Lingxi ZHANG
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Ripples Echoes
As humans emit large amounts of carbon dioxide, global warming intensifies, causing glaciers to melt. The melted ice turns into water, dripping drop by drop, creating ripples on the surface. As time passes, memories begin to fade and distort, carried away by the ripples... My artwork "Ripples Echoes" explores the complex interplay between natural changes and human activities, particularly through the emotional and mental ripples triggered by glacier melting. The sound materials for this project were all captured during my winter vacation journey to Iceland, ranging from human transportation to natural dynamics. By integrating and composing these sounds, I aim to link personal memories with global issues, awakening individual and collective consciousness to provoke deeper reflections on the relationship between human activities and the environment.
Luxury of Air
Curated a material counter-narrative using cyanotype—a sun-printing process dependent on sunlight, water quality, and time—deliberately foregrounding slowness, uncertainty, and natural variability against a surrounding environment of AI, data, and automation showcases.
Built a curatorial tension that inserted humanistic reflection into a highly commercial context, using the trace of light as both image and evidence.
Framed the work around an environmental memory: in industrial port cities and high-tech urban landscapes, clean skies and natural sunlight can feel like a forgotten “luxury”, inviting viewers to rethink what is being optimized, and what is being lost.
Articulated a design stance that interaction extends beyond screens and code, emphasizing embodied knowledge and sensitivity to physical materials (light, water, time) as a foundation for responsible tech practice.