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Ruiqi Zhang
Moving image artist / filmmaker / performer

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Ruiqi Zhang is a Chinese moving image artist and filmmaker based in the UK. Her practice combines experimental video, narrative film, staged imagery and installation. Her work explores female embodiment, myth, desire and the unstable boundary between freedom and captivity.

Title: Mermaid In The City  
Chinese Title: TBC  
Artist: Ruiqi Zhang  
Filmed: 2019-2020  
Completed: 2023-2024  
Medium: Single-channel video / experimental moving image  
Duration: 6 min 24 sec  
Language: No dialogue, with title cards  
Filming Locations: Boston, USA / Chongqing, China 
Country: China / United States  

↳ An artwork by Ruiqi Zhang 

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Title: Underwater
Chinese Title: 水下世界
Year: 2024 / 2025
Medium: Short film / magical realist moving image
Duration: TBC
Language: Mandarin Chinese, with English subtitles
Filming Location: London, United Kingdom
Country: United Kingdom / China

↳ An artwork by Ruiqi Zhang  

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