Orange Li with the paintings “Time Machine Mind and Spaceship Body“ and “Hell Courtesan

My practice largely draws from my memories, dreams, and the intuitive connection between the body and the psychological state of the individual. I delve into the interconnectedness between nature, time-space travel, and herstory while also examining the potential relationship among art, spirituality, and storytelling.

My work embedded the different stages and moments of various changes. Such changes are like sliding dials “in-between” the duality of life, drifting within Western and Eastern cultures, dreams and reality, light and dark, and life and death. 

I aim to address challenging issues such as poverty, gender discrimination, the commodification of women, and sexual violence while at the same time hold a thread of hope to explore the beauty and wonder in life. My work challenges societal norms and gives voice to the hidden and oppressed aspects of the human experience. My work searches for the links that connect the human and natural worlds in an attempt to create a Gesamtkunstwerk (universal artwork), synthesizing different forms of knowledge into my own aesthetic logic.

Photo credit to Wei-Ta Chen, 2023

Tea Ceremony of Inner Alchemy
2023
Director Yu Shao Chen
Cinematographer Margarita Mina

In Studio: Orange Li
2022
Directed by Meiting Li, Nianxin Li
Filmed by Meiting Li, Ningyi Jiang, Jiashuo Li
Edited by Meiting Li