Xinyu Lu

My practice explores the quiet politics of gesture, material memory, and the body’s capacity to unlearn. Unfastened began with a desire to understand what happens when we undo rather than make—when we move without knowing the end. I work primarily with fabric, instinct, and repetition, allowing the process to remain unresolved. In this piece, linen becomes both a constraint and a companion. Through slow, faltering movement, I trace knowledge that doesn’t follow instruction, but emerges from breath, touch, and failure. For me, this is a form of making rooted in care, not clarity.