Today we’d like to introduce you to Dongpu Ling.
Hi Dongpu, please kick things off for us with an introduction to yourself and your story.
I am an intermedia artist working at the intersection of art and technology. My artistic practice deeply explores the relationship between the physical and digital worlds, using video, sculpture, installation, and performance art. By integrating machine intelligence into my work, I create multidisciplinary relationships that challenge the boundaries of traditional media formats.
I am proud of my ability to think outside the box and develop creative ideas to address various issues. One of the key notions in my work is the unseen, including body senses, data transformation, and theoretical physics. I aim to make the intangible tangible, creating experiences that allow people to explore and interact. I got to where I am today by following where spacetime leads me. I’m grateful to have the opportunity to work with talented people and be able to pursue my interests. I learned that time does not exist without a soul/observer, and art does not exist without viewers.
We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
It’s always been a smooth road. I believe in Michael Losier’s The Law of Attraction (LOA) that you attract into your life whatever you focus your attention and energy on.
As you know, we’re big fans of you and your work. For our readers who might not be as familiar what can you tell them about what you do?
I am an intermedia artist currently based in Los Angeles, California. In 2021, I received my MFA in art and technology and a concentration in Integrated Media from the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts). I am now teaching and working at the same department where I graduated. My artistic practice deeply explores the relationship between the physical and digital worlds, using video, sculpture, installation, and performance art. By integrating machine intelligence into my work, I create multidisciplinary relationships that challenge the boundaries of traditional media formats.
One of the key notions in my work is the unseen, including body senses, data transformation, and theoretical physics. I aim to make the intangible tangible, creating experiences that allow people to explore and interact. To me, time is not a linear concept but rather something that is experienced subjectively through the lens of the observer.
Selected works have been shown at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center, The College Book Art Association, the Reef, Tin Flats, MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Coaxial Arts Foundation, and Santa Clarita City Hall.
Alright, so to wrap up, is there anything else you’d like to share with us?
Currently, I am participating in the REEF 2023 artist residency program. As part of the program, Caleb Craig and I are collaborating on a dual exhibition scheduled to open later this year. The open call includes two group shows: Cosmic Bodies and Beneath the Horizon.
Cosmic Bodies is a group exhibition inviting artists to respond to the body as cosmic – defined in Legacy Russell’s “Glitch Feminism” as “infinitely vast.” “Body” could describe an event, idea, or holobiont. We challenge artists to submit work that considers bodies that encrypt, stitch, camouflage, and defy boundaries. We encourage artists to consider various ways of tracing, representing, erasing, choreographing, and exploring human and more than human bodies. We invite work dealing with microscopic and macroscopic body ecologies, traces, paradoxes, points of contact, and porosity.
Beneath the Horizon is a group exhibition merging the coastal diving community and emerging artists to explore the ocean as a vital part of our ecosystem. We challenge artists to reflect on the ocean’s significance in providing food and resources and the implications of continuing our current environmental policies worldwide. We welcome artists working in all mediums, including but not limited to painting, sculpture, photography, video, and performance, to submit their work for consideration. We encourage artists to consider the impact of climate change and other environmental factors on the ocean and the effects of human behavior on the ocean and marine life. This exhibition aims to use art to inspire and encourage viewers to reflect on our relationship with the ocean and the potential ways art might be used to mitigate the serious implications of continuing with our current environmental policies worldwide.
Please send all inquiries to reefcd2023@gmail.com
Contact Info:
- Website: www.dongpu.studio
