Breathing with the Wound
by Chuxi Shui
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Breathing with the Wound is an interactive installation that explores what happens when a wound is shared between the human body and the land. A soil-filled, body-shaped vessel emits an uneven, distressed breath when untouched. When a viewer gently places their hand on the soil, the breath slows, entering a shared rhythm.
The work treats soil not as passive material, but as a breathing, responsive body. Through touch, duration, and slowness, the installation asks how care might emerge not as repair, but as a sustained relation with damage.
CHUXI'S BIO:
Chuxi Shui is a multidisciplinary artist working across installation, performance, and interactive media. Her work often begins with materials, images, or interactions, and develops through an interest in how people experience and relate to them.
She works across both physical and digital forms, creating projects that invite participation and explore different ways of sensing, making, and responding.
She is currently studying Performance Studies at New York University, with a minor in Integrated Design and Media.