Ethan Lieutet Khnafo

ACENTRICSPACE第168位驻地艺术家

2025年十月，十一月驻地艺术家
Ethan Lieutet Khnafo

No. 168 ACENTRICSPACE Resident Artist

2025 October and November Resident Artist

关于艺术家 About the Artist

（法国 France）

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Ethan LK (Lieutet Khnafo)是一位来自巴黎的艺术家兼作家，他不断思索和分析关于爱的普遍概念，并寻求开启生命理解新层面的方法。Ethan的创作深深植根于个人经历、对情感的研究以及自身的传承，运用了多种创作工具，例如象征主义、动物拟态、思维导图研究，以及将自己的身体作为一系列测试的载体。

这种深刻的质问被生动地展现在表演中，探索即将到来的死亡与永恒的爱情追求之间的张力。无论是瞬间化身为鳄鱼进行想象，还是想象一个只有爬行动物大脑的世界，探索人类与太阳的关系，亦或是沉溺于各种动作，这些行为都与我们在快速变化的环境中如何看待和与他人建立联系的关键要素展开对话。从对边缘共振的深入研究到浪漫喜剧的创作，Ethan也运用他的实践，创作由骨头、死昆虫和身上短暂易逝的图案组成的物件，深入探讨核心家庭世界中的爱情、不可避免的时间流逝以及共同悲伤等主题。这些实验始终带有幽默和自嘲的语调。

最终，所有这些行为都落入了一场绝望的尝试，试图对抗他对自身死亡的恐惧，并回答一个终极问题：

“我能否找到真爱？”

Contemplating and analysing the universal concepts of Love, Ethan LK (Lieutet Khnafo) is a Paris native artist and writer in a perpetual search for way to unlock new layers of understanding life. Deeply rooted in personal experiences and studies on emotionality, and his heritage, Ethan’s practice employs a broad variety of tools, such as symbolism, zoomorphic analogy, mind mapping research and his body as a receptacle for a series of tests.

This profound interrogation is plastically contained in performances that explore the tension between imminent death and the eternal quest to find love. Whether it is transforming into a crocodile to imagine for an instant, a world where only the reptilian brain exists, exploration humans relation with the sun, or indulging motions, these actions create a dialogue with key elements of how we view and relate to others in a rapidly changing environment. Developing from the deep study of limbic resonance to romantic comedies, Ethan also uses his practice to create objects composed of bones, dead insects, and ephemeral patterns on his body, delving into subjects such as love in a nuclear family world, the unavoidable passage of time, and grieving together. This experiments are always signed with a humorist and self-ironical tone.

Finally, all of these actions ultimately fall into a desperate attempt to counter the fear of his own death, and to answer the ultimate question:

‘’Will I ever find true love ?’

过往作品 Previous Works

Cold Blooded Symphony

行为 Performance

25”00 min

2025

Photosynthesis of the Soul: Tablet of the solar lovers

综合材料 MDF, Chains

2025

Photosynthesis of the Soul: Till death tears us apart, in memory

综合材料 plexiglass, metal

2025

《Photosynthesis of the Soul》装置作品探索了人际互动与我们与指引之星 – 太阳 – 之间关系的关联。该装置作品根植于对情感、文化遗产和哲学渊源的研究，旨在揭示这样一个假设：人际关系既有害又必不可少；就像太阳一样：灼热，却又产生重要的维生素D。

阳光之爱和愉悦的日光浴。

构成该装置的沙丘通过动物形态的蜕变被激活，最终变成冷血动物，不断需要阳光来保持温暖。

它深入探讨了耍蛇的文化二元性，

透过这面棱镜，爱与害的关系得以显现。

极端/紫罗兰。极端/暴力。

Photosynthesis of the Soul is an installation exploring the correlation between human interaction and our relationship with our guiding star, the sun. Deeply rooted in research on emotionality, heritage, and philosophical sources, this installation seeks to shed (sun)light on the hypothesis that human relationships are as damaging as they are essential; much like the sun: burning, yet producing the vital Vitamin D.

Solar love and delightful tanning sessions.

The sand dunes composing the installation are activated through a zoomorphic metamorphosis into a cold-blooded animal, constantly in need of the sun to stay warm.

It delves into the cultural duality of snake charming

a prism through which this love/harm relationship becomes visible.

Ultra/Violet. Ultra/Violence.

In between the Portcullis

综合材料 Torso MRI, Crow feathers

2025

Aimed at Something I couldn’t See

综合材料 Aluminium, wood, feathers, latex, jeans

2025

I Liver You

视频行为 Video-performance

24”00min

2025

Briefly n°1, n°2

摄影作品 Photo series with Lily Vogt

2024

Extract off Limbic Resonance : How the Love of Another Helps Us face the End

出版物 Publication

2025

我们天体的光芒轻抚着我的肌肤，穿透我的血肉，漂白了我的头发。这是一种超越肉体触碰的体验，我感觉到它在我的灵魂深处进行光合作用，输送到我的血管，穿过我的体液，攀爬我的脊柱，到达我的头骨，使我生命中的叶子绽放。这是爱吗？这是幸福吗？

The rays of our celestial body was caressing my skin, trans- piercing my flesh and bleaching my hairs. An experience transposed further than by the physical touch, I sense it deep down my soul photosynthesed, Convoyed to my veins, Through my sap, Climbing my spine, Reaching my skull, Blooming the leaves, of my lives, Is it love ? Is it bliss ?