Attack Helicopter

Ziqi Chen (b. 2001) is a London-based artist whose practice explores liminal space and mediated memory. Drawing from an ongoing archive of dreams, she paints predominantly nocturnal scenes suspended in spectral encounters and paranormal traces, , where states of collapse, surveillance, and eeriness unfold. Working primarily in oil and acrylic, alongside drawing and printmaking, Chen uses layered surfaces to merge fragments of experiences echoing perpetual betweenness and an iterative dream logic.

Chen’s interest in spatial ambiguity is informed by Marc Augé’s concept of non-places - transitory zones of circulation, consumption, and detachment. Growing up amid hyper-speed urbanisation, she became attuned to the perceptual hybridity of simulated environments shaped by landscapes where the artificial and the everyday are inseparable. Formative encounters with constructed, self-contained settings, including hyper-commercial mall complexes, modular residential compounds, and recreational theme parks, shaped her understanding of place as mutable, layered, and psychologically charged.