BIOGRAPHY

Xiaolu Wang is a documentary filmmaker, curator, and translator from the Hui Muslim Autonomous Region of China, whose practice is based in the mapping of interiority, with the use of video, poetry, memory, translations, and a decolonial lens. Their work have been screened at local venues and international film festivals. They contributed translations to journals including 單讀. They are a recipient of the 2019 Jerome Film and Media Grant, a fellow of DocX Archive Lab 2021-2022 organized by Duke University’s Center for Documentary Studies. They are also a part of On Being Project's inaugural artists-in-residence. Besides being a practicing cinephilia, they occasionally host podcasts, and frequently read the Tao Te Ching. Their work has been generously supported by Metropolitan Regional Arts Council of Minnesota, Saint Paul Neighborhood Network, Jerome Foundation, Women Make Movies, and UnionDocs. They live on occupied Dakota homeland (present day Minneapolis) with two cats, Marvin and Moto, who sleep on separate couches. Xiaolu got to be a part of In Progress because of a chance encounter with Kris, however, they have been orbiting in the periphery. They are excited to curate screenings, host conversations, practice with new cameras, and integrate teaching as a part of their practice. They are on a patient journey of making a feature personal documentary, which involves water, interdependence, a synchronized swimming team, intimacy, fear, and non-human collaborators.

QUALIFICATIONS

•  Cinematography

• film editing

• sound recording

• portrait photography

• podcast

• art of interview

• curation

• essayist

• translation (CN-EN)

• a proud self-taught filmmaker

• softwares: adobe premiere, after effects, photoshop

CONTACT

email: hello.x140lu@gmail.com

website & links:

• http://hellox140lu.com/

• https://www.moonplaycinema.org/xiaoluwang.html

• https://linktr.ee/x140lu