# School of Art + Art History + Design

**Source**: https://art.washington.edu/research/undergraduate/hui-hui
**Parent**: https://art.washington.edu/division-art

# 回 (huí)

Rosaline Dou, 回 (huí), found language, sheer curtains, plastic wrap, tiny circuits, shaving cream, glue, paper, ink pad, wooden shelf\
dimensions variable, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, 2023

“回” (meaning “return” or “go back”) serves as my response to the paradoxical cycle of conditioning and deconditioning that fills our daily lives. Inspired by a friend’s journey of relearning to walk after an injury, this installation reflects on the repetitive maintenance required to sustain our habitual behaviors.

The work unfolds across three distinct spaces, each representing a stage in this cyclical process: an external reality of conditioning, an actively dissolving in-between, and a shower-like personal space. “回” symbolizes a return to a place never truly left, embodying the continuous loop where attempts to decondition inevitably create new conditions. Perhaps the most authentic state of being does not lie in achieving a fixed state, but in the process of seeking itself. It is in this processing in-between, where we are neither fully conditioned nor deconditioned, that we find ourselves most present and aware.

Rosaline Dou is a student pursuing a BA in Art in Interdisciplinary Visual Art (IVA) and is part of the art honors program.

Status of Research

Completed/published

Division

- [Art](https://art.washington.edu/art)

Research Type

- [Undergraduate](https://art.washington.edu/research/undergraduate)

Related Fields

- [Installation](https://art.washington.edu/fields/installation)
- [Interdisciplinary Visual Art](https://art.washington.edu/fields/interdisciplinary-visual-art)

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