An insistent weight encroached the shadows of my uterus, forcing me through medical thresholds and normative expectations. With 16mm film, digital video, and sound, I suture the threads of control over what feels beyond reach: the sovereignty of the body and a digital form of self. Marking one year since my surgery, SOUND BLEEDS stitches together light and shadow, pulse and silence, conjuring a body unbound by flesh alone. Through the manipulation of medical film and optical sound, this work explores the complex dialogues of self—a merging of the physical and digital, reclaiming agency and embracing multiplicity.

–– Peixuan Ouyang

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Peixuan Ouyang is interested in how images infiltrate and mediate everyday life, and how we negotiate the world and connect with one another through these images. Peixuan’s work primarily lives through light and readily shapeshifts into films, videos, prints, books, installations, or a combination thereof. Many projects investigate the intersection of monumentality and the absurdity of living, exploring the complexities of globalization, migration, and the human body within and beyond digital and material landscapes. Peixuan juxtaposes the lasting impact of creations with the fleeting nature of life, celebrating the tension between our desires and the realities of human limitations. For more information, visit peixuanouyang.com.

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Roman Susan Art Foundation celebrates and shares the work of artists in the Great Lakes region. We create cultural engagements that provide resources and paid opportunities for artists. We are Chicago-based. We are artist-led. We are experimental and learning. For more info, please visit romansusan.org.

For further info: romansusan.org/sound-bleeds or contact art@romansusan.org

Image courtesy of Peixuan Ouyang

This program is partially supported by grants from the Illinois Arts Council Agency through awards from the National Endowment for the Arts. This project is partially supported by a CityArts Grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events.

Roman Susan Art Foundation NFP is supported in part by 160 individual donors, Gen Ops Plus Grants from The Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, Hyde Park Art Center Artists Run Chicago Fund, The Reva and David Logan Foundation, The MacArthur Funds for Culture, Equity, and the Arts at the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, 6018North, AD3 Innovation Bootcamp, An Sylvia Exhibitions, Foundation Source, Lucky Pierre, Story Luck, and in-kind support from Cargo Collective, Lawyers for the Creative Arts, and Sloane Communications. To support this ongoing work, please visit romansusan.org/support.

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