Ronan Zhao   赵冉

b.2008 , Works and studies between Shanghai and Northern China.                                                                                                  

Engaged in performance, photography, moving image, painting, and text-based practice.



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  1. Almost There
    Almost There-Feild Projection
  2. 30-Day Performance Art Plan
  3. Don’t Laugh
  4. Empty Letter
  5. Holding an Empty Place
  6. Wearing the Forest as an Earring
  7. Pain: Nature’s Gift
  8. Memory is Me

  9. Floting

Almost There — Field Projection
2025
5min 30s
Video installation

This work extends my photographic project Almost There into moving image and spatial intervention.

I collected short vertical videos recorded by people I know from the same environment and generation.These videos document moments of physical conflict and confrontation, originally created for personal circulation and live-stream platforms.

I re-edited the footage and projected it onto uncontrolled outdoor sites: grass,water surfaces, bridge structures, and marginal spaces beyond surveillance.Through projection, the images leave the phone screen and re-enter physical space, where they are distorted, interrupted, and reshaped by natural conditions.

The work does not seek explanation or judgment.It focuses on how images of violence exist, circulate, and dissolve within specific social and spatial contexts.



©2026  Ronan  Zhao