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When context is removed, or when communication breaks down, our minds desperately scramble to find meaning in the chaos. If meaning remains elusive, we form our own interpretations – based on our unique range of experiences, thoughts, perceptions and emotions.
List of artists in this category:
Ying Huang
Aylin Leipold
Yansi Lian
Rongrong Yang
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Two Conversations
Ying Huang and Rongrong Yang
Video
This performance piece features a single rope to depict a conversation. The motion of the rope mirrors the spoken words of each participant, and the emerging rhythm and conflict represent the physical manifestation of their dialogue. A knot in the rope symbolizes a deadlock in the conversation, where unresolved issues lead to misunderstandings and result in the participants talking past one another.
Ying Huang is currently in her second year studying BA Interaction Design Arts at LCC. She loves connecting with people, especially those whose views differ from her own. Besides her native Chinese, Ying speaks English and French, and she’s always eager to pick up new languages during her travels.
Rongrong Yang is a Year 3 student who studies BA Film Practice at LCC. She is interested in how people communicate with each other. Of Chinese descent, Rongrong brings a unique cultural perspective to her studies.
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Connection, Disconnection, Dialogue
Yansi Lian
Handmade book (20 x 13 x 4cm), texts, 20-second video
Parts of the idea for my work were inspired by the book ‘The Origins of Language’. This explores mankind’s first language, the ancient character of language, its transmissibility or untranslatability, and even its rough art. My art is simultaneously examining the connection between the three words ‘Disconnect, Connection, Dialogue’ and psychoanalysis.
There is a Czech movie by Jan Švankmajer (1983) called ‘Možnosti Dialogu’ (or ‘Dimensions of Dialogue‘) which depicts two human monsters consisting of fruits, vegetables, kitchen knives and stationery. As they converse, they devour each other, then spit out, and the fragments recombine into shapes. Through the back and forth of their ‘dialogue’, chewing and tearing, they have connectivity.
In my concept, everything can be connected with language: movies, novels, paintings, oracle bone script…
Yansi Lian is currently studying BA Fine Art (Year Two) at CSM. She is passionate about exploring interdisciplinary art and creativity, and researching the relationship between the internal and external world.
Instagram: @biscuitsoup_breadroll and @mysteriouscheese_cicirolll
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Weather Report / Interpretation II
Aylin Leipold
Wood, metal, Raspberry Pi computer and screen, 15 x 12 x 9 cm
The work “Weather Report/ Interpretation II” displays a film inside a metal framed wooden box. The film can only be watched as part of the installation and isn’t available individually. It is based on an old weather report from the 1960s. The presenter uses chalk and draws his predicted movements of the clouds, winds, and the weather onto a map. By cropping, collaging, and repeating certain movements, the clip has been altered to the extent that the original information gets lost – and new meanings emerge. “Weather Report/ Interpretation II” explores language against the background of truth and reality. Rather than understanding language as a means to explain reality, it presents language as a tool that creates reality.
Aylin Leipold is studying BA Fine Art (Year Two) at Central Saint Martins. She is a London-based artist, working in sculpture, video, and painting. Her multidisciplinary practice is centred around notions of truth and perception and explores the interplay between change and continuity.
Instagram: @ayttacke
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