In Loach Water, Zishi Han and Wei Yang revisit the Ming Dynasty story Qingzhen ji (A Story of Faithful Love) through a contemporary lens, exploring themes of intimacy, power, and time. This movement between frame and reality becomes a quiet rupture, revealing the work not just as a story retold, but as a process in flux.
Sep. 2025
My 3D-printed lotus-leaf lightboxes, through sanding, polishing and assembling at the Danish Art workshops, scattered across the exhibition floor, extend this dialogue—refering to the story of Hanshan and Shide, two mythic figures who chose companionship over convention. Their tale becomes a symbol of intimacy and harmony within the traditionally conservative structures of Chinese culture.
Loach Water is both a genre of time travel and a meditation on being: queer, diasporic, Chinese, and artist. Through shifting characters and timelines, we explore the subtle ways in which identity and history intertwine, slip, and persist—like the loach itself, elusive yet present.
Zishi Han og Wei Yang er sidste års vindere af Charlottenborg Fonden Soloprisen ved Forårsudstillingen på Kunsthal Charlottenborg.
