Xiaopeng Liu
PETRICHOR
PETRICHOR is a photographic project that examines the exploration of my own existence. An untamed horse, the dome of a mottled palace, the silent sea, and a pathway that leads me toward nowhere. All of these visions have constantly revisited me. By recording these scenes which keep appearing in my memories, I am chasing the answer about what the most important thing is in the continuous change of time. This project comes from my long-term uncertainty about growth and time. I wandered without answers to the question “what am I” for a long time, and I was getting older before I knew it. In this hesitation, I understand that the tension between adulthood and youth stems from self-existence, and my confusion about being a living being in the passage of time can not be replied by time itself but will be answered by staring down the idea of “myself”. The whole project was printed by Bromoil process, which allows me to create and revisit those scenes while I am printing so that the entire creative process is highly consistent with my self-exploration.