Liang Yue
C0018 (2018)
Digital Video
Yue lives and works in Shanghai and internationally. Her video and photography practice takes the ‘everyday’ and the ‘beauty of insignificance’ as its focus, using readily available tools – such as her mobile phone camera – and minimal editing techniques to make deceptively simple works. She captures daily routines – from city life to natural scenery – seeking to offer both quiet moments of reflection, and to challenge tradition notions of what we consider beautiful, valuable or important.
C0018 was made on a short residency in Liverpool in April 2018, part of exhibition This is Shanghai curated by University of Salford Art Collection, Open Eye Gallery, and Liverpool City Council, which celebrated the twin cities. Although it was her first visit to the city, it felt strangely familiar to her – the Pier Head waterfront reminiscent of the Bund in Shanghai. Whilst adapting to being far from home, she found comfort and familiarity in the rhythm of the waves on the shore.
Yue has held exhibitions and residencies internationally, including the Power Station of Art Museum, Shanghai (2022) Salamanca Arts Centre, Tasmania, Australia (2020).
Liang Yue
C0018 (2018)
Digital Video
Photographs on this page courtesy of Sam Parker, UoS Art Collection Team Assistant
