solar Etchings - Ice lens broken into fragments

Ice
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2023

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Arc drawn by the sun through an ice lens.

Ice: Solar Etchings - Arc drawn by the sun through an ice lens

Paper
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2023

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Ice gradually melting in water.

Ice: Solar Etchings - Water is taken from the river to make an ice lens, the fragments of which end up melting in the river

Ice, water
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2023

Ice: Solar Etchings - Experiments recorded by super 8 film 

Video
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2023

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The sun is photographed through an ice lens.

Ice: Solar Captures

Ice, cyanotype paper
8.27 x 11.69"
2023

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The sun is photographed through an ice lens.

Ice: Solar Captures

Ice, cyanotype paper
8.27 x 11.69"
2023

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Video captures the sun's trajectory through an ice lens during the day.

Ice: Solar Captures - Video Still

Ice, cyanotype paper
8.27 x 11.69"
2023

 

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