Infinite Corridor: The Recursive Dance of the Source Code
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Artist Statement
Sainan Zuo is a member of the Chongqing Artists Association in China. From 2003 to 2026, her artworks have received numerous national and provincial awards across China. In 2013, supported by a scholarship from the China Scholarship Council, she served as a visiting scholar in the Printmaking program at Northern Illinois University's School of Art. Since 2010, she has been a lecturer in the Department of Landscape Architecture at Southwest University's College of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, where she also serves as Director of the Spatial Art Research Institute. She earned her Master's degree in Printmaking and Comprehensive Media Materials in 2007 and her Bachelor's degree in 2003, both from the College of Fine Arts at Southwest University, China.
Has long been dedicated to researching the inheritance and development of traditional Eastern woodcut techniques and artistic styles, while simultaneously conducting integrated creative research on traditional woodblock printmaking and artificial intelligence within a contemporary context.
Work Statement
Coarse black-and-white dot matrices and interwoven grid-like gouges chisel out a profound digital dome. Human figures are dissected and encoded within the torrent of information, blurring the boundaries between the virtual and the physical. We revel in the interactive illusions bestowed by algorithms, oblivious to how every dance with them subtly tames us. When the soul ultimately devolves into frigid code, where, then, shall we go?
Art work size: 120cm * 90cm, Woodcut
Infinite Corridor: The Recursive Dance of the Source Code was presented in Mind × Body: Catalyst Phenomenon Archive, organised by the Reality Intelligence Association as part of London Design Festival 2026.
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