METANOIA
STATUS
GENRE
MEDIA
DATE
LOCATION
GENRE
MEDIA
DATE
LOCATION
Unfinished
#Sapphic
#School
#Teenagerhood
Ink
Pentel Watercolour Brush Calligraphy Pen
05/2024 - 10/2024
Cambridge, UK
#Sapphic
#School
#Teenagerhood
Ink
Pentel Watercolour Brush Calligraphy Pen
05/2024 - 10/2024
Cambridge, UK
METANOIA is a semi-autobiographical graphic novel set against the high-pressure educational environment in Beijing, China between 2010 and 2016. Through the perspectives of multiple teenage girls, it portrays lived experiences and perceptions of adolescence during junior high and high school. Rooted in personal growth, the work focuses on relationships within groups of girls where the boundaries between friendship and romantic affection become blurred. It explores the emotional struggles, identity confusion, and gradual formation of self-awareness experienced by individuals under the combined pressures of complex peer dynamics, expectations from teachers and parents, and uncertainty about the future.
In terms of process, I primarily work with ink, Pentel watercolour brushes, and calligraphy pens. Using a lightbox, I conduct layered drawing and iterative experimentation. By controlling line weight and embracing the unpredictability of watercolor diffusion, I construct a delicate yet expressive visual language. These materials and techniques not only strengthen emotional expression, but also allow subtle psychological states that are difficult to articulate in words to be perceived visually. In addition, I employ spatial composition and the use of negative space to suggest unspoken emotional relationships and psychological distance between characters, forming a more understated narrative approach.
Due to time constraints, only the opening chapters and selected key pages have been completed at this stage. The works in this exhibition are presented in two formats: fragmented emotional excerpts in individual booklets, emphasizing the discontinuity of memory and subjective perception; and a partially completed graphic novel with a linear narrative structure. Moving forward, I plan to further develop this project into a more comprehensive publication and expand it into a series that explores multiple characters’ perspectives, enriching the narrative depth of this coming-of-age experience from different viewpoints.
《METANOIA》是一部半自传式图像小说，以2010—2016年中国北京高压教育环境为背景，通过多位少女的视角，描绘初高中阶段的生活经验与青春感知。作品源于个人成长经历，聚焦青春期多人友谊中爱情与友情边界模糊的情感关系，呈现个体在复杂校园人际、来自师长与家庭的高压期待，以及对未来不确定性的多重挤压之下，所经历的情感挣扎、身份困惑与自我认知的生成过程。
在创作方法上，我以墨水、水彩笔刷与书法钢笔为主要媒介，结合透写板进行分层绘制与反复实验，通过线条力度的控制与水色渗透的偶然性，构建细腻且富有张力的视觉语言。这些材料与技法不仅强化了情绪表达，也使难以言说的心理经验得以被感知。同时，我通过空间构图与留白的运用，隐喻人物之间未被言明的情感关系与心理距离，从而形成更为含蓄的叙事方式。
受时间限制，当前仅完成作品的开篇章节与部分关键页面。本次展览将以两种形式呈现：其一为由独立小册子构成的情绪片段，强调记忆的断裂与主观感知；其二为一部尚未完成、但已具备线性叙事雏形的图像小说原型。未来，我将继续拓展该项目，发展为更完整的出版物，并尝试构建多角色视角的系列创作，从不同主体出发，进一步丰富这一关于青春经验的叙事层次。
In terms of process, I primarily work with ink, Pentel watercolour brushes, and calligraphy pens. Using a lightbox, I conduct layered drawing and iterative experimentation. By controlling line weight and embracing the unpredictability of watercolor diffusion, I construct a delicate yet expressive visual language. These materials and techniques not only strengthen emotional expression, but also allow subtle psychological states that are difficult to articulate in words to be perceived visually. In addition, I employ spatial composition and the use of negative space to suggest unspoken emotional relationships and psychological distance between characters, forming a more understated narrative approach.
Due to time constraints, only the opening chapters and selected key pages have been completed at this stage. The works in this exhibition are presented in two formats: fragmented emotional excerpts in individual booklets, emphasizing the discontinuity of memory and subjective perception; and a partially completed graphic novel with a linear narrative structure. Moving forward, I plan to further develop this project into a more comprehensive publication and expand it into a series that explores multiple characters’ perspectives, enriching the narrative depth of this coming-of-age experience from different viewpoints.
《METANOIA》是一部半自传式图像小说，以2010—2016年中国北京高压教育环境为背景，通过多位少女的视角，描绘初高中阶段的生活经验与青春感知。作品源于个人成长经历，聚焦青春期多人友谊中爱情与友情边界模糊的情感关系，呈现个体在复杂校园人际、来自师长与家庭的高压期待，以及对未来不确定性的多重挤压之下，所经历的情感挣扎、身份困惑与自我认知的生成过程。
在创作方法上，我以墨水、水彩笔刷与书法钢笔为主要媒介，结合透写板进行分层绘制与反复实验，通过线条力度的控制与水色渗透的偶然性，构建细腻且富有张力的视觉语言。这些材料与技法不仅强化了情绪表达，也使难以言说的心理经验得以被感知。同时，我通过空间构图与留白的运用，隐喻人物之间未被言明的情感关系与心理距离，从而形成更为含蓄的叙事方式。
受时间限制，当前仅完成作品的开篇章节与部分关键页面。本次展览将以两种形式呈现：其一为由独立小册子构成的情绪片段，强调记忆的断裂与主观感知；其二为一部尚未完成、但已具备线性叙事雏形的图像小说原型。未来，我将继续拓展该项目，发展为更完整的出版物，并尝试构建多角色视角的系列创作，从不同主体出发，进一步丰富这一关于青春经验的叙事层次。
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