Exhibitions

Zombies at 200: The Inhuman Humanity, 2019.

Exhibition Design & Planning, in collaboration with Erik Marcinik

Zombies, the fictional undead being created through the reanimation of a human corpse, have a profound cultural impact on the people’s image of the horror genre, the entertainment industry, and even our colloquial linguistics. Gradually, zombies grew into a specific subculture genre that has its own features and there are two major cultural depictions of the zombies represented by Western and Eastern society, which are different in various aspects due to the diversities of history, religions, aesthetics, and folk customs between the West and the East.

The year 2019 is the bicentennial of the creation of the word “zombie” in English, which was first recorded in 1819, in a history of Brazil by the poet Robert Southey. Coincidentally, the Chinese word “Jiangshi” that referred to the zombie as a monster was first used from 1789 to 1798. In both cultures, zombies symbolize a kind of contemporary fear within people. The display of an exhibition themed with zombies would be a great opportunity for the public to know the history of zombie culture and also to be morbidly fascinating and tap into a very popular phenomenon.

The exhibition will inform visitors of the history and origins of the word zombie in the beginning sections, as well as the horror icon itself. The objective of this exhibit is to illustrate the cultural evolution of the zombie and the broad impact on popular culture that zombie has made in a visually appealing way to the public. The following parts of the exhibition will look at the comparisons of two different cultures. The content of the exhibit will be organized chronologically along a dual path representing the western and eastern manifestation of the zombie.

The zombie paradoxically possesses both human and non-human qualities, which compels us to ask the introspective question, “what does it mean to be human?” As a metaphysical aspect of zombies will be explored in the exhibit as a reflection of humanity, the exhibit aims to give the visitor a more cathartic outlook on the zombies as complex cultural inventions by humans rather than just scary monsters.

PNSO World of Dinosaurs—A Scientific Art Exhibition by ZHAO Chuang and YANG Yang, National Stadium, Beijing, 2018.

On July 11, 2018, ” PNSO World of Dinosaurs—A Scientific Art Exhibition by ZHAO Chuang and YANG Yang” held at the National Stadium. It presented seven 1:1 dinosaur sculptures and 33 large scaled sculptures. About a dozen dinosaur sculptures appeared in public for the first time. It was one of the world’s largest dinosaur-themed exhibitions in recent years, covering an area of more than 12,000 square meters.

THEM: Age of Ancient Sea Monsters – A Science Art World by ZHAO Chuang and YANG Yang

“THEM: Age of Ancient Sea Monsters – A Science Art World by ZHAO Chuang and YANG Yang” is a themed exhibition based on works by the two founders of PNSO and produced by Yiniao Sci-Art.

This is not just an exhibition about the story of an entire ancient sea world that has been extinct for million of years, but also an exhibition that has a story for everyone. Science artist ZHAO Chuang has perfectly combined art and science by using illustrations, sculptures, and videos to present an ancient sea world that has already disappeared. Science fairy tale writer YANG Yang has seamlessly combined science and literature by using her vivid imagination and in-depth research to tell stories to everyone.

Press:

Xinhua Net: 赵闯、杨杨：用科学艺术“复活”化石

Sina: 全球最大規模戶外恐龍科學藝術展覽登陸北京鳥巢

Beijing Daily: 当远古恐龙遇上当代艺术家他们用当代艺术把史前怪物带到现实生活

Shanghai Times Square, Shanghai, 2016

THEM: Age of Dinosaurs – A Science Art World by ZHAO Chuang and YANG Yang

“THEM: Age of Dinosaurs – A Science Art World by ZHAO Chuang and YANG Yang” is a themed exhibition based on works by the two founders of PNSO and produced by Yiniao Sci-Art.

This is a profound dialogue between science artist ZHAO Chuang and science fairy tale writer YANG Yang about the world 66 million years ago. They respectively use illustrations and words to record this dialogue. No one has ever made us feel like we have been so vividly transported back to a peculiar life that existed 66 million years ago, when dinosaurs dominated the world. It will make all of your pores feel their perspective, their emotions, and their inhabitants. This exhibition is the perfect combination of art and science. It will make us respect and admire an ancient time that we have never seen before.

Artron Art Center, Shenzhen, 2016