Infinite Replica

synopsis

Binarity under the microscope: curiosity permeates a nanotechnology laboratory, yet a non-binary body is forbidden to pose nude. With the matter-of-fact tone of a scientific explanation, the essay moves from a drawing of the body exposed to the coldness of the laboratory to instructive visualisations, delving into particles of organic and synthetic matter. Through these shifts in representation, the body becomes both a mirror of technical processes and an object where the inquiring gaze encounters the rules governing visibility.

“And in the end, whatever I want to express will not be easily contained within words.” — Kwan Q Li

Source: Oui.Gallery.

biography

Kwan Queenie Li (1991) is a Hong Kong-based multidisciplinary artist, photographer and theorist. She studied Fine Arts at Oxford and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She has published a book of photographic essays, Weeds: A Germinating Theory (2025). She explores the postcolonial and ideological aspects of neoliberal society. Her works include Algae Dream (2020), No Humans in the City, but Weeds (2021) and O, Engrave You New (2024).

film details

director:	Kwan Q Li
cast:	Diana Guo, Sharon Lacey, Tobias Putrih, Meriam Soltan, Nomeda Urbonas, Mari Kishi
producer:	Kwan Q Li
photography:	Weihan Jiang, Joel Austin

contact

Kwan Q Li
kwanque@gmail.com