Xinyu Ma

Xinyu Ma

PhD Student

Xinyu Ma is an art practitioner and researcher based in Shenzhen and Hangzhou. He is currently pursuing a PhD in the CMA at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou). Previously, he earned his Master of Fine Arts degree from the Department of Fine Art at Goldsmiths, University of London, and his Bachelor's degree from the Sculpture Department at the China Academy of Art. His research investigates questions of materiality through the lens of the New materialism, Speculative realism, and technology.

Becoming Space

Becoming Space Becoming Space

Xinyu Ma / 2025

Sculpture

Becoming Spaces explores a series of transformations between humans and animals drawing inspiration from Ovid’s Metamorphoses. This work, comprising sculptures and video, reflects on how this transformation reshapes the relationships between humans and animals.
Becoming Space
Drawing on Deleuze and Guattari’s concept of “becoming-animals,” those myths reveal that these transformations are processes in which individuals amplify their existing powers and identities or gain new capacities through becoming animals.
Becoming Space
The 3D generative AI models used in the artwork are active participants in the process of transformation, reflecting on the complex relationship as a continuous process of becoming between human and non- human beings that are influenced by digital technologies.
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