MLitt Fine Art Practice School of Fine Art
Jiayao Zhu(Rita)
The main idea of my works is to explore the changes in different stages of the development of Chinese culture, the development of human nature, and society, mainly from the Internet era we live in. The main research goal is how to amplify and display a series of group events to connect society and individuals. In addition, as a means of social penetration, media can provide help for me to explore a wider and more diverse context. Explore a variety of relevant viewpoints, methods, and practices combining contemporary art and humanities practices and ideas, as well as a deeper understanding of the use of different mediums to break down traditional microcosms and demonstrate a type of group event and delve into this aspect of the relationship between aesthetics.
Works
Life Path Main materials: Wood Marbles Fixer Date of creation: 2023.10 JiaYao Zhu（Rita）
Almost in every child in primary school there will be involved in a lot of classroom lessons, the teacher will ask the children to draw a timeline, in a straight line you need to mark the time of your stage, and what you are going to do, as if your life from graduation, start to work, get married, buy a house to the end of the day there is a life stereotype.
You can take breaks but time is invisible, you can’t know what will happen in the future but you all need to move forward. Not everything that counts has meaning and not everything that has meaning can be counted.
Project Links
Pillow Main materials: Pillow String Date of creation: 2023.12 JiaYao Zhu（Rita）
There are things that sink deep into the recesses of the mind that cannot be expressed physically or verbally, but they exist as spirits without form. The more you think about them, the easier it is for their voices to fade from my mind, but the more shape their presence takes.
Sixt people Main materials: Metal wire Strings Date of creation: 2023.12 JiaYao Zhu（Rita）
From the epidemic to preparing to study abroad to coming to the UK to meet all kinds of people and socialise with different people, unknowingly, it may be subconsciously influencing me to consider the issue of interpersonal relationships and how to grasp the scalable relationship and distance between people. People’s pursuit of authentic and profound relationships is gradually blurring.
WHO ARE YOU 1 Main materials: Clay Watercolor Epoxy Date of creation: 2024.4 JiaYao Zhu（Rita）
Diversity of Identity: Digital corporeality emphasises the multiple identities that individuals can have in cyberspace. The work shows through different mirrors how individuals construct and present themselves on different platforms such as social media, games, and virtual reality, and how these digital identities interact with real ones.
WHO ARE YOU 2 Main materials: Clay Watercolor Epoxy Date of creation: 2024.4 JiaYao Zhu（Rita）
Digital media technology has not only changed our physical perception and identity, but also affected our emotional experience. The work explores the complex relationship between technology and emotion and how they interact. The artwork expresses people’s complex emotions such as loneliness and sense of belonging in the digital world.
