DING LING 丁澪
About
DING LING 丁澪 (b.2000) is an independent artist, experimental filmmaker and curator.
‘I hear the sound of collapse, witness shipwrecks in the storm, but still capture the silhouette of life chasing hope in the darkness of the night.’
Using poetic film, performance, writing, installation and experimental theatre as the main medium of expression, Ding metaphorically transforms natural elements into life experiences, incorporating the emotional projection of breaking through, fading, and trembling into abstract narratives. She explores death and loss, the relationship between the disquiet body and public space, the symbiosis of vulnerability and vitality brought about by walking and futility, absurdity and uncertainty. Her sense of life is flowing and drifting, and often presents moments of blurriness, out-of-focus and epilogue.
Ding’s works are rooted in her life experiences and cultural background, stemming from the artist’s keen perception of texts and images, and her obsession with light and shadow in dim spaces. Ding’s field of research influenced by the philosophy of Nihilism and Taoism, combines studies on psychology, consciousness and memory to re-examine the dialectical relationship between the value of life and death, and questioning the significance of self-existence and the world: after reaching the void, we still have the wide power to question to life.
Ding’s works have been exhibited at Tate Modern, London; Iklectik Lab; Aranya Theatre Festival; New Youth Experimental Art Biennale, etc.; she has curated exhibitions at the OXO Tower: Bargehouse Gallery in London, the Royal College of Art, etc.; and she has been selected for the 2021 World Cities Day, A’ Design Award, Italy, etc. Ding has a background in visual communication and working experience in film, graduated from MA Information Experience Design at the Royal College of Art in 2023, and then continues to deepen and develop her contemporary art practice and academic research.
Contact
Instagram: @blaneymoon
Email: ding@network.rca.ac.uk / blaneyding@gmail.com
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