Shucen Liu, a designer and interdisciplinary practitioner with a background in architecture and design. Her work explores estrangement in familiar spaces and the ways individuals construct a sense of belonging in unfamiliar environments. Working across design research, curating, moving images, and publishing, she is interested in how people situate themselves amid transition and migration.

Design Research/Curating/Moving Image/Book Design/Spatial Narrative

01.

Stairwell Drift

Curating/Poetry/Sound/Moving Image

2026.03-2026.05

Changsha, China

A Poetry Experiment in a Residential Stairwell, Accompanied by Sound and Moving Image

02.

Ógai Love Ù

Curating/Performance Video

2026.05

Changsha, China

An Invited Group Exhibition and Performance Video Project on Love, Misreading, and Intimate Expression

03.

Narrative Room

Product Service System Design

2024.12-2026.02

Liangzhu, China

A Service System for Narrative Practice and Peer Connection among Youth in Transition

04.

Where Within

Curating/Video Installation

2025.03-2025.07

Cologne, Germany

A Multimedia Exhibition on Urban Perception, Collective Improvisation, and Public Space

05.

Navel

Writing / Poetry

Book Design

2023.09-2025.03

Cologne, Germany

A Poetry Collection on the Uneasy Boundaries Between Self and Others

06.

Where is Lin

Video / Experimental Film

2024.09-2024.10

Rotterdam, Netherlands

A Film on Drifting Perception in a Foreign City

07.

Translation of Isolation

Video / Experimental Film

2024.06-2024.07

Cologne, Germany

A Film on Isolation, Language, and Fragmented Consciousness