Zhao Ziyi – Recording Piece: Participants required

Just announced!

As part of Counterflows This Sunday at 4pm, Beijing based artist Zhao Ziyi is looking for participants for a recording piece.

We’ll be meeting outside Civic House at 4pm. The event is free and open to anyone but requires signing up.

Information on the piece below from Ziyi:

“This is a recording piece that requires the participation of me and each audience member. I will prepare a digital recorder to pass around. We will meet under two adjacent overpasses (A and B), which are about a 30-second walk apart. The audience will form pairs, with one person as a unit. At the start, I will hand my recorder to one audience member, who becomes Unit 1. The two units will walk from Point A to Point B. During this walk, Unit 1 holds the recorder. Upon reaching Point B, Unit 1 stays there and hands the recorder to Unit 2. Unit 2 then returns to Point A alone with the recorder and hands it to the next pair. At this point, Unit 2 stays at Point A. This process repeats until everyone has completed the action. Please walk at your usual pace and rhythm. Fast is ok and slow is also ok. And that’s it. This is what I’ve been interested in lately: walking, repetition, difference, meeting, and the times and people that are never the same again within the same time and space.”

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Zhao Ziyi was born in Beijing in 2007. He possesses a simple sound and a difficult-to-use body. In 2025, he released his debut solo CD album Sorry (Sub Jam). Also in the same year, his duo project “Nichijo” with Yang Kuku (from Ghostmass) released the double-cassette album One, Two (Sub Jam) and the full-length album The cheapest Japanese cuisine in the World (Zoomin’ Night).

Beginning in 2023, he has organized the annual You and Me Festival in Beijing every summer. In 2024, he co-founded the venue xiaozu, an exceptionally small, multifaceted space located in central Beijing.

These creations are solitary, simple, and self-harming.