Outsider, Elsewhere

Outsider, Elsewhere

Xiaohan Luo

12–17 March 2026​

Xiaohan Luo is an experimental filmmaker whose work explores how people with hearing loss orient themselves within everyday environments. After experiencing hearing loss herself, Luo became more aware of how sound is often understood through a combination of sensory signals rather than hearing alone. Vibrations, movement, colour, changes in light, and the behaviour of people within a space can all indicate what is happening around us. Her films draw attention to these signals, showing how environments reveal sound through visible and physical activity.

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Many of Luo’s works develop through field recordings and direct observation in public and transitional spaces such as streets, riversides, stations, and forests. Rather than staging scenes, she records situations as they unfold, paying close attention to movement within the space and the interactions between people, objects, and light. These details create a layered sense of place, allowing viewers to recognise how sound can be felt and seen within the environment.

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Outsider, Elsewhere brings together a group of her works, including Red Veil, Number, Language & Sound, A Broken Voice, Am I.. I am?,  Measure, Shī Shì Shí Shī Shǐ (The Lion-Eating Poet in the Stone Den), and her latest film, No Traveller Returns.