Portrait by JOSE LOSANO
*online now*
‘*online now*’ is a self portrait series consisting of 20-30 images of varying dimensions, integrating photography with text, 3D renders, and found objects from the internet. This series focuses on the relationship between technology and performativity, our ‘internet persona’ and our ‘authentic’ self; it examines the way I interact with the camera lens as it intersects with my identities, and the way that others people’s perception of us affects our perception of ourselves. ‘*online now*’ explores the relationship between the body and the self as seen through a racialized, fetishized lens, focusing on my experience and feelings as a Chinese-American queer nonbinary person.
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About Xia
Xia Liu is a queer nonbinary Chinese-American visual artist based out of New York City who works primarily with photography, multimedia art, and video. Their work is colorful, intimate, and dreamy, evoking feelings of alienness, diaspora, and disassociation while exploring themes of race, gender, and sexuality. Their work is influenced by the Internet, pop culture, and queer identity and politics, intersecting art, fashion, sexuality, and the digital realm. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, they attended New York University where they studied film and television production. Their work has been featured by Refinery29, Girlgaze, Adolescent Content, Polyester Zine, and Sukeban Magazine, among others.
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