‘Body on Repeat: Broadcast Exercise Study’ 2025. Soft-tip colour markers, Chinese black ink, 0.2 mm fineliner pens on 110gsm cartridge paper; mounted on six joined sheets (3 x A3 and 3 x A4); digital video projection with colour manipulation & motion-trace overlays; bilingual handwritten annotation.
This drawing-based project revisits broadcast exercise (广播体操), a daily school routine in China that disciplines bodies while choreographing collectivity. It isolates repeated gestures to reveal natural variation rather than parodying them.
The work comprises three sets with two parts: Standard Movement Chart, where a central pose anchors surrounding deviations, and Breakdown, where official references contrast with the artist’s own repeated routine, exposing shifts in posture, rhythm, and timing. Two accompanying videos extend this through slow motion and layered projection.
Visually, the project adapts Cultural Revolution dazibao grids and annotations, embracing even misspellings, while drawing on Futurism, Chen KeZhan's movement studies, and Butler’s performativity theory.
Photographs: Anna Kucera
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