Ruiqi Zhang
张瑞麒

He (b.1994, Liaoyang, China) is a multi-media artist. He holds an MFA in Kinetic Imaging from VCUarts and a BFA in Visual Communication Design from LAFA. Ruiqi’s practice work presses on sensitivity to digital technology when engaged in different dimensions of related issues such as online identity, media discourse, and post-internet modernity.

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Ruiqi Zhang
张瑞麒

He (b.1994, Liaoyang, China) is a multi-media artist. He holds an MFA in Kinetic Imaging from
VCUarts and a BFA in Visual Communication Design from LAFA. Ruiqi’s practice work presses on sensitivity to digital technology when engaged in different dimensions of related issues such as online identity, media discourse, and post-internet modernity.

email: info@zhang-ruiqi.com
ins: ruiqi_zhang_
links
CV

Monument Emitter
3D rendered video, 06:16, 2023

“When they trumpeted the meliorative power of beauty, they were stating the belief in its capacity to shape human thought and behavior“ (William H. Wilson, 1989). This work reveals the entrenched narratives surrounding monuments and sanitized community consciousness and also prompts how we should understand our historical heritage and the revisionist future. The empty plinths/models were converted into particle emitters in 3D application while associating lawn sprinklers and water droplets, which expand the scope of these revered objects. It offers a meditation space to reconsider the existence of monuments as catalysts for sustainable discourse and engagement.

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