2023


No Door, One Window, Only Light, 2023
Macalline Art Center, Beijing
Installation view

No Door, One Window, Only Light, 2023
Macalline Art Center, Beijing
Installation view


No Door, One Window, Only Light, 2023
Macalline Art Center, Beijing
Installation view

Wuhan Punk, 2020
Single channel HD video
Colour, sound
12:01 mins

No Door, One Window, Only Light, 2023
Macalline Art Center, Beijing
Installation view


Close, Closer, 2020-21
Single channel HD video
Colour, sound
10:00 mins

No Door, One Window, Only Light, 2023
Macalline Art Center, Beijing
Installation view


1815, 2019-20
Single channel HD video
Colour, sound
8:35 mins

No Door, One Window, Only Light, 2023
Macalline Art Center, Beijing
Installation view

No Door, One Window, Only Light, 2023
Macalline Art Center, Beijing
Installation view

Letter for Imaginary Letter Exchange (Childhood Room #2), 2023
3D print resin, metalic office cabinents,
48 x 30.9 x 22.6 cm
Produced by Macalline Art Center according to stl. file supplied by the artist, final dimension to be determined by Macalline aginast budget constraint 

No Door, One Window, Only Light, 2023
Macalline Art Center, Beijing
Installation view


Dream Kindergarten, Fraud Client #1, 2023 (left)
3D print resin, metalic office cabinents
21.9 x 25.5 x 19.2 cm
Produced by Macalline Art Center according to stl. file supplied by the artist, final dimension to be determined by Macalline aginast budget constraint

Dream Kindergarten, Fraud Client #2, 2023 (right)
3D print resin, metalic office cabinents
15.8 x 14.5 x 19.9 cm
Produced by Macalline Art Center according to stl. file supplied by the artist, final dimension to be determined by Macalline aginast budget constraint

No Door, One Window, Only Light, 2023
Macalline Art Center, Beijing
Installation view


Tower of infinite attitude, 2023 (left)
3D print resin, metalic office cabinents
8.6 x 9.6 x 38 cm
Produced by Macalline Art Center according to stl. file supplied by the artist, final dimension to be determined by Macalline aginast budget constraint

Square for the dogmatic, 2023 (right)
3D print resin, metalic office cabinents
8.6 x 9.6 x 30.9 cm
Produced by Macalline Art Center according to stl. file supplied by the artist, final dimension to be determined by Macalline aginast budget constraint

No Door, One Window, Only Light, 2023
Macalline Art Center, Beijing
Installation view


Institute of the silent, the tender, the mad  #1, 2023 (left)
3D print resin, metalic office cabinents
38.3 x 34.4 x 11.8 cm
Produced by Macalline Art Center according to stl. file supplied by the artist, final dimension to be determined by Macalline aginast budget constraint

Institute of the silent, the tender, the mad #2, 2023 (right)
3D print resin, metalic office cabinents
32.6 x 31.6 x 10.7 cm
Produced by Macalline Art Center according to stl. file supplied by the artist, final dimension to be determined by Macalline aginast budget constraint

No Door, One Window, Only Light, 2023
Macalline Art Center, Beijing
Installation view


Fraught Relations #2, 2023
Inkjet print on rice paper, aluminum frame
59.4 x 84.1 cm

The drawing depicts a fraud that the artist encountered while freelancing as an architect in Beijing, the design site is located within walking distance from the exhibition space. In the years of the aftermath, the artist meticulously investigated and analysed the relations amongst each individual involved. Using three types of lineweights including dotted, solid and wavy lines, the drawing intends to show three kinds of relations - familial/romantic, friendship and professional.  In an attempt to trace back to its origin, the artist ultimately failed to understand how they were frauded.

No Door, One Window, Only Light, 2023
Macalline Art Center, Beijing
Installation view


School Rating #1, 2023
Inkjet print on rice paper, aluminum frame
59.4 x 84.1 cm

The first of a series of architectural floorplans in which the artist rates the facilities of the higher education institutions they attended in the past. For this particular school shown in the drawing, the floorplan resembles a series of combined Georgian Houses. The artist recalls the experience of attending the school similar to being part of a dysfuctional family. In order to pay for the final year tuition, the artist’s mother took out a loan from the bank.

No Door, One Window, Only Light, 2023
Macalline Art Center, Beijing
Installation view

No Door, One Window, Only Light, 2023
Super 8mm film transferred to HD video
Three-channel  installation, loop: 26:32 mins
Theatrical version: 12:25 mins

Following the recent death of an artist friend L from home, who allegedly suffered from schizophrenia for more than 15 years, the artist talks to L through an imagined letter exchange, where they confront each other on notions of home, vulnerability, resistance, memory, and fraught relations.

Centering on an architectural model of the artist's childhood room, the film is entirely shot on super 8mm and accompanied by an immersive recording at the artist's home, as well as original music from Langham Research Centre. The film draws from archival footage from journalistic report on May 1968, early artist filmmakers' home videos, as well as makes references to structural cinema from the late 60s which prioritises light and space, as an autonomous site for resistance.

No Door, One Window, Only Light, 2023
Super 8mm film transferred to HD video
Three-channel  installation, loop: 26:32 mins
Theatrical version: 12:25 mins



Home Is Where the Music Is, 2023
Reading International, Reading

Installation view



Home Is Where the Music Is, 2023
Reading International, Reading

Installation view


Cloudy Song, 2022
Super 16mm film transferred to HD video
20:40 mins

Home Is Where the Music Is, 2023
Reading International, Reading
Installation view


Cloudy Song, 2022
Super 16mm film transferred to HD video
20:40 mins

Home Is Where the Music Is, 2023
Reading International, Reading
Installation view



Cloudy Song, 2022
Super 16mm film transferred to HD video
20:40 mins

Home Is Where the Music Is, 2023
Reading International, Reading
Installation view



Home Is Where the Music Is, 2023
Reading International, Reading
Installation view



Home Is Where the Music Is, 2023
Reading International, Reading 
Installation view



Childhood Room #1, 2022
Foam boards, paper, cards, glue, crayon
36 x 27 x 22 cm

Home Is Where the Music Is, 2023 
Reading International, Reading
Installation view



Wuhan Punk, 2020
HD video
12:01 mins

Home Is Where the Music Is, 2023
Reading International, Reading 
Installation view

No News from Home, 2023
Two channel sound, construction light, yellow acrylic filter sheet
3:47:20 hours 

Recorded by artist Huiqi He at Yuan’s home over a week, the sound work includes fragments from Yuan’s home, the city and a walk with Yuan’s parents in the art school where Yuan grew up.

Home Is Where the Music Is, 2023
Reading International, Reading 
Installation view