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ZHENG Bo is an ecoqueer artist of ethnic Bai heritage. Through drawing, dance and film, they cultivate kinship with plants: ferns in Taiwan, moss in Scandinavia, beech trees in Germany, an umbrella thorn acacia in the Arabian Desert. For them, art does not arise from human creativity, but more-than-human intimacy. Zheng Bo lives in a village on Lantau Island. Guided by Daoist wisdom, they work with both human and nonhuman dancers to grow weedy gardens, biophilia films, and ecosocialist gatherings. Their ecological practice contributes to an emergent planetary indigeneity. Recent exhibitions include institutional solos at Gropius Bau (Berlin) and Göteborgs Konsthall (Gothenburg); public commissions at Somerset House (London), Rockbund Art Museum (Shanghai) and Jameel Arts Centre (Dubai); and participation in the 59th Venice Biennale. Their works are in the collections of Tate (London), Power Station of Art (Shanghai), Hong Kong Museum of Art, Singapore Art Museum, and Hammer Museum (Los Angeles). zhengpractice@gmail.com |
