DING LING
b.2000
Luoyang,China
b.2000
Luoyang,China
DING LING (丁澪) is an independent artist, experimental filmmaker and curator, currently based in London and Shanghai.
‘I hear the sound of collapse, witness shipwrecks in the storm, but still capture the silhouette of life chasing hope in the darkness of the night.’
Using poetic film, performance, writing, installation and experimental theatre as the main medium of expression, Ding metaphorically transforms natural elements into life experiences, incorporating the emotional projection of breaking through, fading, and trembling into abstract narratives. She explores death and loss, the relationship between the disquiet body and public space, the symbiosis of vulnerability and vitality brought about by walking and futility, absurdity and uncertainty. Her sense of life is flowing and drifting, and often presents moments of blurriness, out-of-focus and epilogue.
Ding’s works are rooted in her life experiences and cultural background, stemming from the artist’s keen perception of texts and images, and her obsession with light and shadow in dim spaces. Ding’s field of research influenced by the philosophy of Nihilism and Taoism, combines studies on psychology, consciousness and memory to re-examine the dialectical relationship between the value of life and death, and questioning the significance of self-existence and the world: after reaching the void, we still have the wide power to question to life.
Ding’s works have been exhibited at Tate Modern, London; Iklectik Lab; Aranya Theatre Festival; New Youth Experimental Art Biennale, etc.; she has curated exhibitions at the OXO Tower: Bargehouse Gallery in London, the Royal College of Art, etc.; and she has been selected for the 2021 World Cities Day, A’ Design Award, Italy, etc.
Void Archive:
Celebration of Insignificance
Education
Exhibition and Performance
Curating
Publication
Working Experience
Selected Awards
‘I hear the sound of collapse, witness shipwrecks in the storm, but still capture the silhouette of life chasing hope in the darkness of the night.’
Using poetic film, performance, writing, installation and experimental theatre as the main medium of expression, Ding metaphorically transforms natural elements into life experiences, incorporating the emotional projection of breaking through, fading, and trembling into abstract narratives. She explores death and loss, the relationship between the disquiet body and public space, the symbiosis of vulnerability and vitality brought about by walking and futility, absurdity and uncertainty. Her sense of life is flowing and drifting, and often presents moments of blurriness, out-of-focus and epilogue.
Ding’s works are rooted in her life experiences and cultural background, stemming from the artist’s keen perception of texts and images, and her obsession with light and shadow in dim spaces. Ding’s field of research influenced by the philosophy of Nihilism and Taoism, combines studies on psychology, consciousness and memory to re-examine the dialectical relationship between the value of life and death, and questioning the significance of self-existence and the world: after reaching the void, we still have the wide power to question to life.
Ding’s works have been exhibited at Tate Modern, London; Iklectik Lab; Aranya Theatre Festival; New Youth Experimental Art Biennale, etc.; she has curated exhibitions at the OXO Tower: Bargehouse Gallery in London, the Royal College of Art, etc.; and she has been selected for the 2021 World Cities Day, A’ Design Award, Italy, etc.
Void Archive:
Celebration of Insignificance
Education
- MA Contemporary Art Practice, Royal College of Art, 2023-2024
- MA Information Experience Design, Royal College of Art, 2022-2023
- BA Visual Communication, East China University of Science and Technology, 2018-2022
Exhibition and Performance
- What If ‘Faileas’ Evaporate From Liquid, Absent Gallery, China, 2024
- Fusion Evolution：Ceramic Art in Post Globalisation Era, Qiumo Art Gallery, China, 2024
- Overlap, The Crypt Gallery, London, 2024
- Trapped In Cycles, Candid Arts Gallery, London, 2024
- Completion In Motion: The Showcase, Safehouse, London, 2024
- Timely Rain and Useless Tree, Tate Modern, London, 2024
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Tracing the Current, New Youth Experimental Art Biennale, Ceramic Art Avenue Art Gallery, Jingdezhen, 2024
- ImageMorph Noise, Hanger Gallery, Battersea London, 2024
- Anonymous Letter&Epilogue, Montez Press Radio, London, 2024
- Timely Rain and Useless Tree, Genesis Cinema, London, 2024
- After the Post, Zhijiang Culture Centre, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 2024
- Everything Must Go, Cookhouse Gallery, London, 2024
- On this Empty Sun, Performance, Gorvy Theatre, Battersea London, 2024
- 'Do Not' Cross the River, Experimental Cross-media Theatre, COUNTERPOINT, Iklectik London, 2023
- ' Do Not' Cross the River, Environmental Theatre, Anaya Theatre Festival, Regent Canal, Kings Cross London, 2023
- The Fading Spaciousness, Three-channel Film, OXO Bargehouse Gallery London, 2023
- Flow, Performance, Labyrinth, Fengxian District, Shanghai, 2023
- The Fading Spaciousness, Poetic Process Show, RCA White City London, 2023
- BLUE UP Ocean Experimental Exhibition, World Cities Day, Pudong District, Shanghai, 2021
- ETORA Universe, East China University of Science and Technology Visual Communication Design Online Exhibition, 2022
Curating
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Blindness Variation, Gorvy Theatre, Royal College of Art, London, 2024
- 00:10AM Drifting: On the Seashore of Stormy Night, Royal College of Art, London, 2024
- Time Bifurcates Forever and Leads to Countless Futures, Huzhou, Zhejiang, 2024
- The Fading Spaciousness, OXO Bargehouse Gallery London, 2023
Publication
- Towards Levitation, Contemporary Art Practice of Royal College of Art, 2024
Working Experience
- Academic Director, Royal College of Art-Chinese Student and Scholar Association, London, 2023
- NOWNESS CHINA Modern Media, Designer (Intern), Shanghai, 2022
- FIRST International Film Festival, Design/Photography Volunteer, Beijing/Xining, 2021
- ICY Global Designer Platform, Assistant Producer, Shanghai, 2020
- Creative Studio Manager, Head of Film Directing Society, Head of Media Centre, East China University of Science and Technology, 2019
Selected Awards
- A’ Design Award, Italy, 2022