Xiao
Born and raised in Beijing, Lexy (also known as Xiao Liangzi) is an artist and researcher, based at Fotoverkstedet in Bergen. She specializes in analogue photographic techniques, working with textiles, artist’s books, and durational images, viewing photography as a form of performance and action that extends beyond the content of the image. She is interested in repetitive gestures, durational performance, materiality, exploring how time, perception, and repetition can produce a form of visibility and aesthetic experience. Her artistic practice is a path to self-awareness and self-transcendence. She approaches her investigations philosophically,
aiming to build a coherent, interconnected, and poetic theoretical framework through her work.
Lexy has developed a craft technique, Silver Mirroring Toning, which restores the shiny silver to the surface of silver gelatin materials. This process transforms silver mirroring from a type of photographic degradation into an iridescent effect and aesthetic experience, and even a protection layer for the analogue prints. She aims to spread analogue photography art related knowledge, reinterpret traditional techniques from a contemporary perspective, and expand hands-on engagement with analogue photography.