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BingLin Zheng

BA (Hons) Fine Art, Yr3
BingLin Zheng ivyzheng.co.uk Babingg99@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/iivyyyy_/
BA (Hons) Fine Art, Yr3
2021
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“Every migrant has a name, a face, and a story” Migration has had a profound effect on the coastal areas of Fujian (China) where there is highly specialized emigration, some villages are emptied, and men left their families behind and wives have to raise the children alone.  

I focus on stories of first generation Chinese illegal labourers who immigrated to the UK through abnormal (illegal or forced) channels, to reflect an unusual state of survival. My work collects memories to replace sadness with empathy. My practice is located in Dover, the most common entrance for immigrants in Britain. Many migrants arrived to Dover on any given day last summer hidden in a container, transported by a ferry to England. I have re-enacted the stowaway’ role while shooting my film. I use my voice to illustrate a harsh smuggled story, combining filmed images and storytelling. 

In my film, the ‘net’ has a symbolic meaning. It means a cell, a prison. My participants, are eager to regain freedom and hope after breaking free from the ‘net’, and want to start a new live in the other shore, real or imagined. The Other Shore film can be watch in here https://youtu.be/l4V-MJ8MQsM

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The annual Degree Show is a highly anticipated event amongst staff, students, external partners and friends of the School of Art – it provides a platform for the work that the students have spent so long conceiving and producing. The 2023 Degree Show has been realised through an ongoing testing of ideas in public arenas in which the discourse around art practice takes place. This process of realising practice which engages with audiences has over […]

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