‘Art can never be made by machine alone’, states Zhou Xiaohu, whose clay and porcelain sculptures are transformed on screen into satiric animations of contemporary life.
Trained as a graphic designer, Zhou soon became enthralled by the capabilities of computer design systems. In 1997, he began to experiment with animation, incorporating analogue elements into sculptural installations. However, digital technology enabled Zhou to realise the full potential of stop-motion animation. His most recent work is painstaking and arduous — miniature clay sets, referencing real and imagined scenarios, are modelled on news items such as national and international summits and conferences, and headline stories reporting disasters. Critical of the role and influence of visual media in everyday life, Zhou’s practice reflects on how history is documented in a digital age where particular details may be privileged, fabricated, altered and omitted.
Zhou Xiaohu was invited to participate in the Long March Project in 2002 and has subsequently exhibited works realised from this project in numerous solo and group exhibitions in China and abroad. Working across performance, photography, installation, sculpture, video and animation, Zhou’s work has most recently been included in ‘Living in Interesting Times – A Decade of New Chinese Photography’, Open Museum of Photography, Tel Hai, Israel, in 2005; and ‘Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China’, International Center of Photography, New York, and Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, USA, in 2004.
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