Title: S U I T E
Year: 2026
Medium: Installtion
Display Artwork left to right: -001_Retention Module, 2026
-DC24V_ Illumination Apparatus , 2026
-V7.3_Homeostatic Stabiliser, 2026
-002_Retention Module, 2026
Exhibited at: HIVE Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, CN (2026)
The installation title S U I T E plays on a deliberate dual identity: it evokes both the elite luxury of a hotel suite and the sterile, clinical architecture of a hospital operating suite. At first glance, enveloped within a deep red flannel environment, the space feels like a private, luxurious Gothic lounge. However, closer inspection reveals that the artist has subverted these symbols of high social status by merging them with cold, functionalist clinical design.
The nomenclature for each piece mirrors the flat, bureaucratic naming style found in institutional equipment logs, prioritizing raw utility over aesthetic romance. This stark terminology triggers the immediate sensation of vulnerability and somatic discomfort associated with experiences in the clinical environment, creating a powerful psychological friction against the opulent Gothic design language.
Within this environment, the furniture continuously shifts between medical apparatus, sacred altar, and luxury lounge, trapping the viewer in an ambiguous, deeply unsettling atmosphere. By boldly synthesizing the utilitarian logic of medical equipment with the ornate vocabulary of Gothic cathedral architecture—layered pointed arches, ribbed vaults, bone structures, spines, and acanthus leaves—the installation transforms a clinical setting into a sacred yet pathological visual landscape. The Gothic elements symbolize spiritual fantasies of religion, eternity, and transcendence, while the medical apparatuses constantly drag the viewer back to the raw, visceral realities of bodily aging, illness, and decay.