Zeppra（左仆拉） is an (a)artist and (b)researcher based in (c) Beijing and (d) San Francisco. He makes (e)screen-based work (e.g. videos, webpages) and (f)small scale, light-weight media installations. She values (g)interoperability and (h)portability,
CV
Education
2018 - 2019 LL.M. University of California, Berkeley (CA, US)
2016 - 2018 M.A in Media, Culture and Communication, New York University (NY, US)
2011 - 2016 LL.B. Tsinghua University (Beijing, China)
Exhibitions
2021.3 “Guerrillas in Flatland: Unite! Digital Voyagers”, Shanghai Contemporary Art Museum (PSA), Shanghai, China
2019.7 “When Black Swallows Red”, MAGA & La Mama La Galleria, New York, NY, U.S.
2019.3 “Diaspora”, 798 Art Center, Beijing, China
2018.11 "Bad Code", Shanghai Contemporary Art Museum (PSA), Shanghai, China
2018.10 "Data, Imagery and Detournement",GESSOISLAND, Shenyang, China
2018.9 "Re-imagined ", Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkeley, CA, U.S.
2018.6 "Art Printed 1# ", CICA Museum, Gimpo, South Korea
2018.3 "VPN: the Relative Position with the Boundaries", Fou Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.
2015.12 "Suspened Dimension", Yifu Library at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
2014.4 “Boom: New Undergrad Work”, Museum of Department of Art and Design at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Award
2021 Accent Accent International Poetry Award, Award for Video Performance Poetry, Honorary Mentions (Host by Accent Society, China, Co-sponsored by British Council)
Publication & Academic Experience
2019.9 - Workshop Presentation: “Bullet-titleing: Liveness, Layering, and the New User-Spectatorship in Contemporary China” (with Jianqing Chen and Helen Jiang), at Virtual Workshop 'ASIA.LIVE: Locating Livestreaming in Asia', the Leiden Asia Centre, Leiden University
2019.8 - Conference Presentation:"‘No No-touching’— The Compulsory Interactivity of New Media Art, and Art Venue As A Game Arcade Hall", at the 6th annual Chinese DiGRA (Chinese chapter of the Digital Game Research Association) Conference, Beijing Normal University
2018.5 - Magazine Article: "In the Name of Cover: the Visual History and Identity Performance of Cross-dressers", or Art & Design (Beijing), May
2017.10 - Conference Presentation: "The Practice and Imagination of Chinese Programming Language", at Neil Postman Conference", New York University
2017.3 - Magazine Article: “Shadow and Retelling: Art of Vivianne Sassen”, for Art & Design (Beijing), April
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