XIAOMIN LI

@NoPlug Studio


ABOUT ME    

I am a lecturer in the Art and Technology Department at the School of Creative Design, Shenzhen Technology University.  My art works focuse on the evolving relationship between technology, perception, and the human body through interactive systems. Insights from this creative practice inform my research, which examines how emerging technologies can enhance cultural interpretation and shape more meaningful audience experiences.



About Noplug Studio：

Noplug Studio focused on the intersection of culture and technology, exploring how art and technology can merge across diverse contexts through interdisciplinary approaches.

Directed by Li Xiaomin, the studio team includes Yu Huang, Yuning Zhang, and Jiaxun Zeng.




CONTACT
lixiaomin@sztu.edu.cn
+86 13823106713

CV 






Education
Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)
Master of Design for Interaction
2019-2022

Jiangnan University
Bachelor of Interaction Design 
2017-2019
University of Arts LondonVisiting Progamme-Visual Art
2015

Employment Chinese University of Hongkong,Shenzhen
Interaction Engineer -Information Technology Department 
(2020 - 2023)

Shenzhen Technology University
Lecturer
(2023-now)

PublicationsICHEC 2025
Designing an AIGC Platform for Interactive Learning of Intangible Cultural Heritage: A Case Study on Song Dynasty Flower Arrangement（Accept）

PatentA Bionic Qilin Dancing Device
2nd Inventor

Professional ServiceExpert Jury Member,
China Creative Challenges Contest (AIGC Special Category)
Exhibitions
(upcoming)
Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture
Shenzhen
2025/12

Dutch Design Week
Netherlands
2025/10

DigitalArchipelagos 
Pingshan Art Museum,Shenzhen,Guangdong 
2025/07

D# Residency Exhibition
Southern University of Science and Technology,Shenzhen,Guangdong
2025/05

Shenzhen Youth Art Exhibition
Shenzhen Art Museum，Guangdong
2024/11

Centering the Center
Singapore Art School
2024/08

UN/paralledled
Creativity & Innovation Center,Shenzhen
2024/05
Honors & 
Awards
Outstanding Instructor Award, 19th China Creative Challenges Contest (National Level)

Outstanding Instructor Award, 12th&13th National College Digital Art & Design Awards (National Level)


Last Updated 25.11.20

Portfolio


Art Projects 2023-2025
Design Projects ResearchOthers



SPECTRUM

/Interactive Installation
/Audio Detection
/Artificial Intelligent
/Robotic Arms
/Magnetic Powder

is an immersive dynamic installation exploring cross-dimensional communication between future beings and humans. By interacting with the work, the audience activates the NOEMA system—a visualized language of consciousness—to receive unique responses. These symbols transcend linguistic logic, constructing a new form of exchange beyond human frameworks and prompting reflection on future life forms and the evolution of consciousness.


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RESONANCE

/EEG Technology
/Kinectic Installation
/Cross-discipline Media Performance
 is based on EEG technology, using a head-mounted device to collect participants’ brainwave signals—such as attention levels and emotional fluctuations—and converting them in real time into digital instructions that drive mechanical movement. These invisible cognitive activities are thus transformed into visible, dynamic mechanical behaviors. 

Inspired by bionic organisms, the form of the installation draws on imagined post-human mechanical lifeforms, with its mechanical tentacles exhibiting lifelike movement that blurs the line between the organic and the artificial.


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ECHOES IN THE CRACKS

/Audio Visual
/Cross-discipline Media Performance
Collecting materials in the city is an exploration full of chance and uncertainty. This project begins with the percussionist Shi Yi’s sound, tracing its ephemeral path to reveal fleeting moments of coexistence between people and the city. Through the perception of “traces, collectives, and settlements,” sound and image resonate to form a symbiotic field across time and space.

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