2026PCM(2025)
Personhood(2024)
EMERGE:NCY(2023)
User(2026)
Metadata(2026)
Box Body(2023)
2026PCM(2025)
Single-channel video projection (color, sound) on 90° architectural surface
100 × 200 cm (39.4 × 78.7 in.) [Projection surface]
23 min. 50 sec. loop
A special thanks to Kakilang, particularly Howl Cheng-Po Yuan (Artistic Director) for continued support.
PCM is a common abbreviation found in UK property listings for rentals priced “Per Calendar Month”. 2026PCM is a video sculpture made to loop indefinitely, depicting a single-square-meter bedsit from ingress to eviction. Its title inflates to match the current year and looms like an impending bill. Aptly so: it is a work about a version of home familiar to exchange students, visa-aspirants, and digital nomads (of the weak-passport variety). That home is a palimpsest of old tenants and new IKEA orders, lost easily to letting agents in a landlord’s market. But for brief, beautiful periods, it is home made nevertheless.
[YEAR]PCM was produced in collaboration with Joy Chao (cinematography, guest performance).
In order to capture the real feel of a London new-build, its construction process was kept authentic to the locality: the shell was built in the UK, with sockets, switches, and a nightlatch from London suppliers, while the custom-fit Scandi furniture was factory-fabricated in Qingyuan, China.
Despite its minuscule footprint, the space is furnished with all the bare amenities that a landlord could reasonably upsell, like running water, a functional induction stove, and a generous amount of natural light. The room was inspired by Xin’s first London flat in Earl’s Court and decorated with personal items accrued over multiple moves: a Jellycat plush, some postcards from Kew Gardens, and fairy lights from Amazon UK.
This work is in memory of her first potted plant, Snakey, who was adopted from Tesco in 2021 and lived just long enough to star in this film.
