Xue-qing (VV) Chua

Art History and Media Arts & Sciences major

I value art that focuses on underrepresented individuals and their cultural history. I enjoy creating pieces that engage with myriad sensorial experiences, such as sculpture, multimedia work, and textural objects. Anything visually or physically tactile is what fuels my passion and creativity.

静态 Motion

cattails, bamboo, pine cones, twine, cotton, glue, walnut ink

Jewett Hallway Galleries

installation in a space with gray fabric wall and tiled floor; at left rake and broom. made of bamboo and reeds; at center black pedestal with artist's book with fuzzy ochre cover; at right hanging rectangle of fuzzy ochre pieced together material hanging from a bamboo rod

This project is centered on the reclamation of our own humanity through active sensorial experiences and engagement. I worked with materials found on Wellesley College campus, such as harvesting cattails and bamboo from the surrounding nature. Objects made from found materials occupied the Japanese Garden in the art library. I wanted to draw attention to the overlooked environment and transform the ordinary into meaningful expressions of presence and memory. The repetitive motion of sweeping, weeding, and piling became a ritual to which the body serves as a site of remembrance and labor. These bodily actions hold both personal and collective histories. A book documenting the process of this Independent Study was also made by repurposing the cattails for the book covers.

an irregular rectangle comprised of smaller rectangles of fuzzy tan material sewn together, hanging from a tree in a space with brick wall and brown leaf-covered ground; in the background are a handmade broom and rake and a small pile of cut bamboo pieces

two hands holding an open-spine book towards the camera, spine-first; it's clear that the covers are irregular and the binding homemade

a hand holding the pages up vertically on a handmade book while the covers lay flat; the left cover shows several white pieces sewn together; the right cover shows several pieces of fuzzy brown material connected to make a rectangle

hands opening an artist's book with a cover made of pieced together fuzzy ochre material on a black pedestal

close up on the heads of a handmade rake and broom, made of bamboo, twine, and thin sticks, resting on the ground with pine needles and moss, leaning against a brick wall

multiple irregularly rectangular pieces of white material sewn together along their edges; fuzzy tan material peeks out along the seams

pieced together fuzzy ochre material suspended in front of a gray wall

a woman in loose blue plaid top and skirt holding several very long bare branches over one shoulder; she stands in front of a stand of green bamboo

to see more work by VV: xueqingchua.com

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