MFA Sculpture
1st floor, Sculpture, Studio 140G
Social media: @yidan_zeng
Yidan Zeng
inner spirit, Clothesline cord, 12 × 9 × 4 in.
I am a weaver of intimate worlds. As a queer, Chinese American artist raised by Guangzhou, China and Memphis, TN, I stitch together text/iles, performance, and ancestral rituals toward an embodied practice of attention and care. A graduate of the Brown-RISD Dual Degree Program in Computer Science and Glass, I approach my work through both the lens of rules and instructions (how do we reprogram ourselves?) alongside playful attunement (how can we be more present?). I use the relational as both material and site of research, exploring the body as a portal to what we might not yet know. Currently, I am exploring knots as a tool for sustained attention, embodied knowledge, and collective repair.
Yidan Zeng
A weaver of intimate worlds, Yidan Zeng 曽一丹 (they/them) is a queer, Chinese American artist raised by Guangzhou, China and Memphis, TN stitching together text/iles, performance, and ancestral rituals toward an embodied practice of attention and care. They use the relational as both material and site of research, exploring the body as a portal to what we might not yet know. A graduate of the Brown-RISD Dual Degree Program in Computer Science and Glass, they approach their work through both the lens of rules and instructions (how do we reprogram ourselves?) alongside playful attunement (how can we be more present?). Currently, they are exploring knots as a tool for sustained attention, embodied knowledge, and collective repair.