https://yiyingwwang.com yiyingwang copy 1 Sat, 31 Oct 2026 03:58:44 +0000 https://yiyingwwang.com en https://yiyingwwang.com/Info-1 Fri, 03 Oct 2025 21:17:26 +0000 yiyingwang copy 1 https://yiyingwwang.com/Info-1 My practice explores the material-semiotic entanglements of objects, bodies, and spaces, inviting reflection on how we experience and inhabit built environments. Through installations, drawings, and video works, I create situations that prompt a slow reckoning with the affective dimensions of space—whether it be awkwardness, dread, or estrangement. Yiying Wang is an interdisciplinary artist born in Yunnan, China. She received her BFA from Parsons School of Design in 2023 and is currently pursuing her MFA at Carnegie Mellon University. She was a participant in the 2024 Interdisciplinary Art and Theory Program in Manhattan, NY. She attended Yale Norfolk School of Art in 2022 and participated in the Art Dialog 2022 symposium in Gallery Klenová, Czech Republic. https://yiyingwwang.com/Ghost-town-architect Fri, 03 Oct 2025 21:17:29 +0000 yiyingwang copy 1 https://yiyingwwang.com/Ghost-town-architect Secondary Site: Ghost Town Architect 2024 pencil and oil pastel on paper and vellum (drawings), inkjet print on paper, paper (models), wire, earplugs, wooden table,found steel mannequin skeletons, magnets, tape <img width="9504" height="6336" width_o="9504" height_o="6336" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5060e0c05e727b7d1dd4236302bfd63fad672bbb922940b16d9cf1936d4d4c05/architect4-bright.jpg" data-mid="239000889" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5060e0c05e727b7d1dd4236302bfd63fad672bbb922940b16d9cf1936d4d4c05/architect4-bright.jpg" /> <img width="8511" height="5674" width_o="8511" height_o="5674" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/88b62729df50fc4b343fd779e334394b15f3d66417900e66c97d1f795a8b3572/architect1.jpg" data-mid="239000881" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/88b62729df50fc4b343fd779e334394b15f3d66417900e66c97d1f795a8b3572/architect1.jpg" /> <img width="9504" height="6336" width_o="9504" height_o="6336" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/20841db178216cc7d899a112fb91f91bf4b9d91b4a67cb0fb369abd166328702/GTA-2.jpg" data-mid="239000890" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/20841db178216cc7d899a112fb91f91bf4b9d91b4a67cb0fb369abd166328702/GTA-2.jpg" /> <img width="9068" height="6045" width_o="9068" height_o="6045" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/827dbe84196e9e43c55079f46bf96c235088eb869941a3d831e8973673c1aeff/architect5.jpg" data-mid="239000885" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/827dbe84196e9e43c55079f46bf96c235088eb869941a3d831e8973673c1aeff/architect5.jpg" /> <img width="9350" height="6233" width_o="9350" height_o="6233" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/14c7142d7a3958e74df073e5c7bbfab2cce654b9d02f2c714761eaf5583de669/architect2.jpg" data-mid="239000882" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/14c7142d7a3958e74df073e5c7bbfab2cce654b9d02f2c714761eaf5583de669/architect2.jpg" /> <img width="7232" height="4822" width_o="7232" height_o="4822" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/962aae7b157d02b904e22c3e150c81298f3f0cfbdef9a59d94613712a21b0932/architect3-clear.jpg" data-mid="239000888" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/962aae7b157d02b904e22c3e150c81298f3f0cfbdef9a59d94613712a21b0932/architect3-clear.jpg" />This site-specific work investigates unfinished housing projects in suburban Kunming, my hometown in China. The building clusters have remained vacant for years due to financial collapse. Imagining an architect designing these buildings that would ultimately fail to fulfill their intended function, I engaged in a collaboration between myself and the fictional architect to create a simulacra through paper models. These replicas share an ambiguous sense of realness with the unfinished buildings, both remain inert in time. On the fences surrounding the construction site, the developer put up advertising slogans. Parts of the characters fell off the board due to deterioration, leaving the words partially legible, such as: “找到回家的路（Find the Way Home）” (as seen in drawing #5). https://yiyingwwang.com/I-like-you-and-you-like-me Fri, 03 Oct 2025 21:17:25 +0000 yiyingwang copy 1 https://yiyingwwang.com/I-like-you-and-you-like-me I Like You and You Like Me 2025 202 2025 3D animation&nbsp; running time: 09:08 <img width="3018" height="1696" width_o="3018" height_o="1696" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6403ef8116faf58dccc3df5cc65152481798de5846c155126d01405ea2b4a868/town2.jpg" data-mid="253844301" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6403ef8116faf58dccc3df5cc65152481798de5846c155126d01405ea2b4a868/town2.jpg" /> still from I Like You and You Like Me&nbsp; <img width="3024" height="1686" width_o="3024" height_o="1686" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/720728ca81b8181056bb5c38729270c89086b82ed2be5d25f8a360426b8cd6a1/town1.jpg" data-mid="253844299" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/720728ca81b8181056bb5c38729270c89086b82ed2be5d25f8a360426b8cd6a1/town1.jpg" />still from I Like You and You Like Me <img width="3016" height="1688" width_o="3016" height_o="1688" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1ef8cdd627d178440769cf1876cffa590fc9d98f1629e8860eb1b9794c3ecf36/town4.jpg" data-mid="253844300" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1ef8cdd627d178440769cf1876cffa590fc9d98f1629e8860eb1b9794c3ecf36/town4.jpg" />still from I Like You and You Like Me <img width="3018" height="1672" width_o="3018" height_o="1672" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6924f1fe6b4427e4b02ee34fe7b55ea33eaa91ea73894fbfcb371611afbfcbc3/town3.jpg" data-mid="253844303" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6924f1fe6b4427e4b02ee34fe7b55ea33eaa91ea73894fbfcb371611afbfcbc3/town3.jpg" />still from I Like You and You Like Me Anting New Town is a German-themed residential development in Jiading, a suburban district of Shanghai known for its automobile industry. The town was completed around 2004 (designed by a German firm), emerging alongside other “European-style” real estate projects marketed to China’s growing urban middle class. However, it soon became a ghost town. No one wanted to live there because of bad Feng Shui.&nbsp;Made entirely with 3D program Maya, the video features miniature apartments modeled after Anting New Town, two Sketchup default characters, and a purchased VW 3D model. Nina, a married woman living in Germany, is accidentally routed to Volkswagen Shanghai when she calls VW roadside assistance. On the other end is Yue, who uses the English sales name “Dave,” an agent living in Anting. Their late-night service calls gradually turn intimate, only to end when Yue suddenly disappears. 安亭新城是位于上海嘉定区的一个德国主题住宅区，嘉定区作为上海的郊区，以汽车工业闻名。该新城于2004年左右竣工（由一家德国公司设计），与当时其他面向中国日益壮大的城市中产阶级推出的“欧式”房地产项目同期兴建。然而，它很快便变成了一座无人居住的鬼城。由于风水不佳，没人愿意住那儿。 这部视频使用3D软件Maya制作，其中出现了以安亭新城为原型的微缩公寓、两个Sketchup里的默认人物，以及一个购买的大众汽车模型。妮娜是一位居住在德国的已婚人士，当她拨打大众汽车道路救援电话时，却意外被转接到了大众汽车上海公司。电话那头是居住在安亭的销售代表岳，他使用"Dave"这个英文销售名。两人深夜的客服通话逐渐变得亲密，却因岳的突然消失而戛然而止。 https://yiyingwwang.com/Kunming-Chronicles Sat, 09 May 2026 15:17:34 +0000 yiyingwang copy 1 https://yiyingwwang.com/Kunming-Chronicles Kunming Chronicles 2025-ongoing Filmed and Edited by Yiying Wang and Yuqi Gong&nbsp; <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9e6cb3f6da2737f68c2cdb82c33f1d20b79ae011187a4e9b1b828beb39762f58/yiying_5.jpeg" data-mid="248076967" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9e6cb3f6da2737f68c2cdb82c33f1d20b79ae011187a4e9b1b828beb39762f58/yiying_5.jpeg" />Psychogeographic map as film script&nbsp; <img width="1408" height="792" width_o="1408" height_o="792" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b3a67d3e72afbb5c72738d82b163088f2cd2f37adc1c4f63eb3fc680869815ec/Screenshot-2026-10-30-at-1.06.10PM.png" data-mid="253841921" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b3a67d3e72afbb5c72738d82b163088f2cd2f37adc1c4f63eb3fc680869815ec/Screenshot-2026-10-30-at-1.06.10PM.png" /> Still from film by Yuqi Gong and Yiying Wang <img width="3840" height="2160" width_o="3840" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/50eabd502b3b35d04e7444b624df5620b2f46fcb644e3484c909ad05538b0eb7/yiying-print.jpeg" data-mid="248077104" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/50eabd502b3b35d04e7444b624df5620b2f46fcb644e3484c909ad05538b0eb7/yiying-print.jpeg" />Still from film by Yuqi Gong and Yiying Wang <img width="1238" height="695" width_o="1238" height_o="695" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/648a8b83a0a88f98b65fbfa633e6acb4ed6c8a7a149a702d0c3199a3f9851b10/yiying_3.png" data-mid="248076970" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/648a8b83a0a88f98b65fbfa633e6acb4ed6c8a7a149a702d0c3199a3f9851b10/yiying_3.png" />Still from film by Yuqi Gong and Yiying Wang Kunming Chronicles is an ongoing experimental documentary that follows a community of amateur fossil hunters in Kunming, China. Their expeditions often lead to sites shaped by stalled real-estate development, including an unfinished housing project where excavation exposed Cambrian fossils. Using the book Guanshan Biota as an informal field guide, hunters locate fossil-bearing areas, identify specimens, and share discoveries. Fossils are gifted, traded, and collected, gaining personal and social meaning beyond their scientific or commercial value. Drawing on my participation in these trips, the project explores how scientific knowledge circulates beyond institutions and how informal exchanges shape relationships to value, ownership, and care. These encounters bring the rapid pace of urban development into contact with the deep geological history beneath the city. 《昆明纪实》是一部正在拍摄中的实验性纪录片，记录了中国昆明一群业余化石猎人的活动。他们常常去工地寻找化石，其中包括一个烂尾的住宅项目—在那里，房地产商大量的挖掘工作意外暴露了寒武纪岩层。化石猎人们将一部本地的地址文献作为指南，据此定位含化石区域、鉴定标本并分享收获。在此事件中，化石被作为礼物赠送、被交易、被收藏，其意义存在于科学或商业价值之外，承载着个人与社会层面的深意。这些活动让迅猛的城市发展与城市地底深处的悠久地质历史产生了交汇。 https://yiyingwwang.com/Stranger-Within-NEW Sat, 31 Oct 2026 03:35:31 +0000 yiyingwang copy 1 https://yiyingwwang.com/Stranger-Within-NEW Str Stranger Within 2023 Informants: Danyang Guo, Kendrick Castellanos, Melanie WuSubject: Yiying WangCamera: Noah Namgoong, Allen MouSound: Melanie Wu, Chelsey DavillierEditing: Yiying Wang Installation Photo: Changhong Design <img width="9504" height="6336" width_o="9504" height_o="6336" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a8ea5cd58935cb82d6c53749c2b749a70d53268a816ee8aa103c5e2b97acf2a8/stranger5.jpg" data-mid="253848264" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a8ea5cd58935cb82d6c53749c2b749a70d53268a816ee8aa103c5e2b97acf2a8/stranger5.jpg" />Psychogeographic map as film script&nbsp;install view, video projection on frosted tempered glass Still from film by Yuqi Gong and Yiying Wa Still from film by Yuqi Gong and Yiying Wang<img width="2731" height="1518" width_o="2731" height_o="1518" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eeac31aad89ef88797cf45b433d161aa8e13104f526cfc824e6510e88b4a3fb5/stranger.jpg" data-mid="253848265" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/eeac31aad89ef88797cf45b433d161aa8e13104f526cfc824e6510e88b4a3fb5/stranger.jpg" /> Stranger Within, film still <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/38ef4a57972386c2c360b53f8f4feb883eae956c70e96c2131b937a2e8fb135f/Stranger-Within3.jpg" data-mid="253848266" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/38ef4a57972386c2c360b53f8f4feb883eae956c70e96c2131b937a2e8fb135f/Stranger-Within3.jpg" /> drawings (triptych): 8.27 x 11.69 inch x 3, Pencil, ink, mysaliva, marker, translucent paper on top of drawing paperStill from film by Yuqi Gong and Yiying Wang Stranger Within is a video recorded interview where I ask three informants to take turns to look at my face, describe it verbally while I translate their descriptions into diagrammatic drawings. The video is projected on a piece of frosted tempered glass. Both sides of the projected glass are visible. The video on one side of the glass is a mirror image of the other side, matching the interview’s videography shot from two perspectives of the conversation. Each drawing has two layers. The bottom page is a live transcription of what the informants were saying (as seen in the high-angle shot in the video), and the top semi-translucent page is a dynamic translation I made from listening to the audio a second time. https://yiyingwwang.com/Melancholia Sat, 31 Oct 2026 03:58:44 +0000 yiyingwang copy 1 https://yiyingwwang.com/Melancholia Str MelancholiaNarrative videogame made with Unity (in progress) <img width="2994" height="1662" width_o="2994" height_o="1662" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a712776e86bbd2151f513660002a6f69a1d2c7e3fbb0164bcc860e5a9a25fda7/Screenshot-2026-10-31-at-12.04.34AM.png" data-mid="253848442" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a712776e86bbd2151f513660002a6f69a1d2c7e3fbb0164bcc860e5a9a25fda7/Screenshot-2026-10-31-at-12.04.34AM.png" /> <img width="1910" height="868" width_o="1910" height_o="868" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b5e22461c578dd9800763ace8ac7fd20599d5819e873d7f30af4cca763440b1c/Screenshot-2026-10-21-at-11.17.03AM.png" data-mid="253848429" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b5e22461c578dd9800763ace8ac7fd20599d5819e873d7f30af4cca763440b1c/Screenshot-2026-10-21-at-11.17.03AM.png" /> <img width="2994" height="1678" width_o="2994" height_o="1678" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a36507597b219f55e4f0ddcc87fab42d0698fb72acfe2e7500217ad29d35c6e9/Screenshot-2026-10-31-at-12.04.48AM.png" data-mid="253848444" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a36507597b219f55e4f0ddcc87fab42d0698fb72acfe2e7500217ad29d35c6e9/Screenshot-2026-10-31-at-12.04.48AM.png" /> <img width="1906" height="1074" width_o="1906" height_o="1074" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b7e03b3fa0c4ac4dc1e5bc83e7481a711e6f8a5b34a78739a87f7378fa5dcee5/Screenshot-2026-10-31-at-12.21.41AM.png" data-mid="253848475" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b7e03b3fa0c4ac4dc1e5bc83e7481a711e6f8a5b34a78739a87f7378fa5dcee5/Screenshot-2026-10-31-at-12.21.41AM.png" /> <img width="2976" height="1686" width_o="2976" height_o="1686" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c31bb5c748577019a654b2a0d7e42a2c9eb8f617f02492a0239a3541984374c5/Screenshot-2026-10-31-at-12.04.22AM.png" data-mid="253848443" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c31bb5c748577019a654b2a0d7e42a2c9eb8f617f02492a0239a3541984374c5/Screenshot-2026-10-31-at-12.04.22AM.png" />Psychogeographic map as film script&nbsp; Still from film by Yuqi Gong and Yiying Wa <img width="1906" height="1054" width_o="1906" height_o="1054" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/659e9d76cc038e0d8f19891d2d8feea4cb21eadc9c3f2110b17f32dac30cb01c/Screenshot-2026-10-29-at-9.07.06PM.png" data-mid="253848428" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/659e9d76cc038e0d8f19891d2d8feea4cb21eadc9c3f2110b17f32dac30cb01c/Screenshot-2026-10-29-at-9.07.06PM.png" /> Still from film by Yuqi Gong and Yiying Wang Experiment in a space habitat, rat, flower seed, lesbian scientists, a strange disease called nostalgia...&nbsp; https://yiyingwwang.com/Battleship-Grey Sat, 31 Oct 2026 03:42:32 +0000 yiyingwang copy 1 https://yiyingwwang.com/Battleship-Grey Str Battleship Grey 2026 <img width="4752" height="2672" width_o="4752" height_o="2672" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d8cffba8a51f572803a900c8d6d1d873bad3b33366dcf5381743923cdd8ef59d/IMG_3144.jpg" data-mid="253848280" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d8cffba8a51f572803a900c8d6d1d873bad3b33366dcf5381743923cdd8ef59d/IMG_3144.jpg" /> Psychogeographic map as film script&nbsp;install view Still from film by Yuqi Gong and Yiying Wa<img width="4752" height="2672" width_o="4752" height_o="2672" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d7cb05f25c0a88b7eab25b234187fbbd90ff54c66be3821f2297644d1f3a8aaf/battelship2.jpg" data-mid="253848409" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d7cb05f25c0a88b7eab25b234187fbbd90ff54c66be3821f2297644d1f3a8aaf/battelship2.jpg" /> Still from film by Yuqi Gong and Yiying Wang Install ViewStill from film by Yuqi Gong and Yiying Wang Battleship grey https://yiyingwwang.com/In-Absentia Fri, 03 Oct 2025 21:17:31 +0000 yiyingwang copy 1 https://yiyingwwang.com/In-Absentia In Absentia 2024 3D rendering <img width="1355" height="762" width_o="1355" height_o="762" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eb05d8af6042dec24569fe338f11228643b4c0f5795060fd5e16c60ea3da6762/absentia1.png" data-mid="239000901" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/eb05d8af6042dec24569fe338f11228643b4c0f5795060fd5e16c60ea3da6762/absentia1.png" /> <img width="1355" height="762" width_o="1355" height_o="762" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e68838db33ed0853426b3a144e3a4dacd0ebdd41354b8f426121297a3fce90d6/absentia2.png" data-mid="239000902" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e68838db33ed0853426b3a144e3a4dacd0ebdd41354b8f426121297a3fce90d6/absentia2.png" /> <img width="9408" height="5320" width_o="9408" height_o="5320" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/21abba3eb29afd284fcff8ac268a352d65b9ec68d6321b37c4872e455d02fbd0/absentia3.2.jpg" data-mid="239000905" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/21abba3eb29afd284fcff8ac268a352d65b9ec68d6321b37c4872e455d02fbd0/absentia3.2.jpg" /> In Absentia is a fictional exhibition installed in an office in Midtown Manhattan, exploring glass as an architecturalmaterial imbued with utopian ideas. This show displays miniatures of 20th-century glass architectures that were either destroyed or neverbuilt: El Lissitzky's Cloud-Iron, the Crystal Palace, Bruno Taut’s Glass House, Frank Lloyd Wright's East Village Towers, and Mies van der Rohe's Friedrichstrasse Skyscraper. These models are owned by a fictional filmmaker, Raymond Fluorescence, whose obsession with crystals led him to envision a cinematic language based on total transparency. However, Fluorescence’s dream of capturing the essence of transparency through architecture and film ultimately failed, leaving these structures—both real and imagined—as lasting monuments to unfulfilled utopian vision. Excerpt from exhibition wall text: "On June 17, 1965, Fluorescence wrote the final scene for one of his unrealized films titled 'in Absentia':'I dreamed that I was floating through a museum with one single room where I was the curator. The room is sterilized and cold. The walls are made of mirrors, yet my own reflection is missing from my sight. I go up to a glass display case with dim blue light. In it, next to others, stands a crystal, dully shining, inert, model of a building. I am no less big, no less small than the object. There is no inside of an outside...'" https://yiyingwwang.com/Yiying-Wang-Portfolio Fri, 03 Oct 2025 21:17:32 +0000 yiyingwang copy 1 https://yiyingwwang.com/Yiying-Wang-Portfolio Melancholia&nbsp; &nbsp;(2026) Battleship Grey &nbsp; (2026) I Like You and You Like Me&nbsp; &nbsp;(2025) Kunming Chronicles &nbsp; (2025-ongoing) Secondary Site: Ghost Town Architect&nbsp;&nbsp; (2024)Stranger Within&nbsp; (2023-24) Show Me the Way to Go Home&nbsp; &nbsp;(2022) Drawings and Paintings &nbsp;(2024-25) ABOUT CONTACT body { background-color: #ffffff; } https://yiyingwwang.com/contact Fri, 03 Oct 2025 21:17:35 +0000 yiyingwang copy 1 https://yiyingwwang.com/contact email: yiyingwang194@gmail.comig: yiyingwang_