Zheng Bo will discuss his practice and thinking on cultivating ecological wisdom in the age of Anthropocene extinction. He has been drawing plant听neighbors听daily on Lantau Island, Hong Kong. He engaged in conversations with scientists during his residency in Berlin in 2020 and made an experimental film titled “The Political Life of Plants.” He has been collecting and designing “Ecosensibility听Exercises.” He continues to organize workshops to collectively envision more-than-human futures.
ZHENG Bo听(b. 1974, Beijing) lives and works on Lantau Island, Hong Kong.听听
Committed to more-than-human vibrancy, he investigates the past and imagines the future from the perspectives of marginalized communities and marginalized plants. He grows weedy gardens, living slogans, eco-queer films, and听wanwu听workshops to cultivate ecological wisdom beyond the Anthropocene extinction.听听
His works are in the collections of Power Station of Art in Shanghai, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Singapore Art Museum, and Hammer Museum in Los Angeles. Solo exhibitions in 2021 include:听Wanwu听Council, Gropius Bau, Berlin;听You are the 0.01%, Schering Stiftung, Berlin;听Life is hard. Why do we make it so听easy?,听Kadoorie听Farm and Botanic Garden, Hong听Kong.He听participated in Liverpool Biennial (2021), Yokohama Triennale (2020),听Manifesta听(2018), Taipei Biennial (2018), and Shanghai Biennial (2016).听听
Zheng Bo studied with Douglas Crimp and received his PhD from the Graduate Program in Visual & Cultural Studies, University of Rochester. He taught at China Academy of Art from 2010 to 2013, and currently teaches at the School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong, where he leads 迟丑别听Wanwu听Practice Group.听听
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Organised by Dr Wenny Teo (The 天美传媒) in association with London Asian Contemporary Art – .听