Personhood: Iteration 4: A new iteration of the projection-mapped interactive installation exploring the boundaries of presence and identity.
2025PCM(2025)
Personhood(2024)
EMERGE:NCY(2023)
User(2026)
Metadata(2026)
Box Body(2023)
2025PCM(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
2025 / Hoxton Hall (London)
2025 / Artist Talk, Bow Arts (London)
Commissioned by Kakilang in 2025. A special thank you to Howl Cheng-Po Yuan (Artistic Director at Kakilang) for continued support throughout the project.
As a response to the encroaching structural determinism of contemporary life and London’s cost of living crisis, X&J presents 2025PCM, a projection-mapped film installation at the intersection of immersive media, 3D film production techniques, and physical performance, made for 90-degree building facades around London.
Inspired by Xin’s first studio in London, the installation depicts a London flat measuring just one cubic metre, fully furnished with bare essentials with an IKEA-esque aesthetic. It captures the absurdity of a London home that is way too small for a price that is way too high. The film follows Xin as she attempts to make it her own, even if just for a while, as the timer to her own right to live in London ticks down.
2025PCM was developed in collaboration with Joy Chao (Cinematographer and guest performer).
A (barely) livable cubic meter flat
To properly convey the absurdity of a person making do with a tiny flat, it was important to us that the space contained all the bare amenities that a landlord could reasonably upsell. We decided that meant sourcing real sockets, latches, and lamps, factory-fabricating custom furniture, and constructing a functional kitchenette.
