‘梦焰’— 河久儿
Futile draws from Hieronymus Bosch’s Hell (ca.1500), weaving its infernal imagery of dream and subconscious into fiber. Vibrating threads oscillate between order and chaos，figures seem to struggle, yet also dance in a state of purgatorial delirium. Fire here transcends destruction; it becomes the manifestation of psyche, what Bachelard called “the matter of dream.” The work exposes the human condition suspended between desire and transcendence, where ecstasy and ruin coexist.
River was born in Chongqing, China. She graduated from Zhejiang University of Media and Communications with a bachelor's degree and from the Bergen Academy of Arts in Norway with a master's degree. She currently resides in Bergen, Norway. Using photography and textiles as her primary mediums, she focuses on the perceptual relationship between natural elements and the body, as well as the flow of energy on both material and spiritual levels. She uses "thread" as a vehicle for thought and emotion, exploring the inherent tension between "connection" and "distance" through the layers, gaps, and extensions of fabric. Her work lies between figuration and abstraction, transforming natural elements such as water, wood, fire, and earth into a visual language about memory, belonging, and existence. Her practice is deeply influenced by the natural environment and her personal state of mind, constantly forming a self - dialogue through the inspiration of nature, responding to the rhythm and changes of the external world through her work.
