Xiao Liu practices his social roles as an artist, curator, and writer. His research moves among contemporary art, the history of technology, and critical theory to examine the conditions under which thought, exchange, and social systems become possible. Xiao Liu situates his thinking at the borders of systems, investigating the possibilities of knowledge and creativity transversally across different fields.
Currently based between Chengdu and New York, Liu’s ongoing projects focus on the intersection of Buddhism and contemporary art, with particular attention to questions of care, self-reproduction, and ethical practice. He approaches Buddhist philosophy as a set of operational logics that inform ways of making, sustaining, and relating. Through curatorial research, writing, and artistic inquiry, his current work asks how spiritual, material, and technological systems might be read together, and what alternative models of value and responsibility could be articulated in relation to contemporary art’s institutional conditions.
刘枭通过艺术家、策展人和写作者的等多重社会角色展开实践。游走于当代艺术、技术史与批判理论之间。关注“思想”、“交换”以及社会系统得以成立的条件。将思考置于不同系统的边缘地带，以跨域性为方法，横向穿梭不同领域，探究知识与创造力的可能性。
目前往返于成都与纽约之间，持续聚焦于佛教与当代艺术的交汇，尤其关注关怀、自我再生产与伦理实践等问题，将佛教哲学视为一套在艺术上具有操作性的体系。通过展览、写作与艺术探究，试图将精神、物质与技术系统并置阅读，并思考在当代艺术的制度条件之下，能够被提出的另类价值与模式。
contact:
liuxiaoanren@gmail.com
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