Zed is a Chinese-born migrant artist based in Aotearoa New Zealand working across film, performance, mark-making and sound. Creating work that asks what happens when migration, belonging, and the myriad of ways we learn to become ourselves are lived and felt.
For Zed, all the elements that spark inspiration become gateways into the inner truth; and in what can emerge between people through curiosity, proximity and collaboration.
zhenzishun@gmail.com
Episode 57: Inside Zed Xu’s creative universe: filmmaking, performance art, painting. Zed Xu 榛子瞬 is a Chinese New Zealander multidisciplinary artist based in Tāmaki Makaurau, with an artistic practice that spans across painting, performance art, and filmmaking.
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Recorded at the recent Year of the Dragon Lunar New Year & Pride month event for Asian in Aotearoa. The panel shares insights on how embracing their heritage and ancestry has enriched their sense of identity and fuelled their artistic expression. Covering themes from success and courage to reinvention and self-expression, the panellists reflect on their journeys and look to the future. The panel shares insights on how embracing their heritage and ancestry has enriched their sense of identity and fuelled their artistic expression. Panelists: Marc Conaco: Bisaya artist, graphic designer and zine-maker. Sam Low: Fiji-born Chinese, MasterChef NZ Winner, cookbook author and food creative. Sung Hwan Bobby Park 박성환: Korean multidisciplinary artist. Zed Xu 榛子瞬: Chinese-born, makeup artist, audio-visual & interdisciplinary artist
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