About / CV

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what is zzyw

zzyw, founded by Yang Wang and Zhenzhen Qi in New York in 2014, is a research and art initiative that serves as an umbrella name for both of their collaborative and individual projects. zzyw leverages critical technical practice and speculative inquiry to challenge hegemonic technological constructs. Through software prototypes, writing, and pedagogical initiatives, zzyw explores the cultural, political, ecological, and educational imprints of modern computing systems while envisioning alternative, more communal and ethical technical futures.

keep in touch:
email: hi@zzyw.org
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Selected Exhibitions

9/2024 - 2/2025 - Other Spring - HOW Art Museum, China, Shanghai,
9/2024 - 11/2024 - Go To Sea 下海 - New Arts Museum, China, Langfang,
8/2024 - 10/2024 - Other Spring - Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong,
7/2024 - 8/2024 - Other Spring - Today Art Museum, China, Beijing,
7/2024 - 7/2024 - Go To Sea 下海 - Electronic Literature Organization (ELO) Virtual Conference and Media Festival, Virtual, Virtual,
6/2024 - 6/2024 - Other Spring - HEK (Haus der Elektronischen Künste), Switzerland, Basel,
2/2024 - 4/2024 - Other Spring - Museum MACAN (Modern and Contemporary Art in Nusantara), Indonesia, Jakarta,
1/2024 - 4/2024 - ThingThingThing - Apparatus Less Experiment 无设备实验, - 数知妙悟 & 四川美术学院实验艺术学院, China, Chongqing, Curated by Iris Long 龙星如 & Qin Yueshi 秦越石
1/2024 - 2/2024 - Other Spring - NAC (National Arts Council). Singapore Art Week 2024. Objectifs., - Objectifs, Singapore, Singapore,
10/2023 - Other Spring - The Interface Between Humanity and the Universe 3.0 天人之境 v3.0, - China Academy of Art, China, Shanghai, Curated by Ziyang Wu
7/2023 - 10/2023 - Go To Sea 下海 - To Your Eternity 致不灭的你, - Today Art Museum, China, Beijing, Curated by Xin Wang
9/2023 - Other Spring - Ars Electronica, Austria, Linz,
5/2023 - Other Spring - Elektra Virtual Museum, Canada, Montreal,
5/2023 - Other Spring - HMG, South Korea, Yongin,
3/2023 - 4/2023 - ThingThingThing - Glitches in Love: A New Formula, - Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan, Tokyo,
11/2022 - Out of Sight - Infinity Games: Impossible Improvisation 无限游戏：不可能的即兴, - West Bund Art & Design 西岸艺术与设计博览会, China, Shanghai, Curated by Baoyang Chen
9/2021 - 11/2021 - LENNA - [Contingent System](https://www.auarts.ca/exhibition/contingent-systems), - Alberta University of the Arts, Canada, Alberta, Curated by Lisa Lipton, Ashley Scarlett
2/2021 - ThingThingThing - World On A Wire, - Rhizome of New Museum @ https://worldonawire.net/, Curated by Michael Connor, Baoyang Chen
11/2019 - 12/2019 - LENNA ThingThingThing - As-Helix, - National Museum of China 中国国家博物馆, China, Beijing,
11/2018 - 3/2019 - ThingThingThing - Bad Code, - Power Station of Art 上海当代艺术博物馆, China, Shanghai, Curated by Xinyi Ren, Ningjue Lv, Jingqiu Li
6/2018 - ThingThingThing - On Collaboration, - Macy Art Gallery, Teachers College, Columbia University, US, New York, NY,
6/2018 - PRISM - .Zip Season 2, - 3LD Art & Technology Center, US, New York, NY,
3/2018 - LENNA - New Texture, - Czong Institute for Contemporary Art Museum, South Korea,
/2020 - Quarantinediary.ai - ONISIS Foundation, Curated by NEW INC, New Museum
3/ - /2018 - The Black Box Another Internet - Refest 2.0, US, New York, NY,
2/2018 - TV Man - UNCOMPRESSED, - 3LD Art & Technology Center, US, New York, NY,
9/2017 - The Mind Ocean The Black Box, Selfie - CultureHub, US, New York, NY,
9/2017 - Shell PRISM - Riverside Art Museum 山水美术馆, China, Beijing,
5/2016 - The Mind Ocean - Calm Before/After the Storm, - BHQFU Gallery, US, Brooklyn, NY,
6/2016 - LENNA - Chinatown Soup, US, New York, NY,
7/2016 - The Introspection Game - FL:EX Gallery, China, Shanghai,
5/2015 - The Introspection Game - Laboratory Gallery, US, Spokane, WA,

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Residencies & Memberships

2024 - Spring, Research Artist , Networked World, co-matter , Berlin, Germany & Virtual
2022 - Fall, Resident Artist , EYEBEAM , New York, NY
2021 - Fall, Artist in Residence , BabyCastles , New York, NY
2020 - Fall, Technology Resident , Pioneer Works , Brooklyn, NY
2019-2020 - Members , NEW INC , New York, NY
2015 - Spring, Resident Artists , Laboratory Residency , Spokane, WA

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Publications, Research, Talk

Uncomputable in the Computational World , Presentation , College Art Association Annual Conference
Curators at Work , Talk , International Studio & Curatorial Program(ISCP)
从高架桥到算法现实：探索技术多样性与个体化路径 From Overpasses to Algorithmic Reality: Exploring Technodiversity and Individualized Paths , Essay , 信睿周报 The Thinker Weekly
Networked Worlds [link] , Research Memo , WePresent
Appropriately Crap 恰当的烂 [link] , Cultural Critique , LEAP 艺术界
Between Code and Mystery , Essay , ESP Culture Magazine
Architecting Emergence [link] , Essay , Rhizome
The Ambition of Digital Interactivity , Magazine Article , BLINK Magazine
Towards A Critique Culture in New Media Education , Essay , Art School Critique 2.0 , Ragged Sky Press

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Teaching

2023 – Univeristy of Connecticut - Digital Media Design – ∞: Emerging Media & More; Zhenzhen Qi (Assistant Professor)
2023 – School of Art, The Cooper Union – Spring: Computational Studio: Simulated; Yang Wang (Adjunct Professor) , Zhenzhen Qi (Adjunct Professor)
2020 – Teachers College, Columbia University New Media New Form; Zhenzhen Qi (Lecturer)
2019 – Teachers College, Columbia University Theory and Practice of Interactive Media II; Zhenzhen Qi (Lecturer)
2018 – Teachers College, Columbia University Theory and Practice of Interactive Media I; Zhenzhen Qi (Lecturer)
2017 – Department of Transmedia Studies, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts (GAFA) Interactive Media and Visual Programming; Zhenzhen Qi (Visiting Professor) , Yang Wang (Visiting Professor)
2017 – Department of Art Education, Teachers College, Columbia University Digital Foundations; Zhenzhen Qi (Lecturer)
2017 – Department of Art Education, Teachers College, Columbia University New Media New Form; Zhenzhen Qi (Lecturer)
2015 – Baruch College, City University of New York Programming Interactivity; Zhenzhen Qi (Adjunct Professor)
2015 – City University of New York Multimedia Development; Zhenzhen Qi (Adjunct Professor)
2014 – City University of New York Introduction to New Media; Zhenzhen Qi (Adjunct Professor)

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Grants & Prizes

2023 - Power Station of Art (Permanent Collection) , Something Of A Day
2022 - 5th VH Award (Finalist) , Other Spring
2021 - Lumen Prize (Shortlist) , LENNA
2020 - Brooklyn Arts Fund , Too Art, Too Game

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Who?

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Zhenzhen Qi

Dr. Zhenzhen Qi 漆贞贞 (b. 1983, Ürümqi, China) is an artist, educator, and researcher from China, currently based in Brooklyn, New York. She is an assistant professor at the Digital Media Design(DMD) program at the University of Connecticut, researching software simulation as a mode of collective re-making and un-looping. Since 2014, she has taught courses on theory and practice of interactive media, web, and game development at Copper Union, Teachers College, Columbia University, City University of New York(CUNY), among others. She has been invited to speak at public events such as Electronic Literature Festival, College Art Association, New York Creative Tech Week, Museum 2050, International Studio and Curatorial Program, among others. She is the recipient of the Creative Technology Fellowship and Macy Fellowship at Columbia University. She co-founded zzyw.org, an artist and research collective which produces software application, installation, and text as instruments to critically examine the cultural, political, and educational effects of computation. Her computational art has been curated by leading cultural institutions around the world, such as New Museum in New York, USA, Art Basel in Switzerland, Ars Electronica in Linz, Austria, and Electra in Montreal, Canada.

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Yang Wang

Yang Wang (b. 1989, Zibo, China), aka. 黄瓜, is an artist, writer, and coder, based in New York. His interdisciplinary practice encompasses computational works as well as philosophical writing about technology. He uses computation as both a creative medium and critical subject, recreating simulated environments to examine technology's sociocultural impacts. Wang writes criticism and theory analyzing technology's role. He was an artist-in-residence at Eyebeam (2023) and Pioneer Works (2020), and a member of NEW INC at the New Museum (2019-2020). His creative work has been exhibited at institutions including Rhizome, Power Station of Art in China, and the National Museum of China. He has taught courses on computational arts and simulation at The Cooper Union and Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts. Wang holds an MPS in Interactive Telecommunications from NYU and BFA in Artistic Design from University of Science and Technology Beijing. Previously he worked as a creative developer at Rockwell Group and Potion in New York. His background spans computer engineering, media arts, digital design and media studies.

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