TY - ADVS
T1 - Pteridophilia (series: 1–5)
A2 - Zheng, Bo
N1 - Record validation is based on the information provided by the researcher(s) concerned. Suggestions for further amendments or supplementary information can be sent to [email protected].
PY - 2021/3/20
Y1 - 2021/3/20
N2 - Zheng Bo presented a new commission, the fifth of his Pteridophilia series (2016-ongoing), alongside Pteridophilia 1 to 4 at FACT Liverpool. His ongoing film series connects queer plants and queer people, pushing the boundaries of sexuality and love to incorporate the natural world. Zheng Bo’s work is informed by queer ecology, which rejects nature being positioned as existing in binary states – for example, human or non-human, natural or unnatural. Interested in moving beyond human exceptionalism, Zheng Bo situates communities of people and plants as subjects in his films, depicting scenes of physical intimacy between them. Reflecting on the idea of the body as a fluid organism that is continuously shaped by and shaping its environment, Zheng Bo’s work destabilises identity and gender categories, further re-interpreting the relationship between ecology and human sexuality. The film series also raises questions about the complex relationship between terrain and nationality – and how the conquest of countries, land and nature have historically been heteronormative endeavours.
AB - Zheng Bo presented a new commission, the fifth of his Pteridophilia series (2016-ongoing), alongside Pteridophilia 1 to 4 at FACT Liverpool. His ongoing film series connects queer plants and queer people, pushing the boundaries of sexuality and love to incorporate the natural world. Zheng Bo’s work is informed by queer ecology, which rejects nature being positioned as existing in binary states – for example, human or non-human, natural or unnatural. Interested in moving beyond human exceptionalism, Zheng Bo situates communities of people and plants as subjects in his films, depicting scenes of physical intimacy between them. Reflecting on the idea of the body as a fluid organism that is continuously shaped by and shaping its environment, Zheng Bo’s work destabilises identity and gender categories, further re-interpreting the relationship between ecology and human sexuality. The film series also raises questions about the complex relationship between terrain and nationality – and how the conquest of countries, land and nature have historically been heteronormative endeavours.
UR - https://liverpoolbiennial2021.com/artists/zheng-bo/
M3 - RGC 44 - Performance and participation in exhibits
T2 - Liverpool Biennial 2021
Y2 - 20 March 2021 through 27 June 2021
ER -