https://joezijianzhou.com Joe Zijan Zhou Wed, 28 Jan 2026 04:22:38 +0000 https://joezijianzhou.com en https://joezijianzhou.com/Page-1-2 Wed, 28 Jan 2026 04:10:32 +0000 Joe Zijan Zhou https://joezijianzhou.com/Page-1-2 GENTLE SPIKES INTO THE DEEP ︎ Film, 4K, 3 sections, 13 minLive group performance documentations D.P. Joe Zijian Zhou 2nd Camera Operator Tianyu Wang Invited Artist of Performance Workshop Jessica Mardon Performers Ruifeng Ding, Xiaoying Su, Yinan Li, Lili Weng, Zhongping Chen, Minxi Chen, Yudi Wu, Minxu Li, Hong Liu, Yuxiao Tian, Xinlong Lin, Kangni Guo, Zifan Zhao, Can Sun Through the research on the performativity of body, image and text, the film investigates the limitations of the queer body from the perspective of young Chinese and question the influences of the social convention by critically thinking of a national and public exercise in China - Radio Callisthenics (Guang Bo Ti Cao). This public health activity exists among the young generation in Mainland China. With critical thinking of the highly consistent experience, the film intends to unfold the socio-political structure and collective culture through the view of those who grew up in the ‘post’ Chinese society and to raise the question that how the individuals deal with the sense of collective belonging as they seek the unique identity. ︎︎︎ full video link <img width="4500" height="4500" width_o="4500" height_o="4500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1693cf956e805c272b5e3d5ecc9450f221ef03a9cce31953c3f67a351e8a7d05/IG-featured-images.jpg" data-mid="244069811" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1693cf956e805c272b5e3d5ecc9450f221ef03a9cce31953c3f67a351e8a7d05/IG-featured-images.jpg" /> <img width="4500" height="4500" width_o="4500" height_o="4500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/545a6f1fe6ef20d0147aeda97b5f6bac7c88b8f9a27eaf62cd7ec2da62610cb6/IG-featured-images2.jpg" data-mid="244069810" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/545a6f1fe6ef20d0147aeda97b5f6bac7c88b8f9a27eaf62cd7ec2da62610cb6/IG-featured-images2.jpg" /> <img width="4500" height="4500" width_o="4500" height_o="4500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b7f653f5569e27319050c773508baf572360c0d144d0219cc6dedf33b633b172/IG-featured-images3.jpg" data-mid="244069809" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b7f653f5569e27319050c773508baf572360c0d144d0219cc6dedf33b633b172/IG-featured-images3.jpg" /> <img width="6240" height="4160" width_o="6240" height_o="4160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/20eb1dd27eaceef00c69a9d4710433292cf053460b0c2e2a169c357caa1d79f1/DSCF3838.JPG" data-mid="244071326" border="0" alt="live performance documentations" data-caption="live performance documentations" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/20eb1dd27eaceef00c69a9d4710433292cf053460b0c2e2a169c357caa1d79f1/DSCF3838.JPG" /> <img width="6240" height="4160" width_o="6240" height_o="4160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a78911d515c213999bf23e1bd30ab0fe7975c3212c989e34abe31d6b0bb2668e/DSCF3889.JPG" data-mid="244071327" border="0" alt="live performance documentations" data-caption="live performance documentations" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a78911d515c213999bf23e1bd30ab0fe7975c3212c989e34abe31d6b0bb2668e/DSCF3889.JPG" /> <img width="6240" height="4160" width_o="6240" height_o="4160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f483966c4c4d330f420792c857f87f337c19087756592e896eb44a9fc31f5b12/DSCF3917.JPG" data-mid="244071328" border="0" alt="live performance documentations" data-caption="live performance documentations" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f483966c4c4d330f420792c857f87f337c19087756592e896eb44a9fc31f5b12/DSCF3917.JPG" /> https://joezijianzhou.com/Main-page Wed, 28 Jan 2026 04:22:37 +0000 Joe Zijan Zhou https://joezijianzhou.com/Main-page JOE ZIJIAN ZHOU BIO/CV EMAILINSTAGRAM 1&nbsp;GENTLE SPIKES INTO THE DEEP 1&nbsp;深入彻骨的刺 &nbsp;2 HOVERING&nbsp;2 悬停 PO SUERE JUSTO WINTER PO SUERE JUSTO RISUS ◇ SED EGET RISUS SED EGES &nbsp; LOREM IPSUM → LOREM IPSUM KUAM DICTUM MESA KUAM ♡ DICTUM MESA&nbsp; POSUERE JUSTO △ INTERDUM POSUERE JUSTO INTERDUM RISUS SED EGES EST ◁ RISUS SED EGES EST &nbsp; LOREM IPSUM ◇ LOREM IPSUM&nbsp; © ZIJIAN ZHOU/周子建 end. https://joezijianzhou.com/BIO-CV Wed, 28 Jan 2026 04:22:38 +0000 Joe Zijan Zhou https://joezijianzhou.com/BIO-CV BIO/CV ︎ Joe Zijian Zhou b.1996 lecturing and teaching in Transmedia Art, at Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts, China; Coordinator and Academic Interpretor for the international course and disciplinary developing projects.Zhou studies Fine Art and Photography at the Royal College of Art at MA level, and completed his BFA studies at both Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts and Columbus College of Art and Design in the US. His art practice spans photography, performance, and sculpture, investigating the performativity of the queer body, image, and text. Travel Based/ Languages Spoken Fluent in English and Mandarin. Learning German... Based in Xian and Beijing, China at presentBased in London, UK in 2019-2022 Based in Columbus, US in 2017. Exhibitions and Projects2025 From Allegory to Algorithm, part of China Pulse, Jimei Arles International Photo Festival, Xiamen, China2024Symbiosis, XAFA International Public Art Workshop and Conference, Xi’an, China, coordinator and academic interpretor2023Digital Avatar Photographing of Mogao Cave, China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Dunghuang, China2022 London Offprint, Tate Mordern, London, UK After the Waiting Room, Copeland Gallery, London, UK The Annual Photography Programme Publication, Royal College of Art, London, UK 2021 At Odds, Syrup Art Space, Beijing, China (Solo) Undergo Pain. Release., #windows 178, Greenwitch, London, UK, cooperating with Sean Raggett Experimental Relationship: In Conversation with Pixy Liao, the Event at Royal College of Art, London, UK, seminar host2020 Southwark Park Galleries 36th Annual, Southwark Park Galleries, London, UKInter-, the College-wide Publication of Artists, Royal College of Art, London, co-designer 2018The 18th Photography Art Exhibition of Shaanxi Province, Liangbaolou Art Museum, Xi’an, SN, PRC 2017Dream Collectors, Photography Gallery of Columbus College of Art &amp; Design, Columbus, OH, USA Curations2025 Transparent Shelter: How Do We Confront the Now, Ars Electronica Festival 2025, Linz, Austria, co-curator2024The Cloud of Condensation 2.0: Diversity and Order, Three Shadow Photography Art Center, Beijing, China, curator2023Emerging Artists Collection, Enjoy-Art Museum, London, UK, curator2021The Condensation of A Cloud, Hoxton Gallery, London, UK, curator and promoter Lectures and Workshops Interpreting2023 The Filling, by Prinzpod, DOTA International Lectures Season, Xi’an Ontology, Environment and Others, by Sarah Hager, DOTA International Lectures Season, Xi’an2024 Formal Experiments in Media Art as a Way to See the World Anew, by Time Gates, DOTA Transmedia Art International Academic Season, Xi’an Post-digital Intervention in Urban Spaces, by Alexis Dworsky, XAFA International Public Art Workshop, Xi’an2025 Cybernetics of the Sacred, by Gary Hill, XAFA College-wide Lecture, Xi’an Agency Across Substrates: from Digital Interfaces to Living Matter, by Harpreet Sareen DOTA International Academic Perspective Lecture Series, Xi’an Conference and Symposium2025 Curating through Questions: Our Approach to the Exhibition, How Do We Confront the ‘Now’, 2025 International Exchange Talk alongside the Ars Electronica Campus Exhibition Publications 2022 Unfold, Co-publication of Photography Programme at Royal College of Art, London, UKUnseen Memories in an Album, London Offprint at Tate Modern, Photography Pulication, London, UK2020Inter-, College-wide publishing, Co-publication of Artwork Collection at Royal College of Art, London, UKPress and Coverage2025London’s RCA curates the China Pulse show at Jimei x Arles International Photo Festival in China, with its exhibition and wider festivals considering photography as a technology, by Diane Smyth, British Journal of Photography, UK2024The Cloud of Condensation 2.0: Diversity and Order, Chip Foto Video, Beijing Prominion Publishing, China Education 2020-2022 MA Photography, Royal College of Art, London, UK 2019-2020Gradute Diploma Fine Art, Royal College of Art, London, UK – Distinction 2015-2019BFA Photography, Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts, Xi’an, China – Outstanding Graduate Awards 2017-2018BFA Exchange, Photography, Columbus College of Art &amp; Design, Columbus, OH, USAend.