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Vivian Xu

Assistant Professor of Media and Arts at Duke Kunshan University
DKU Faculty

Selected Publications


The Ashby box as situated object within context

Journal Article Constructivist Foundations · March 15, 2025 Open peer commentary on the article “Design of a Contemporary Elementary Non-Trivial Machine” by Thomas Fischer & Hengjie Li. Abstract: We explore the implications of the design of the hand-held Elementary Non-Trivial Machine, a contemporary reconstruction ... Open Access Cite

The Natural: Trees of Life - Knowledge in Materials

Chapter · April 5, 2022 The works of art, the projects, and the majority of the texts featured in the book were commissioned by NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore. Copublished with NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore ... Link to item Cite

Radically Rethinking Sericulture

Chapter · March 31, 2021 This book features thirteen artist-researchers whose artworks reconfigure the relationships between living bodies, microorganisms, tools, techniques, and institutions to ask new questions of life itself. hTese interviews explore what it ... ... Link to item Cite

Memory, Storytelling and GIS Digital Archive: Introducing the COVID-19 Memory Archival Project

Chapter · December 15, 2020 The COVID-19 Memory Archival Project is an educational and scholarly initiative that seeks to preserve individual and shared experiences and reflections during the COVID-19 outbreak through rich media storytelling and geographic information system (GIS) ma ... Link to item Cite