hangxinan Wu 吴张⼼安 (she/her) is a Beijing-born interdisciplinary artist and writer whose work spans dance improvisation, vocalization, videography, and performance poetry. Her practice explores art as a distillation of existence, often engaging performance as daily ritual to create spaces for conscious and subconscious depth, while fostering contemplation, recycling, and community connection.
Wu is the co-founder of Thursday Afternoon Lab, a performance collective comprising artist-researchers, performance-makers, actors, and somatic practitioners based in Beijing, New York and London. The collective challenges the prevailing value system of neoliberal meaning-making, efficacy, and individualism. Their work has been showcased at venues such as the Danish Culture Center (Beijing), Yuan Museum, and the abC Art Book Fair. Since 2023, she has collaborated with the Untitled Group as a writer and dramaturg, and has been offering dramaturgical support for various artists and collectives. She is also the resident artist for Amerta 2024 in Kona, Hawaii.
Wu serves as the research director and instructor for Beijing Contact Improvisation and is the program curator for Body-Time Contact Improv Festival 2024. She previously worked as a Programs & Events Intern at Movement Research in Spring/Summer 2024.
