Longxiang Hu

Hu Longxiang（b.1999, Hunan, China) graduated from the Maryland Institute
College of Art (BFA, 2021) and the Royal College of Art (MA, 2023). Hu
Longxiang's aesthetic creation is rooted in the dynamic interpretation of visual
experiences and material culture. His work advances new folk culture research
guided by material transformation, layered narratives, and dimension modulation. His
research project expands on the reduction and alienation between individual material
choices related to folk customs. In the context of blending polysemous materials and
cultural heritage, the project explores how material memories and ethics function as a
symbolic collection system, processing information and creating meaning for folk
customs in small communities. Through a tablecloth or a curtain, he captures the
flowing rules, norms, and encrypted cultural codes in material furnishings, depicting
the struggle traces of folk survival and its aesthetic autonomy.