CUI YUXUAN 

Documentary Photography, Place, Journey

  1. Vestige of Hsinking, After the Illusion Fades 新京旧迹，迷梦幻灭后
  2. Divided Spaces, Dissolved Orders
  3. Deconstruct the “Tools” 解构“工具” 
  4. Lost, Lost, Lost  失，失，失
  5. Wuchang, Wuchang 五常，无常
  6. I’ve Never Heard a Swan Song               我从未听过天鹅挽歌

Space, Narrative, Installation

  1. What you will  第十二夜
  2. Love Me Tender, Bite Me True 
  3. Trespass 飞（非）地烟花
  4. 溯流 Go Upstream
  5. Jiakong, Jiakong 
  6. -Borderline as Storyline- 

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©2024 Cui Yuxuan

2024-

The project I’ve never heard the swan song, draws from a poignant experience I had near my residence in Rotterdam. Over several days, I encountered the bodies of various waterfowl and bird species in the river, each one a stark reminder of the fragile coexistence between urban spaces and non-human life. Struck by this haunting yet poetic encounter, I began investigating the city’s relationship with its avian inhabitants. This journey has led me through the surrounding wetlands and museums, photographing preserved specimens of animals that met untimely ends in the urban environment, creating a body of work that speaks to the fragile lives that occupy these liminal spaces.

I try to trace how these changes reflect broader questions around ecological sustainability and the emotional bonds between humans and non-human life forms. This ongoing project seeks to engage viewers in a conversation that extends beyond the images of deceased birds: it challenges perceptions of shared spaces, urban mortality, and the complex emotional relationships that form between humans and avian life. The thematic intersections of waterfowl, darkness, and dystopian imaginings, ghostly presences, and fictional narratives are central to this exploration, opening new dialogues around the ecological tensions within urbanized landscapes.








         



           







                 











   







           














           






                     
                 









               





                            










Installation View