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Where Do The Fish Go?

Lyu, Wenxi (2026) Where Do The Fish Go? Masters thesis, OCAD University.

Item Type: Thesis
Creators: Lyu, Wenxi
Abstract:

Be like a fish, flow with water, rise and sink, and let the body learn the flow before the mind explains it. This thesis explores the spontaneous rhythms of everyday life
through the fish as an embodied guide and through material experiments—fish prints, fish origami, and soldered fish drawings made on daily collected receipts. These daily
receipts function as an archive of ordinary life, fragile evidence of routine and passing time. The exhibition transforms the gallery into a fish tank–like environment built from these receipt–based works, blurring body, installation, and space. Visitors are invited to wander through the installation as participants, sensing the work through movement, where the meaning of everyday life is not fixed but gradually revealed through experience—through what the flow brings, what it takes, and where it leads.

Date: 30 April 2026
Uncontrolled Keywords: Fish, flow, bodily intuition, embodiment, material exploration, Sisyphus
Divisions: Graduate Studies > Interdisciplinary Art, Media and Design
Date Deposited: 05 May 2026 17:21
Last Modified: 05 May 2026 17:21
URI: https://openresearch.ocadu.ca/id/eprint/5057

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