PROJECT FELLOW

Yuguang (YG) Zhang is a New York-based new media artist / creative technologist, a member of multidisciplinary artist collective NUUM, and an adjunct faculty at New York University’s Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) and Interative Media Arts Low Res (IMA Low Res).

His current practice, which incorporates interactive media, installation, and live performance, explores the reciprocal relationship between human and technology, the connections / disconnections people make with tangible and intangible alternative intelligence, and the cultural, societal & ethical shifts that come along.

He’s a recipient of a number of internationally recognized new media arts awards, such as the S+T+ARTS S2S award and Re:Humanism AI Art Prize. His works have been showcased at MAXXI – National Museum of XXI Century Arts (Italy), Némo Biennial of Digital Arts (France), Maajaam Art and Technology Farm (Estonia), New Inc., NYC Media Lab, CultureHub, Currents New Media Festival, The Joyce Theater, New York Live Arts, Processing Foundation, Brown Arts Initiative (USA), Beijing Times Art Museum, B·O·N·D International Virtual Live Performance Festival (China), as well as conferences such as CVPR, NeurIPS, Association for Computers and the Humanities (ACH) and more.