Wanying Rong

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Wanying Rong is keen on looking for the integration of various emotions and innovative experience design from the current social hot spots. Highly sensitive to human emotions, she calls herself a wandering poet artist. 

Now in IED at the Royal College of Art, she majored in Branding Identity and Public Space at DeTAO-BIPS, Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts. Her main works are photography, experimental moving images and manual installation.

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THE SHAPE OF ‘SUFFERING’ IN PANDEMIC

In the post-pandemic era, people's trust in and reliance on medical care is gradually declining. People are starting to forget about COVID-19's effects in the world and the human body. They want to forget about it, they believe it’s over.

Theology of suffering, through suffering people can remember. Acceptance of suffering means acceptance of EXPERIENCE, acceptance of HEALING. 

However, there are lots people still experiencing directly and indirectly the impact of the virus in their health. From respiratory, metabolic and cardiovascular diseases to mental health problems and fatigue.

This project invites the audience to know and not forget the consequences of the pandemic and reminds them that it’s not over yet. It takes on theology of suffering, to highlight how people’s bodies have been affected and to reminds them of the key role that medicine has play.

Covid reminds us that we’re not invincible, that we’re not in control all the time, that we need to be more humble.

The shape of Pandemic

PANDEMIC - Flesh, blood and bones
PANDEMIC - Flesh, blood and bones — The Bible rarely treats suffering as a rational conundrum. Suffering comes from sin (moral evil), but it is not moral in itself, but a physical evil. This project combines the theology of suffering with the post-pandemic era. To show the physical suffering of the epidemic to everyone who experiences it. I made a piece of clothing to show the shape of the sequela. Clothes symbolize the inner environment of the human body.
Wearer effect
Wearer effect
Medical instrument
Medical instrument
Guidebook
Guidebook — The Guidebook includes a guide to people's behavior and an introduction to the device and video. It also includes a brief summary of the aftereffects of COVID-19 and a photo display.
On audio, I asked some people what they thought about the aftereffects of COVID-19. Sensory descriptions of nine people with mild sequelae were recorded and processed. When they have a common problem, I combine their voices. In addition, I wrote some words (poem). In the background music, I chose to combine the sound of cells with the sound of breathing and the music with a sense of statement. I put the antigen self-test package together, and my friend played musical scales for me with the red line inside.
Download "The Guidebook of project" (PDF)

The project presents a suit as installation made of three layers: skin, tissue and bones and invites the audience to interact with it and take a piece of it as a reminder of the suffering caused by COVID 19. The aim of the project is to use suffering as a provocation, using strong representations of the human body and flesh. 

The suit made by silicone/ pigment/ yarn.

On audio, I asked some people what they thought about the aftereffects of COVID-19. Sensory descriptions of nine people with mild sequelae were recorded and processed. When they have a common problem, I combine their voices. In addition, I wrote some words (poem) and then invited a friend majoring in broadcasting to dub them. The two types of different sounds create an emotional collision.

Medium: installation/sound

Size: 1.1m