Ping Ho
Visual studies (hons)
Ringling College of Art and Design
Specialisms: Art Curation / Fine Art / Installation/Sculpture
Location: Taipei, Taiwan
Ping Ho
First Name: Ping
Last Name: Ho
Specialisms: Art Curation / Fine Art / Installation/Sculpture
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My Location: Taipei, Taiwan
University / College: Ringling College of Art and Design
Course / Program Title: Visual studies (hons)
About
Ping Ho is a Taiwanese artist who blends the genres of moving images, sound, and objects to forge a unique intersection where mundaneness, nature, and the passage of time converge. While her daily practice revolves around art making, her professional background is centered on curation and community building, creating a platform for conversation and expression that is inclusive, engaging, and accessible for all kinds of art.
Ping’s curatorial practices center on exploring the intersection of mundaneness, nature, the passage of time, and migration. Using multimedia, her research and interview unfold the stories of immigration. Taking a site-responsive approach to curation, she works with performance artists to challenge the conventional boundaries of viewing. Additionally, she has a passion for archiving images and objects made up of fleeting moments in life. Recently, she has been very into Google Sheets and exploring the possibility of daily tools.
"Once you leave home, you can never go home again". This sentiment encapsulates the essence of our lives as travelers, visitors, immigrants, wanderers, passengers, lovers, bereaved souls, and human beings. Featuring seven artworks across mediums from time-based, installation, to site-specific, 離 departure Exhibition invites viewers to contemplate the profound relationships between home, places, things, people, and time. Drawing inspiration from the Taiwanese calendar and personal travel experiences, Ping employs site-specific, interactive script, and time-based video to evoke memories of the past and explore the narrative passage of time and place. Experimental and challenging, the exhibition delves into the complexities of human migration, underlying the experience of unfamiliar surroundings and the psychological sense of placelessness through audio-visual installations and mixed-media sculptures. Questioning this notion of "home", Ping's collected responses are documented and represented as artist's books that highlight the concept of departure and the search for belonging in life's journey. Reflecting on their journey to the USA and the different reasons and purposes behind immigration, Ping interviewed five families who have entered new environments. The resulting comprehensive documentary photography offers a poignant portrayal of the image of home. Lastly, by inviting the audience to contribute to a map of origin, each artwork serves as a testament to the diverse interpretations of leaving as a way of living.
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