Else/Xun
’xun’ as in 旬, 寻, 汛, 埙, 峋, 巡 ......
1/2 of 河边哼歌 Hebianhengge
Else/Xun (b. Ē-mn̂g) is a researcher and artist who works primarily with writing, moving image and archiving. Inhabiting chronic times, their practice-based research investigates the condition and operation of care in relation to infrastructural labour of knowledge production and maintenance, where they practise an expanded form of authorship through gathering and sharing, repairing and translating. They are part of an artist collective, 河边哼歌 Hebianhengge, and have shown and spoken at Cooke Latham Gallery, Queer Circle, Southwark Park Galleries and Manchester China Institute, among others. They work and live in London and hold an MRes in Arts and Humanities.
2023-24 MA Contemporary Art Practice, Royal College of Art, London
2022-23 MRes Arts & Humanities, Royal College of Art, London2019-22 BA Fine Art: Photography, Camberwell College of Arts, UAL, London
2018-19 Foundation in Art and Design, Beijing Academy of Creative Arts, Beijing
Exhibitions
2024
Peripheral Attention, Pending Space, Royal College of Art, London
2023
Inner Workings, Cooke Latham Gallery, London
2022
TENDRILS, Queer Youth Art Collective, Queer Circle, London
2022
Degree Show, Camberwell College of Arts, London
2022
Tree/House, Safehouse 1, London
2022
Out There, Southwark Park Galleries, London
2020
Year of 2020, online
2019
Graduation Show, Beijing Academy of Creative Arts, Beijing
2017
The Stream, Xiamen Yingcai School, Xiamen
Talks
2022
Queer Language in China: An Exploration of Resistance Strategies
与你谈谈我们的酷儿研究, Queer China UK, online
2022
Queer Language in China: An Exploration of Resistance Strategies
As part of Zines and self-publishing in Chinese cultures conference, Manchester China Institute, online
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Screenings
2023
在两种睡眠中间 in the middle of both sleeps
Queer Currents, ROZENSTRAAT, Amsterdam