𝘓𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘛𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘠𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘔𝘪𝘹𝘦𝘥, 2023.
Ceramic, LED light, steel. 11 ½ x 11 ½ x 36 in.

A ceramic video chat screen displayed on a phone stand that also becomes a lamp. In today’s technological culture where we look to digital screens for identities and intimacy, reducing human relationships to data sets, Zhang’s work demonstrates a fragmented sense of home and distorted intimacies.

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The title is from a dream poem, of me stubble into a happy hell, saw my grandpa, and returned to a wet raining dirty New York street, felt comforting afterwards.

​"OffWorlds” curated by Danny Shen at Yve Yang gallery, December 2nd, 2023.