HOOI-YING ASH ZHANG 张海莹









The NOW and THENHistory repeats and repeats and repeats... not only that, everything in life is connected and often Hooi-Ying has found that finding a different perspective on current social problems comes from looking at similar and parallel cases. How to bring forth this interconnectiveness and encourage a critical reflection in those who experience the work and the world? A series of sharp, honest and critical reflections as part of an ongoing research into how changing mindsets can change the world.






SELF-POSITIONING


Type:     Animation
          Spoken Word

Year:     2025
A visual poem in which Hooi-Ying weaves together myth and prophetic language into an answer to the question ‘What time is it on the clock of the world?




JUST LEAVE IT ALL


Type:     Performance
          Research Document
Location: Willem de Kooning

Year:     2024
An inaugoration ritual, personal reflection in the form of a research paper and speech on what WWII statues mean in the context of today.

WHEN AM I HUMAN ENOUGH TO DESERVE HUMANITY?


Type:     Visual
          Research Document

Year:     2024
A series of 4 posters reflecting Hooi-Ying’s research into human -supremacy and -centralism and white supremacy.


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