Lingxi Zhou

Arts & Humanities (MFA)

10051640@network.rca.ac.uk

Exhibition — Between threads carries ontological metaphors of the transgender experience - it is both amaterial manifestation of Foucault's notion of "technologies of the self", and a micro-revolutionary site that resists the symbolic order.

eyes — Eyes&Scars→ Visibility, surveillance, and self-awareness. Eyes might symbolize both external scrutiny and self-reflection, questioning how identity is perceived and reclaimed.Pain, healing, and survival. These marks tell a story of past wounds but also resilience, emphasizing the lived experiences of struggle and endurance.

embrace — Hands (embracing & breaking free) → Express care and struggle, depicting both acceptance and resistance from society.

About

My name is Lingxi Zhou, and I am an artist from China. I have always presented an intense fascination with subjects such as female identity, psychotherapy, and the medical profession.My textile works explore the immanent antagonism within transgender existence.
It reflects the process through which trans individuals endure profound pain and trauma, and ultimately make a radical decision in asserting their being.
Between threads carries ontological metaphors of the transgender experience — it is both a material manifestation of Foucault’s notion of “technologies of the self”, and a micro-revolutionary site that resists the symbolic order.
Each rupture in the textile structure whispers Judith Butler’s assertion:
“Identity is not the endpoint, but the point of departure.”
Through this entanglement of visual and emotional language, I hope to create a channel of connection for those who have never lived through such experiences — a space of gaze, empathy, and reconsideration.
Ultimately, within the knots and frays of the woven threads, one may come to feel the constructedness of gender norms — and their potential for deconstruction.

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