“Relationships between humans are often mediated through the objects, they take place within physical environments, and cannot escape the material dimensions involved in social relations. Therefore, we can make a distinction between the physical and social aspects of the city, but we need to see them as interrelated and interdependent; in other words seeing the city as a socio-spatial phenomenon.” Ali Mandanipour (2005, p.8)

"In Conversation with Pixiu Schreber" is a combination of live performance and installation directed and created by Ran Zhou. As a dynamic multimedia project that combines and activates Zhou’s metal sculptural works and research-based Series GR-2192, "In Conversation with Pixiu Schreber" further explores the dialogue between space, age segregation, and generational disconnection. The performance has a duration of approximately 18 minutes and features a silent conversation between the performer and her schizophrenic self, taking place within and alongside the installations. Through mise-en-scène, the artist constructs a two-layer space that transitions from the private, abstract, metaphorical inner space, to a public, concrete, deep-functional space, inviting engagement of multi-angle gaze on site.