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The Unfinished Shape of Self

Zhexuan Zhu

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Fashion communicator.

I treat fashion as a quiet space where fragments of self take form. Through unfinished edges, digital traces, and soft distortions, I search for ways to hold what cannot be fully shaped—stories of becoming, faltering, and the silence between.

Fashion communicator.

I treat fashion as a quiet space where fragments of self take form. ...

College School of Pre-Degree Studies

Course UAL Foundation Diploma in Art and Design

Graduation year 2025

This project centers on "the self as an imperfect work", exploring how individuals shape themselves in the face of helplessness, struggle and despair. The work borrows the visual language of ballet and plaster sculpture to express a state of fragility, incompleteness and constant self-polishing. Through hazy imagery, blank spaces constructed with white muslin, and the sense of detachment between the subject and the background, the work becomes a meditation on identity, self-awareness and the quiet beauty of imperfection.

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This project centers on "the self as an imperfect work", exploring how individuals shape themselves in the face of helplessness, struggle and despair. The work borrows the visual language of ballet and plaster sculpture to express a state of fragility, incompleteness and const...

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## Official page
- https://ualshowcase.arts.ac.uk/project/624285/cover

## External
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