‘灼涌’— 河久儿
In this installation, red veins spread across a dark surface, resembling both blood vessels and molten magma slowly moving through rock. The imagery sits between natural texture and bodily structure, suggesting both geological energy and the pulse of an inner organ. The textile is bent into an oval form, transforming the flat image into a body with weight and tension. Dense woven lines form a vascular network, while metallic fibers catch faint light like heat beneath the surface. The work connects body and nature, where blood, magma, and fire appear as similar movements of flow and pressure across different scales.
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.
