Xinyu Huang is a practice-based PhD student at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design (DJCAD), University of Dundee. Her practice primarily revolves around photographic creation, focusing on the temporality of still images. Within the tensions of stillness and duration, transience and eternity, she explores the poetic potential of still imagery.
Situated within the contemporary context of atomization, and deeply inspired by the wilderness landscapes of Scotland, her current research investigates how the wilderness, imbued with a primal vitality, evokes the deep-rooted and original connection between human life and the natural world. This, in turn, suggests the possibilities for reconstructing individual existence and alleviating the predicaments of alienation. Influenced by Continental philosophy, particularly phenomenology and existentialism, she regards these primal landscapes as sources for contemplation on the finite and the infinite. These landscapes resonate with reflections on “being” and “becoming”, challenging the fragmentation and alienation emblematic of modern life.
Xinyu has an academic foundation in Industrial Design (BEng) from Hunan University and a Master’s degree in Communication Design (Photography Pathway) from the Glasgow School of Art.
