Joshua Y'Barbo

Jiaoyang Zhang (13 Dec 2021, 00:08 London / 14 Dec 2021, 08:08 China) 404 Not Found  (2021) by  Jiaoyang Zhang   Over the month leading up to the end of 2021, I had the pleasure of corresponding with China-based designer, Jiaoyang Zhang, about their artwork, 404 Not Found (2021). Zhang talked about a dilemma they faced as a Chelsea College of Art student forced to study and research remotely in China, where firewalls in mainland China prevented them from joining an online class or restricted access to YouTube videos or design websites used by tutors and easily accessible outside of China. Zhang seemed to experience inconsistent connectivity issues associated with 'zoom-fatigue' ( Amponsah, van Wyk, & Kolugu, 2022).  Zhang's work 404 Not Found  is a response to these digital challenges in their academic experience.  Zhang's work  404 Not Found  is a response to these digital challenges in their academic experience.  Zhang also shared the importance of social phenomen

Interview with Pippy Stepheson Conducted 14 February 2022 Tom to David (2021) by Pippy Stephenson  Digital Print, Scan, Handwritten Text JY: Tell me about your practice: what do you make work about, how do you go about making your work, what do you think about when making your work? Do you still make work? PH: Doing a Fine Art degree taught me that I’d rather be a writer than an artist. So I haven’t been making art since I graduated but I have been writing a lot. And all the things I was interested in with my art I’m still writing about so I suppose not a great deal has changed. I make work about connections. I’m interested in how we’re connected to history and how objects, people, places and anything really can be situated in a greater whole and can be understood in relation to each other. JY: How was studying and finishing your degree during the pandemic? What impact did it have on your studies and the work you make? PH: The pandemic definitely had a pretty significant impact on m