Statement

self-mockery, then

This photography series was taken during the time of the home quarantine caused by covid-9. Once I tried to look back to these works, I felt there are some absurd mentality, which can be defined as a “self-mockery” towards the situation that I had to consume my surplus energy and have fun in the time of disease spread,
indistinctly reflected in the photos.
Would this kind of mentality,　or to say, situation,　be ended up with the termination of the plague? In the hearts of people who are living on an isolated island, such a situation may be a flashback someday.
I don't know what mood I was in when I was filming, maybe it could be regarded as a pessimistic prediction.

Profile

ZHAO TONGYANG

Zhao comes from Jinan City, Shandong Province, China, and studies at the Department of photography and video, Kyoto University of Arts. Her main approaches to research and creation are about vision, theater， and body, and is focusing on Social problems and ideological conflicts.
Exhibitions and Awards
2021 Solo Exhibition at Banshan gallery, Tokyo
2022 Tokyo front line Photo Award Judge Selection Award
2022 Exhibition HOP at Galerie Aube, Kyoto Art University
2022 Pre-exhibition for Double annual 2023 at Gallerie Aube, Kyoto Art University
2023 Double annual 2023, at The National Art Center, Tokyo

Jury selection

自宅隔離期間中の鬱屈感を覆そうとする意欲、有り余るほどのエネルギーやポジティブさ、まっすぐさが感じられる、好感の持てる作品。何かその先にありそうだと思って見るのだけれど、写真の広告っぽさにそれが打ち消されて結局わからなくなってしまうのが残念。

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