# XIN GEWU

Canonical: https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/xin-gewu

XIN GEWU, 2026–present. Photography, objects and space. He Fa’s role: He Fa: photography, conceptual development and artistic direction.

2026–至今 / Photography, objects and space

An inquiry into form, light and space, continuing from the act of photographing.

Surface detail of Dongting Fengxi, 2012. Photograph by He Fa; lamp from Gewu Studio’s collaborative practice.

HE FA’S ROLE

He Fa: photography, conceptual development and artistic direction

## Work record

XIN GEWU, 2026–present. Photography, objects and space. He Fa’s role: He Fa: photography, conceptual development and artistic direction.

Work / series

XIN GEWU

Date

2026–present

Medium

Photography, objects and space

He Fa’s role

He Fa: photography, conceptual development and artistic direction

Catalogue section

Selected works

Cite this record: XIN GEWU · 2026–present · He Fa: photography, conceptual development and artistic direction · [https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/xin-gewu](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/xin-gewu)

PHOTOGRAPHY & MAKING · HE FA

## A way of looking leaves a place of its own.

Light appears between folds; distance changes the form. Photography attends to these small relationships: moving close to a surface, leaving room for darkness, choosing a moment when light meets an object. Each decision holds something of He Fa’s way of seeing.

These photographs remain alongside his concepts, reflections on making and artistic direction from the Gewu period. XIN GEWU continues this thread of work, allowing the time already given to it to keep unfolding.

## Selected photographs

2012–2013 · He Fa

Huanlang Piaopiao, detail · 2012 · Photograph: He Fa

Twelve Water Lamps, photograph · 2013 · He Fa

Qiushui Jiongbo · 2012 · Photograph: He Fa

Photographs by He Fa from the Gewu period. The objects pictured belong to the studio’s collaborative practice.

TAKE A PATH ACROSS

## Other paths from this work.

Spaces transformed How an object enters a photograph [XIN GEWU](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/xin-gewu) ↔ [Gewu Studio / Twelve Water Lamps](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/twelve-water-lamps) Twelve Water Lamps emerged from Gewu Studio’s collaborative practice. Through photography, conceptual development and artistic direction, He Fa considered the forms of objects. XIN GEWU returns to light, surfaces and space, continuing the inquiry held in those earlier photographs. 2026–present / Photography, objects and space 2012–2013 / Co-creation, 3D printing and product design Read the source materials Work image [Objects, light and space in photographs ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/xin-gewu#photographs) XIN GEWU presents He Fa’s photographs from the Gewu Studio period, keeping their complete frames to examine surfaces, light and openings. Photographic authorship is recorded separately from the collaborative studio practice behind the objects. Period document [Twelve Water Lamps: work and collaboration ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/twelve-water-lamps#credits) The 2012–2013 work and exhibition records preserve Twelve Water Lamps as a collaborative studio work alongside He Fa’s photographs of the originals. They record his photography, conceptual development, form exploration and artistic direction. [Continue from this work ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/crossings#work=twelve-water-lamps)

Spaces transformed

### How an object enters a photograph

[XIN GEWU](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/xin-gewu) ↔ [Gewu Studio / Twelve Water Lamps](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/twelve-water-lamps)

Twelve Water Lamps emerged from Gewu Studio’s collaborative practice. Through photography, conceptual development and artistic direction, He Fa considered the forms of objects. XIN GEWU returns to light, surfaces and space, continuing the inquiry held in those earlier photographs.

2026–present / Photography, objects and space 2012–2013 / Co-creation, 3D printing and product design

Work image [Objects, light and space in photographs ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/xin-gewu#photographs) XIN GEWU presents He Fa’s photographs from the Gewu Studio period, keeping their complete frames to examine surfaces, light and openings. Photographic authorship is recorded separately from the collaborative studio practice behind the objects.

XIN GEWU presents He Fa’s photographs from the Gewu Studio period, keeping their complete frames to examine surfaces, light and openings. Photographic authorship is recorded separately from the collaborative studio practice behind the objects.

Period document [Twelve Water Lamps: work and collaboration ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/twelve-water-lamps#credits) The 2012–2013 work and exhibition records preserve Twelve Water Lamps as a collaborative studio work alongside He Fa’s photographs of the originals. They record his photography, conceptual development, form exploration and artistic direction.

The 2012–2013 work and exhibition records preserve Twelve Water Lamps as a collaborative studio work alongside He Fa’s photographs of the originals. They record his photography, conceptual development, form exploration and artistic direction.

FROM HERE, ELSEWHERE

## Passages between works

### Related records in the archive

[Gewu Studio / Twelve Water Lamps ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/twelve-water-lamps) 2012–2013

[Shanshui ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/shanshui) 2012