Hong Kong Art: Visual Archive
| Zheng Bo 鄭波 | |||
| Name in pinyin: Zheng Bo | |||
| Also known as: zheng Zhuangzhou 鄭莊周 | |||
| Place of birth: Beijing, China | |||
| Dates: unknown- | |||
| Art Medium: video art | |||
| Zheng grew up in Beijing. He studied in the US (BA from Amherst College), Spain and Hong Kong (MFA from The Chinese University of Hong Kong). He uses video, sound and text to discuss issues of freedom and equality, from the perspective of sexual and ethnic minorities. He likes to engage different groups in the creative process, rather than working alone. He is pursuing a PhD in visual and cultural studies, with focus on art and activism. His recent exhibitions include: Videolounge (Kunsthalle Wien, Austria, 2008), The 3rd Lianzhou International Photography Festival (Lianzhou, China, 2007), Move On Asia (Gallery LOOP, Seoul, Korea, 2007), Reversing Horizons (MoCA Shanghai, China, 2007), Project BIGbang (Young Ya Industrial Building, Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, 2007). | |||
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| Karibu Islands I & II (Prelude) 賈裡布群島之一、二 (引子) (2004) video size variable | He / She 他／她 (2005) photos and sound size variable | He / She 他／她 (2005) photos and sound size variable | Watch Porn, Learn English 看黃片，學英語，學好英語，改變人生 (2006) video and performance size variable |
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| Watch Porn, Learn English 看黃片，學英語，學好英語，改變人生 (2006) video and performance size variable | Family History Textbook 家庭歷史教材 (2006) video and text size variable | Family History Textbook 家庭歷史教材 (2006) video and text size variable | Project BIGbang (Kidnaps) 大爆炸 (綁架) (2007) video size variable |
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| Project BIGbang (Personal Financial Planning) 大爆炸 (人生財務計劃) (2007) graph size variable | Karibu Islands III (Game and Discussion Held at Beijing Queer Cultural Center on 11 May 2008) 賈裡布群島之三 (2008年5月11日在北京同志文化活動中心舉行的幻想遊戲) (2008) video size variable | Karibu Islands III (Birth Certificate) 賈裡布群島之三 (出生登記表) (2008) form size variable | |
| No full-text material currently exists for this artist. Please check bibliography database for other possible material on any given artist. | |||
| Contact the artist: mr.bo.zheng@gmail.com, zhengzhuangzhou@gmail.com | |||
| Official artist website: http://www.tigerchicken.com/art | |||
The Hong Kong Art Archive is honoured to be chosen as one of the HKU
Faculty of Arts 90th Anniversary projects.
Last updated: 3 July, 2020.