Fanxi Sun

One, Two, One (2023)
two-channel video
15’58”
NFS

ARTIST STATEMENT

Working with moving and still images, I explore subjective reality through the lenses of time and space. I construct dynamic mechanism by experimenting with duration, rhythm, and the choreography between camera and performers. Grounded in self-reflection and self-identification, my work translates psychological states into physical forms. Performers in my work often enact gestures such as breathing, falling, grasping, and walking. Each gesture corresponds to certain sounds or narrative elements. My goal is to craft a transcendental experience in every piece. I investigate the idea that reality is multi-layered, self-embodied, and even self-generated–consisting in all of the apparatus of representation.
 
“One, Two, One” reflects my fascination with observing time. I edit unrelated time durations together and allow two screens to engage in dialogue. Improvised sounds and melodies evoke emotions, transforming realistic images into a dreamlike experience.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Sun Fanxi (b. Huzhou, China) works with film, photography, and live performance. Through experimental narratives, she explores the body and subjectivity, observing, interpreting, and redefining time. Her work oscillates between movement and stillness, tension and balance. She aims to create sensory and metaphorical experiences for the audience. She now lives and works in Shanghai. Sun has received various awards and fellowships, including the 2024 MAP Fund, the NEXTGEN 11.0 Jury Award, the Craigardan Artist Residency Teaching Fellowship, and the VCU Post-Master’s Teaching Fellowship. Her work has been shown at film festivals and exhibitions across the world, including Odds & Ends Experimental Film Festival (Charlottesville VA), VIDEOAKTION #4 (Berlin, Germany), Zhejiang Art Museum’s “Two Lines of Poetry River” (Hangzhou, China), SPE Combined-Caucus Exhibition (Denver CO), Three Shadow Photography Art Centre’s “Unbounded” (Xiamen, China). Sun has been the artist-in-residence at Alex Brown Foundation, Craigardan Residency, and Mudhouse Residency. She holds an MFA in Photography and Film from Virginia Commonwealth University and a BA in Film Studies from the University of Missouri-Columbia.

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