Interview with artist Crissian Chen about his exhibition "The Body is our Home"

 


Julia Mazal (intern at gallery SLP) interviews Crissian Chen on his latest exhibition on Gender Identity 'The Body is Our Home' at Galerie Sara Lily Perez from Oct. 7th - 13th, Bikini Berlin.

 

 

The Body is Our Home was mixed media exhibition about self-identity, corporeal spaces, feelings, moments of time, and the liminality of transformations are all elements tied to the body.  How we perceive ourselves lies within the body and how we transcend goes beyond and outward. The body is a vessel of our experiences that reflects loss, struggle, crisis, tranquility, discovery, ecstasy, and impermanence.  The Body is our Home.

 



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