Xiaoyan’s practice explores the role of eyes in modern life, making different stories to reflect the influences of surveillance and social media by drawing, painting and animation. She creates characters to represent human’s ambiguous awareness of being watched and her characters are also illustrated in different fragments of media together. Inspired by wordless novels and manga methodology, she consistently makes art that brings a surreal depiction of human experience.
Eyes
Eyeballs are the essential element, acting as a monitor, a communicator or a companion in Xiaoyan’s work. The character is trapped by the eyes as the scenes shift differently. Her work “The visit” is a series of graphic drawings about surveillance and invisible watching. It is a long-term project that will shape the narrative in different parts.
