May 30 – June 3, 2018
Czong Ho Kim Gallery, CICA Museum
” SUPER ! “
Statement
The “ SUPER! ” exhibition including two series works, “Golden Shield Project” and “On Sale” series project.These two series artworks both explored the relationship between human and society.
Golden Shield Project is a sculptural video installation. The projection-mapped objects consists of a letter size paper shredder and a roll of photo paper. This multi-thematic piece was inspired by a project (known as Great Firewall of China), which is a censorship and surveillance project that blocks potentially unfavorable incoming data from foreign countries.
This work deals with the issues that network security, data qualification, information control and communication. By projecting the contents of the blocked website on the surface and mosaic moving images on shredded paper, this installation metaphor the process of information loss in both visual and physical way. It explores the uneasy space between projected illusion and material, also it deal with discourse of simulated reality and the relationship between human and society.
“On Sale” series project explored the relationship between self value and social identity. This work deals with the issues that identity, culture diversity and urban modernization. “On Sale” series project consist of “Pork product” “Butter product” “Sushi” “Shrimp product ” “Egg” “Empanadas” and “Naengmyeon”.These food products metaphor different people with different culture background treat themselves as on sale product/ subject. Just like food shelf life, students are the same. The length of the preservation depending on different types of visas.
Tian Jiang is an artist and graphic designer from Beijing, China. After receiving her BA from the China Central Academy of Fine Art in 2012, Jiang moved to Chicago to attend the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where she completed her MFA in 2015. Her interest in new media and technology has led Jiang to work in a cross-disciplinary manner utilizing aspects of graphic design, photography, video installations, and performance art to delve into topics of urban modernization, censorship, social networks, and the effects of changing environments on the human experience. Jiang has exhibited her work nationally and internationally including Currents 2016 Santa Fe International New Media Festival at Santa Fe; “ Fantastic Art China 2016 ” at Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in NYC, “ Re – ” Exhibition at Flux Factory Gallery in NY……
Tian Jiang “Golden Shield Project” (2015)