Ye Zhang 张晔


Work as

  1. “What are you looking for?”
  2. Echoes of Intimacy
  3. Group Parfait
  4. Bonsai
  5. Uselessism Filter
  6. Fancy Shit of Middle Class
  7. Nuclear & Father & Me

Work for

  1. Converse*>
  2. Pepsi︎
  3. Nike︎
  4. Trip.com & More






Ye Zhang is a Visual artist and designer based in London and Shanghai, currently studying at the Royal College of Art. He uses video installations and graphics To create narratives, and uses real objects, digital connection as a way to explore the identity and social issues.

张晔在1999年出生,是一名在伦敦和上海的设计师,从皇家艺术学院毕业后,他在上海打工来维持他可怜的艺术实践。他通过影像装置和图形来进行叙事,用真实物品和数字化建立联系,以此探讨自我身份和当今社会问题。
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USELESSISM FILTERS



 
USELESSISM FILTERS
Experimental Installation
Integrated materials, H350 D57cm 
 

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这个项目在物质过剩时代下探索一个理念——无用主义,并用影像和装置结合的方式来呈现探索的结果。
This project explores the concept of uselessness in the era of material excess, and uses a combination of  images and installations to present the results of the exploration.




Uselessness design explores a kind of aimlessness in graphic design. The viewer may pay for things that have no subject and are meaningless. Hopefully, its presence will inspire more people to come up with their own interpretations.

无用主义用这些发挥价值的物件制作出每一块看似精密的机器,但在一个整体上,这个装置是无用的,

Uselessness makes each seemingly precise piece of machinery out of these objects of value, but as a whole, the device is useless

而通过投影穿过这个装置后产生的成像便是无用主义在二维平面上的表达。The image created by passing the projection through the device is an expression of uselessness in a two-dimensional plane.


整个装置在视觉表现上分为三部分,分别是反射影像,过滤器,和过滤后的影像
过滤器由6层不同材料的正方形板组成,影像经过六层过滤,最终在平面上形成无用主义影像。

The entire installation is divided into three parts in terms of visual representation,which are the reflected image, the filter, and the filtered image. The filter consists of six layers of square plates of different materials, through which the image is filtered, resulting in a useless image on a flat surface.

The whole device is divided into three parts in the visual performance, first focusing on the figure reflected by the device, then the filtering device composed of six useless design boards, finally, the image  projected by the filter device at the rear.

每一层无用主义过滤器将过滤掉形式上有用之物,经过六层过滤,最终在平面上形成无用主义影像。

我希望通过这个装置所给人们的视觉刺激,来表达出无用主义的方法论。

Each layer of the uselessness filter will filter out what is formally useful(?), culminating in the uselessness image on the plane through six layers of filters.

It is hoped that the visual stimulation given by this installation will express the methodology
of uselessness.






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