Yumoi Zheng, plz, bless me ur most hopeless faggot, 2024  

Yumoi Zheng
plz, bless me ur most hopeless faggot, 2024
resin, paint, hair, jade beads, kite, speaker, sound and light
dimensions variable, 400x650mm shell

This work was included in Distance is a blade at The Physics Room, 2024. In the exhibition text, curator Amy Weng wrote “a large resin oyster shell sits in the centre of the gallery; a disconcerting eye or pearl-like light projects upwards from its centre, accompanied by the quiet lapping of the ocean. plz, bless me ur most hopeless faggot is a playful supplication suggesting the way that experiences of home and transgender identity may come into conflict with established notions of family obligation and filial piety.”

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Yumoi Zheng is a transfeminine queer artist who works across multiple media and art practices. Currently based in Hainan, China. Zheng explores the intricacies of her own identities through her creative practice, in which she talks about being apart from her family, growth, loneliness, blessings, and the secretive nature of memories. Recent exhibitions include Distance is a Blade, with Akil Ahamat and Olyvia Hong, curated by Amy Weng, The Physics Room Contemporary Art Space, 2024, always love xxx, with Isadora Lao, 2024, Toi Pōneke Arts Centre; and talk soon xxx, 2022, Playstation Artist-Run Space, all Pōneke. Zheng’s moving-image work Tea was included in the 2024 play_station Film Festival.