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Layla XU
<Roam in the Wild>
There must be a lot of difficulties if you try to go out for a trip and find yourself. However, heaven always leaves one a way out. I...
Layla XU
Collection of Single Pieces
<Rice Blessing> In Chinese culture, food, which often represented by rice, is thought to be one of the most important things in people’s...
Layla XU
<I Am Sitting in the Room and Imagining Death>
Last year, I booked a ticket to return home in April. Due to the outbreak of Corona in London in March, the flight was cancelled. On the...
Layla XU
<What Makes a Home>
In this publication, I would like to discuss 'what makes a home' from different perspectives. I have mixed up my experiences and life...
Layla XU
[Journal Vol.13] In the Assessment Week
The assessment created a chance for me to review all my work in the past five months, digging out many things I hadn’t noticed before....
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[Journal Vol.12] Interview: What do people talk about when they talk about wandering?
A is from Taiwan. She is a friend’s friend working in Bristol for almost one year. Before that, she has studied MA Interactive Design in...
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[Journal Vol.11] Keep Sketching: Shuan Tan, Mitsumasa Anno & Jockum Nordström
I started learning how to do a sketchbook mainly from these three artists. Shuan Tan, Mitsumasa Anno and Jockum Nordström. I know there...
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[Journal Vol.10] Reading: Wander, Walking, and Detour
When I am talking about ‘wander’, although I mean to refer to ‘a feeling of drifting’, it is easier to start from physical action....
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[Journal Vol.9] Wanderer X Self-tour: Original Story and Marks-making
During the Christmas vacation, I travelled to Bristol and Bath as a backpacker, partly according to the guide book <Ways to Wander>...
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[Journal Vol.8] Wanderer X Photography: A Ballet Dancer is Wandering
When I was researching some visual references for the illustration of George Orwell, I found some good old photos of homeless and slums...
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