Jing Harren
Bio: Jing Harren is an artist who works mainly with video and film. Her video works address the ruptures of language and embody an intriguing yet intimidating sense of humor. There is also a sense of mourning with the disappearing and reappearing things on screen and longing. Jing’s video works were selected for festivals including the London Short Film Festival, Tokyo International Short Film Festival, Toronto Indie Filmmakers Festival, etc.
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Thesis Exhibition
Artist Statement: Video is a very hot medium. You should not think otherwise because it is just as de- manding. Once it is on, it asks you to devote all your sensations to it. Sometimes I wish it would cool down a bit. I hope to feel myself. Luckily, these videos are not long, and they are here for their reason. Some voices will speak through them. Some tacit understanding has arisen in making and watching videos, that is, I don’t remember what has passed on the screen because I have to react, to take my next move. The temperature of a medium is a joke. When the patient asks the doctor if she can live a long healthy life, the doctor extracts the thermometer and says, “I’m afraid... since mercury is in ur-anus.” The patient is an expert in astrology so she immediately gets the joke. She screamed “ahhhhhh......”
Jing Harren
couplesexchangerings, 2024
Single-channel video
5:00
Courtesy of the artist
First Year Exhibition
Jing Harren
couple pawning rings, 2023
Single-channel video, color, sound
8:00 minutes
Courtesy the artist
