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July 6, 2025 | Posted By: Echo Morgan | Artist Talks
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New Performance in Malaga
I will perform a new piece: Collapsing Home A poignant live art performance that delves into the fragility of coexistence and the urgency for collective compassion. Drawing on the symbolism of a home as an ephemeral, fragile space, the piece intertwines the performer’s heritage with global socio-political themes. At its heart, the performer’s body becomes both the core […]
+ Read more…MOMO – SILENT INK
by Xie Rong (aka Echo Morgan) Percussion by Beibei Wang | Pipa by Dr. Cheng Yu SOAS GALLERY, London 2024 Curated by: Katie Hill | Film by: Mike Skelton 默墨 MOMO – Silent Ink unfolds against the celestial backdrop of Jizi’s cosmic ink paintings. Xie Rong brings to life three deeply personal stories: her mother’s […]
+ Read more…Momo 默墨 – Silent Ink
About this event A specially commissioned performance by Xie Rong (aka Echo Morgan), who draws on autobiography to share thought-provoking narratives through body, gesture, and voice, interwoven with classical Chinese aesthetics. Momo 默墨 – Silent Ink draws inspiration from Jizi’s cosmic ink paintings and his struggles as a young man navigating political and historical turmoil, reflecting the […]
+ Read more…Above the Cloud
Above the cloud “In Xie Rong’s sharing, #gender is not a #slogan, and #race and nationality are liberated from mere #symbols.Returning the #couplet, taken by the #father, back to the #mother—using hers: the #daughter’s body. A tribute to #YokoOno, crafting a new “Added” “ #CutPiece”—using her own body. Confronting the #colonial veneration of masculine hero […]
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Hologram Hope
Let it bring hope Let it be a tale My first hologram performance is to honour Dr. Refaat Alareer and his last poem, “If I Must Die,” which he wrote 5 days before he was killed with his brother, nephew, sister, and her three children. If you click this link from your mobile phone, you can […]
+ Read more…Nowness China
Along the Adriatic coastline, from the Arsenal to the Giardini, walking towards the sunset, you can see gatherings and performance art everywhere. “Hope…,” “Kite…,” “Love…,” a few Chinese words waft intermittently from nearby. Approaching a crowd of dozens by the bridge, we see people sitting in the front row, with a Chinese woman dressed in […]
+ Read more…If I Must Die
Let it bring hopeLet it be a tale My first hologram performance is to honour Dr. Refaat Alareer and his last poem, “If I Must Die,” which he reshared 5 days before he was killed with his brother, nephew, sister, and her three children. I hope you can follow the link in my bio and […]
+ Read more…If I Must Die in Many Languages and Voices
May 7, 2024 | Posted By: Echo Morgan | UncategorizedCommunity project by David Heathfield, full playlist on YouTube: Poet, storyteller and teacher Refaat Alareer was killed along with close family in an airstrike on 6 December 2023. Already the invitation to recite his extraordinary poem If I Must Die in diverse languages and voices has made this growing playlist a testament to the power […]
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VIVAAR VENEZIA
For the 60th Venice Art Biennale – 17.4.-24.11.2024 – the curator-duo Jonas STAMPE and XIAO Ge has commissioned eighteen international performance artists to explore the latest hologram technology as a gateway to the future. Simplicity and natural framing are key components for VIVAAR VENEZIA as a human centric technological showcase fusing performance art with the […]
+ Read more…The Red Body: The Red Drum
+ Read more…The New Tale of Mountains and Sea
‘With money you’re a dragon Without it you’re a worm Find a place that you can build on And a way to hold on firm…’ Watching @danielyorkloh perform live at the @twotempleplace Place was a remarkable experience. Juxtaposing the world of the privileged, yet embittered émigré William Waldorf Astor (who commissioned the building of Two Temple Place) with the harsh experiences of […]
+ Read more…Nature Echo Reviews
Tangram Marks Five Years of Thoughtful and Adventurous Programming at LSO St Luke’s CAROLINE POTTER on January 30, 2024 at 6:00 am Tangram, a collective of musicians who celebrate the interaction between contemporary Western and Chinese musics, marked their fifth anniversary on 27 Jan. at LSO St Luke’s. But rather than being a celebratory programme, like their 2022 […]
+ Read more…Nature Echo
Performance artist and art director for Tangram’s forthcoming production Nature Echo: meet Echo Morgan I am Echo, and it’s a pleasure to introduce myself as the art director for the two performances of Nature Echo. The journey through this performance promises to be an immersive experience, blending the harmonies of nature’s echoes with the transformative power […]
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Artist Talk at Chelsea College of Art
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November 7, 2023 | Posted By: Echo Morgan | body-politics · Exhibitions · Live Performance · News · Press+ Read more…Calligraphy On Skin
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She/Her and M(other)in Mexico
The IV Chinese Artists Video Festival and its Cuernavaca-Kunming program on Facultad Artes Uaem on the 8th of Nov. Curated and talk by Elizabeth Ross.
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Fashion + Art + Dark Fairytales with Xie Rong Hans Christian Andersen Project from Signe Emma on Vimeo.
+ Read more…My M(other) is Beautiful
My M(other) is Beautiful is a 10-minute film that captures the live performance of the same name. A collaboration with artist Guy Wigmore, the film invites viewers to witness the unfolding of four heartfelt personal narratives, each intricately mirroring the cycles of the seasons. As we journey through the historical corridors of Zabludowicz Collection, we are […]
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Mother Art Prize
Xie Rong, Painting until it becomes marble Love never dies, 2019. In the depths of grief after my mother-in-law’s passing, I painted with my own hair. As an action painter, my work is a physical manifestation of emotion, and this unique medium allowed me to capture my profound feelings of loss in a raw and […]
+ Read more…Woman+Horse=Mother
Q&A | Hettie Judah on how galleries, museums and art schools treat artist mothers A new publication unpicks how becoming a parent can detrimentally affect an artist’s career and suggests ways the art world can do better Gareth Harris4 October 2022Share
+ Read more…Pussydonia
October 10, 2022 | Posted By: Echo Morgan | blog: film link · body-politics · Eco Art · Live PerformanceAnatomy of PosidoniaLive Performance, IbizaVideo by Philemon Mukarno Action painting Spirulina chlorophyll powder and Sea water on paper2.75×11 Meter Hair, the wild and abstract body movement seems always connected with the subject of femininity and freedom. A source of power that also signifies vulnerability and subservience. This hair painting illustrates a microscopic images of fertilised Posidonia […]
+ Read more…Echo of Posidonia in Ibiza
It was my first time in Ibiza and I was completely amazed by it’s landscape, culture, energy and history! It was emotional to see my performance been reviewed in Spanish and published on magazines, newspapers and radios! Thanks you Territory Team!
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Echo of Posidonia_behind the scene
A short interview about my newest performance: Echo of Posidonia thank you IB3 for capture those sensitive moments and thank you Isa Sanz Dirctor of Territori festival for the truly remarkable effort to produce and promote this new body of work. Sharing precious opening light with Sarah Misselbrook and Saul Garcia Lopez
+ Read more…Power, Rights,Autrosity
August 30, 2022 | Posted By: Echo Morgan | Art Protest · blog: film link · body-politics · Live Performance☯️Run with Tao and Zen☮️ This is the first official performance by me with my boys: Tao and Zen. 权Rights, Power and Authority. During 20mins live performance I build a 木Wood shape character by using local died plants: Giant reed and my sons carried another half of the character 又 means again and repetition. Embodies […]
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+ Read more…Be the Inside of the Vase
10 years since the make of Be the Inside of the Vase. The film will be screening at The Third Festival of Chinese Video Artists at the Cine Morelos Cinema, Cuernavaca Mexico. It as a parallel activity in their own Violet Green Festival. Feminisms in Morelos. Thanks to Curator and longtime supporter Elizabeth Ross.
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June 27, 2022 | Posted By: Echo Morgan | Art Protest · blog: film link · body-politics · Live Performance · News第一章：变成小花梅 Chinese Knot, chapter one: Become “Little Plum Blossom” Our names are not Jane Doe. An alias is our last defence. Sensational title on the society page, photos with mosaic cover our eyes … In the past 6 months, a mother of eight children locked up in an iron chain has captivated the attention of […]
+ Read more…The Non-fungible Body
Painting until it Becomes Marble, Leipzig 2019 Photo by Jamie Baker Bodies Assert Themselves in the Digital: The “West” makes its own images of China, and the Internet plays along diligently. The Chinese Xie Rong performs in Linz. © Jamie Baker les-nouveaux-riches Magazine Interview: The Non-fungible Body? Xie Rong, Chinese Knot. Photo: Nurith Wagner-Strauss Linz has […]
+ Read more…Cut Piece 2022: This Room Moves at the Same Speed as the Clouds
This Room Moves at the Same Speed as the Clouds I arrived in Zurich on the 7th of April in a storm. There were Ukraine flags flying in the old town. I checked with my Israeli friends safety as the shooting in the downtown Tel Aviv that night killed 3 and injured few … ShangHai […]
+ Read more…Cut Piece 2022
The Outfits ? I choose to wear white because it’s world peace sentiment and most importantly I was imaging as the performance goes, the energy and the shift of missing piece creates abstract clouds just like the exhibition title: This room moves at the same speed as the clouds. I wanted to in-body the cloud. […]
+ Read more…Gifts for the River Film Festival
March 26, 2022 | Posted By: Echo Morgan | Academic Research · Art Protest · blog: film link · Eco ArtJourney with Water, Betsy Damon in China Film screening on the March 25th, 2022 at Central Michigan University Gifts For The River Film Festival seeks to celebrate our relationship with the land and waterways that sustain us. To celebrate the artists and filmmakers who are in intentional relationship with the natural world and utilize their […]
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The Radical Outdoors
March 4, 2022 | Posted By: Echo Morgan | Academic ResearchBetsy Damon’s feminist performances and eco-justice collaborations in the U.S. and China Friday, March 4, 2022 12:00 PM 1:30 PM Session The Radical Outdoors: Betsy Damon’s feminist performances and eco-justice collaborations in the U.S. and ChinaChairs: Monika Fabijanska, Independent Art Historian and CuratorDr. Christine A. Filippone, Millersville University2022 College Art Association Annual ConferenceFriday, March 4, 2022, […]
+ Read more…Masking “Chineseness”
February 11, 2022 | Posted By: Echo Morgan | Academic ResearchThe Performance Works of Xie Rong 谢蓉 (Echo Morgan) By Freda Fiala As part of the conference series on “Women and Masks” at Boston University, I am glad to present my long-term research on performance artist Xie Rong 谢蓉 (Echo Morgan) for the first time. The performances of Xie Rong 谢蓉 (Echo Morgan) engage with […]
+ Read more…Sea 海 ~ Xie Rong
January 12, 2021 Sea Performance by Xie RongPhoto by Jamie Baker I like to say, I am the daughter of the ocean, I like to say that I grew up in the sea … but that’s a lie, I can’t swim and I am terrified of water. I first saw the sea when I was […]
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Film screening at Deformes Triennial First International Triennial of Performance Deformes, Chile, 2021
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Xie Rong. “The place where I yearn is day and night.” Ramat Gan Museum of Russian and Far Eastern Art. From November 11, 2021 Exhibition curated by Adiya Porat
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The Place Where I Miss Day and Night
Solo Exhibition, at the Museum of Far Eastern Art . An exhibition that includes a selection of video performances, as well as video art and photographs. By maska Posted on 07.11.2021 Xie Rong: The Place Where I Miss Day and Night, Photographs of works – © Jamie Baker Xie Rong, a Chinese-born contemporary artist, specializes in performance and […]
+ Read more…Harbinger Exhibition
November 1, 2021 | Posted By: Echo Morgan | Art Protest · blog: film link · body-politics · Exhibitions · Live Performance · PressFilm screening at Harbinger Harbinger – create a physical and digital exhibition about marginalised communities dealing with the climate crisis in line with COP26 which is on the 1st -12th November 2021. The exhibition also showcases the stories of artists and how they and their art have been affected, as a result. These stories are […]
+ Read more…I Would Like to Know You
October 30, 2021 | Posted By: Echo Morgan | Art Protest · body-politics · Exhibitions · Live PerformanceConversation with Duan Ying Mei about my performance art as part of her exhibition in Garage Museum of Contemporary Art The performative Body Photos by Jamie Baker 1.Little Red Flower ‘My earliest performative act was put my hand at 90 degree angle whenever I need to speak.’ In this performance, I reflected on my childhood […]
+ Read more…Ellipsis Print
October 20, 2021 | Posted By: Echo Morgan | PressLove Wild Lawn, 2021 Risograph print on Olin natural white 170gsm paper 42 x 29.7 cm (A3) Limited edition of 100purchase from Ellipsis Website This limited edition print is made from layers of wild flowers and weeds from our lawn. The character written across my face reads: Love. If the lawn is a symbol of […]
+ Read more…Reframing Narrative
What not to miss during Frieze Week 2021 Bazaar presents the ultimate guide to London’s annual celebration of art Rewriting the narrative Join Helena Lee, acting deputy editor of Harper’s Bazaar and founder of East Side Voices, in conversation with three of the brightest East Asian artists working in Britain today: Xie Rong, Vivien Zhang and Kristy […]
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I would like to know you
October 9, 2021 | Posted By: Echo Morgan | Academic Research · Art Protest · blog: film link · ExhibitionsConversation with DuanYingMei for Spirit Labor: Duration, Difficulty, and Affect Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow 10 Sep 2021-30 Jan 2022 Lawn Are an Ecological Disaster, Are you surprised? This year I have been researcher on the history of Lawn. Reflecting on the social and environmental impacts of Lawns, family roots, man occupied space, collective […]
+ Read more…STORM CHASER: A STUDIO VISIT WITH XIE RONG
July 10, 2021 | Posted By: Echo Morgan | UncategorizedFearless performance artist Xie Rong (also known as Echo Morgan) puts herself in vulnerable, uncomfortable positions to communicate strong political messages. Using her own body as a canvas, she invites her audience to bury her with stones, throw water on her and touch her pregnant stomach. Xie’s arresting performances infuse personal experiences growing up in China with […]
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STAY CONNECTED: CHINESE ARTS NOW 2021 FESTIVAL 15 April 2021 Echo Morgan (Xie Rong) is a performance artist. She has always been interested in the relationship between Body, Memory and Politics through gesture, mark making and storytelling. Through video and an audience Q&A, she will share her research into some inspirational artist’s projects (including Betsy […]
+ Read more…English Patient / 英国病人
Narrative writing for Above the Cloud Performance Festival, Yu Nan, China 4月24号 前些日子有个段子很流行，新冠疫情阻击战，中国打上半场，全世界打下半场，海外华人打全场。的确如此，这三个月里我的身份：女儿，妻子，母亲，移民，老师，艺术家，中国人让我的心绪时而忧虑，时而悲伤，时而困惑，时而愤怒。当然也有感动，也有鼓舞。四月快要结束了，在此梳理理一下零散的记疫。
+ Read more…Body Politics
October 2, 2019 | Posted By: Echo Morgan | Art Protest · body-politics · Exhibitions · Live Performance · News02/10/2019 Human 人 -Little white flower Live performance @ilminmuseumofart? @jamiebakerphotography 1997, I was 14years old. I had my first article published on national newspaper. I passionately wrote my grief for the death of DengXiaoPing. Sorrow is a strange thing when you see everyone around you was crying, tv channel was playing funeral songs, over over […]
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Baltic Sea
Xie Rong: Sea Durational performance Saturday 19.10. between 13-16 Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art, Itäinen Rantakatu 38 As part of Wäinö Aaltonen Museum’s When Is Now -exhibition Programme 2019 Friday 18.10.2019 WHEN WHAT INFO WHERE 18:00 Panu Pihkala: Earth Emotions Performance lecture Viinatehdas MANILLA 19:15 Leena Kela: Space Here We Come Performance lecture MANILLA […]
+ Read more…Body of Work
Body of Work Interview by Jing Zhang Published on Aug of 2019 Prestige Magazine
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+ Read more…52 ARTISTS 52 ACTIONS book launch
In a year of Instagramming dangerously, 52 artists respond to critical issues across the broader Asia region. Description The mainstream media keeps us in a constant state of emergency where the word ‘crisis’ is used daily and ‘breaking news’ is a permanent banner across our screens. The real emergencies we should be facing are […]
+ Read more…PAINTING UNTIL IT BECOMES MARBLE
June 12, 2019 | Posted By: Echo Morgan | blog: film link · Exhibitions · Live Performance · News · Press · reviewsXIE RONG PERFORMS YOKO ONO’S PAINTING UNTIL IT BECOMES MARBLE Leipzig, Germany – May 2019 Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig By Madeline Bocaro © Watch the performance video: Following her intense performance of Yoko Ono’s Cut Piece (as Echo Morgan) at the Peace Is Power exhibition in Leipzig (April 2019), the amazing artist Xie Rong performed […]
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Stone and Light
June 12, 2019 | Posted By: Echo Morgan | blog: film link · Exhibitions · Live Performance · News · PressXIE RONG – STONE AND LIGHT By Madeline Bocaro © Xie Rong performs her new works: Story of the Stone/ To Reach the Light (inspired by Yoko Ono) at Yoko Ono: Peace Is Power exhibition @mdbkleipzig in Leipzig Germany May 11, 2019. Watch the performance videos: Story of the Stone This work by […]
+ Read more…My Cut Piece
Cut piece ✂️ Last night, I performed my “One Woman Show”. It is a title that borrowed from Yoko Ono’s MoMA’s exhibition in 2015. It was my 5th performance piece that responded to Yoko’s work. This morning, tiredly woke up from sore muscles. I watched the video of Theresa May’s resign speech. Her usually steely […]
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May 12, 2019 | Posted By: Echo Morgan | blog: film link · Exhibitions · Live Performance · Press · reviewsApril 9, 2019 XIE RONG (ECHO MORGAN) PERFORMS YOKO ONO’S CUT PIECE @ Yoko Ono: Peace Is Power exhibition 2019 Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig By Madeline Bocaro © I had a wonderful chat with artist Echo Morgan about her performance. Yoko requested that Cut Piece be performed at the opening of her Peace […]
+ Read more…Yoko Ono and I
Yoko Ono and I in 2009, Notting Hill Gate, Feathers Boutique Cut Piece ✂️ I made a promise to myself not to participate in other artist’s work; not to react someone els’s performance after a heartfelt and inspiring conversation with John Court in Beijing. When Alfred Weidinger, the director of the Museum of Fine arts […]
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November 12, 2018 | Posted By: Echo Morgan | blog: film link · Exhibitions · Live Performance · News · Press+ Read more… -
Body Calligraphy: The Performance Work of Echo Morgan _ By Luise Guest
Body Calligraphy: The Performance Work of Echo Morgan Echo Morgan is the English name of Xie Rong, a Chengdu-born, London-based, multi-disciplinary artist whose work is underpinned by a dark family story. She works with stereotypes of ‘Chineseness’ and femininity in order to subvert them. Morgan has written texts on her skin using red lipstick, black Chinese […]
+ Read more…The Body is Cultural – Xie Rong’s Home at Galerie Huit Hong Kong
The Body is Cultural – Xie Rong’s Home at Galerie Huit Hong Kong Galerie Huitis currently exhibiting the debut solo show in Hong Kong of the Chinese multi-disciplinary artist Xie Rong, otherwise known as Echo Morgan. Rong was born in the southwest province of ChengDu, China in 1983 and has lived and worked […]
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November 12, 2016 | Posted By: Echo Morgan | Exhibitions · Live Performance · News · Press · reviewsXie Rong x Echo Morgan – After her divorce in the UK, a petite Sichuan girl started her five-years performance art journey. Art China · Meng Yuan | 2016-11-03 17:20 The first “Beijing·Live” International Performance Art Festival was held from October 15th to 23rd, 2016. More than 30 performance artists from 13 countries presented performance […]
+ Read more…Live Action 11 Gothenburg
September 10, 2016 | Posted By: Echo Morgan | blog: film link · Exhibitions · Live Performance · NewsWatch Live Performance “Mother” online: Since my father passed away two years ago I found impossible to make live art, he was the drive, the inspirations for my action art. My straggled soul found huge peace, hope and happiness in daily life of caring my boys. But I have missed so much of the honesty, […]
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Shanghai rouge
Shanghai rouge ? Shang hai Yun contemporary art center, Conjunctively Evolving – Masters of Contemporary Art in China and Britain, ( 02/07 – 08/08 2016). Curated by Jian Zhou, li liu and Yichen Zhang.
+ Read more…Label magazine cover
I am delighted to be the cover of Label Magazine. Published in Poland distributed in Europe and NYC. Mono Print on digital photo. collaboration with Jamie Baker. Break the Vase 2012
+ Read more…Performance Art | Echo Morgan’s Darkness is Undressed in Heartbreaking Performance
Performance Art | Echo Morgan’s Darkness is Undressed in Heartbreaking Performance Drawing on her volatile personal history as a child growing up in China, Echo Morgan, whose real name Xie Rong, creates devastatingly emotional performance art. One piece titled Be the Inside of the Vase performed in 2012 at The Royal College of Art in […]
+ Read more…Touching Happiness
Touching Happiness Photography by Jamie Baker 3 hours, 04/01/2014 @ CiYun Taoism Temple, XiaoZhou Village, GuangZhou I was 24 weeks pregnant on the 4th of Jan 2014. I blew 200 balloons in duration of 3 hours. Audience are encouraged to take away of the red balloons as sign of sharing happiness. The audience were also […]
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Grey Collective at Offline Art Fair Thur 28th Nov – Sun 1st Dec Embassy Tea Rooms, Union Street, SE1 OL
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Multiplied Artfair at Christie’s
16 October 2013 – Printmaking graduates from the Royal College of Art will show for a second year at auction house Christie’sMultiplied editions art fair. This year RCA graduates will feature in the main body of the event. Echo Morgan, Catriona Leahy, Frank Leauver, Nicola Thomas and Marianne Keating are among the Printmaking graduates, who will exhibit […]
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Jade Buddha Photography by Roland-von-der-Emden,Yau Wen and Kovács István 3 hours, 13 . 09 . 2013 @ Sète, outdoor flea market During Cultural Revolution red guards cut off Buddha heads from the temple to destroy the tradition, religion and history. My father’s antique passion is collecting jade and Buddha head. Bankrupted and lonely, he brushes […]
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Sete Warrior Live Performance Photography by Roland-von-der-Emden and Yau Wen 3 Hours Lipsticks, sete traditional water jousting shield and jousting pole, white French girl’s outfit @Sete, Infr’action,14.09.2013 My uncle used to call me the Don Quixote. I was excited to discover the famous sport in Sete: Water Jousting and noticed it’s a game for boys only. […]
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Chinese Zezette Photography by Roland-von-der-Emden,Yau Wen and Kovács István 3 hours, 13 . 09 . 2013 @ Sète, outdoor market ZeZette (traditional cookie from Sète,France) I ate the first fortune cookie when I arrived in London. It’s a Chinese symbol created by American consumerism but not popular in Mainland China. Shaped like the folded version […]
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Chicken Soup Live Performance 30 min, Photography by Roland-von-der-Emden, Joachim Axelsson and Yau Wen Live chicken, tent, soup, knife, and 10 min film projection @Sete, Infr’action12.09.2013 My mum was born at the Chinese year of rooster, she has a scar like the shape of a rooster. She always describes herself as the elegant proud animal. […]
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Taped morning exercise
Taped morning exercise Photography by Roland-von-der-Emden, Vincent Campos and Bjorn Veno 2 hours, 11 . 09 . 2013 @ Sète, outdoor market Be persistent in training! Strengthen our bodies! Study diligently! Serve our motherland! Radio gymnastic exercise (Guangbo Ticao ????) is part of the school curriculum in most primary (age 6-11) and secondary (age 12-17) […]
+ Read more…Brushing Jade_Father’s Jade
Performance by Echo Morgan, 17. 09 . 2013 @ Sumarria Lunn Gallery, Live Performance: 1 Hours waxed huddha head and bodysuit, tight rope, toothbrushes, 10 min film projection on loop @Sumarria Lunn Gallery, 17.09.2013. At the Closing evening of Tightrope, I performed the final part of my performance: Brushing Jade: Father’s Jade. I wore a […]
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Brushing Jade: Jade Buddha Live Performance 3 Hours, Photography by Paul Neave Scaffolding, safety net,waxed buddha head, brush, body @Sumarria Lunn Gallery, 05.09.2013 At the private view of Tightrope, I performed the first part of my performance: Brushing Jade: Jade Buddha I wore a waxed buddha head, stood silently inside a scaffolding structure. My body […]
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” He brushes his jade day and night, the only time he would look or talk to me was when I proposed to brush his jade with him ” Closing Evening : 17th September 7-8pm with performance by Echo Morgan Exhibition runs: 6th September to 17th September 2013 / 11am – 6pm (Tuesday to Friday) / 12 – 5pm (Saturday) Sumarria Lunn […]
+ Read more…Echo’s Infr’Action
August 21, 2013 | Posted By: Echo Morgan | NewsEntering its ninth year of existence Infr’Action will take place from September 11th to 15th in the public space of Sète and at the city’s own beautiful Musée Paul Valéry. Five days, five performances. It’s all about action. Follow me on instagram for all my working in progress : )
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Changing Face
August 19, 2013 | Posted By: Echo Morgan | blog: film linkChanging face?? 15 min presentation for my final exam at Royal College of Art I borrowed the gesture and name of Changing face?? which is an ancient Chinese dramatic art that is part of the Sichuan opera. Performers wear vividly coloured masks, typically depicting well known characters from the opera, which they change from one […]
+ Read more…A New Memorial-film
A New Memorial The politics of the family tree Multimedia Installation Scaffolding, open frame industrial monitors, films 2meter x 2meter Royal College of Art Show RCA2013 A Pai Fang ?? is a traditional style of Chinese arch, a historically popular monument that celebrates important family members and achievements. The most famous are “Virgin […]
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August 8, 2013 | Posted By: Echo Morgan | NewsOpening: 5th September 6-9pm with performance by Echo Morgan Exhibition runs: 6th September to 17th September 2013 / 11am – 6pm (Tuesday to Friday) / 12 – 5pm (Saturday) Sumarria Lunn Gallery 36 South Molton Lane London W1K 5AB Takming Chuang, Echo Morgan, Emily Speed and Hanae Utamura: Tightrope Curated by Kate Pantling, Tightrope brings together the work of four international emerging artists Takming Chuang, […]
+ Read more…Echo at Christie’s
July 3, 2013 | Posted By: Echo Morgan | NewsEcho at Christie’s 21st Centuary Art & Design Selected Works from the RCA Degree Show 2013 9th-12th July, Christie’s, King Street Gallery, 8 King Street, St. James’s, SW1Y 6QT Four of my portraits from Performative Body series were selected! Performative Body Photography by Jamie Baker , 2012 – 2013 Be the Inside of the Vase , 2012 Born […]
+ Read more…Be the Inside of the Vase_Live Performance
Be the Inside of the Vase Photography by Jamie Baker Live Performance, 4 hours @Royal College of Art 25.04.2012 Clay, body paint, Chinese tissue paper, willow sculpture, audio In China, people give a life size Vase as a gift for the opening of a new building, a new business. 25th of April 2012, At the […]
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Root Print 根印
April 11, 2013 | Posted By: Echo Morgan | NewsR oot Print by Echo Morgan ( ??? Lecture at Sichuan Art Academy 28th of March 2013 First time gave presentation about my work in Chinese! very exciting and memorable experience , presentation details will be follow in future post : )
+ Read more…Sauce, Riceballs, Your Choice
Sauce, Riceballs, Your choice Photography by Jamie Baker 3 hours, 09 . 03 . 2013 @ café Gallery Three Cannon Balls (traditional dish from Chengdu, China) My head and two heads are covered by glutinous rice that sculptured as balls, There are three bows of sauce: soybean powder, Chinese red sugar and sesame seeds. Each […]
+ Read more…Notes to Self
February 7, 2013 | Posted By: Echo Morgan | News? ? ? ? ? ? “Inscription – The Crude House” by Liu Yu Xi ? ? ? ??? ? ? ?? It matters not the height; if an immortal resides in a mountain it becomes famous. ? ? ? ??? ? ? ?? It matters not the depth; if a dragon lives in a […]
+ Read more…Little Red Flower
January 27, 2013 | Posted By: Echo Morgan | NewsOpens at London Print Studio Three digital prints on archive paper, film: It was a staged performance, also a short film with personal narrative. I grew up in China until 19 years old, my early communist education and China’s economic boom has deeply embodied in my roots. They still strongly control my thoughts and behaviour. […]
+ Read more…Films showing at The Royal Standard
The Royal Standard in collaboration with Drawing Paper and Liverpool Biennial present a one-day experimental event exploring the relationship between sound, performance and drawing. It will screening my films:
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Singing Mermaid
October 10, 2012 | Posted By: Echo Morgan | NewsIt is a performance influenced by Greek mythology Echo and Narcissus, western fairytales Little Mermaid and Chinese legend Carp Jumps Over the Dragon Gate.I invited audiences to taping my legs,this performance transforms my body into a sculpture. My name is Echo, I don’t have a voice, I can only repeat other’s words, You can give […]
+ Read more…Balls of Steel_Live Performance
Balls of Steel Live Performance, 4 hours Photography by Jamie Baker 04.10. 2012 @ Blackall Studios People always say that I have balls. I am a tiny Chinese girl, hair doesn’t even grow much on me. But apparently I have balls. Big heavy balls. The empire of china cut off the male servant’s balls so […]
+ Read more…Reincarnation
September 12, 2012 | Posted By: Echo Morgan | NewsReincarnation 15th September – 24th November 2012 I transformed the surface of my entire body into a Ming vase for an art work called I Am the Four Gentlemen . Through the mediums of performance and film, I explore the intrinsic and complex relationship between violence, beauty, and vulnerability, re-examining how these antipodal constructs impact ideas of […]
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Performance by Echo Morgan Photography by Jamie Baker The performance ‘Be the Inside of the Vase’ was divided into two parts. The first story began with my father’s attempt to commit suicide. The performance revealed my uneasy childhood and difficult relationship with my father. I was still and silent whilst my voice revealed the […]
+ Read more…You Are My Mirror
July 2, 2012 | Posted By: Echo Morgan | NewsJuly 1st, 2012 Song Dong said to me, “You and your art are now embodied, I can not separated you from your art, let your personal story grow, use your individual voice to tell the larger history. It’s moving and powerful, you are my mirror.” I met SongDong in 2006 when I was working for Selfridge’s 3D Creative team, […]
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Xie Rong & Echo Morgan
June 16, 2012 | Posted By: Echo Morgan | blog: film linkMy birth name is Xie Rong. A family name from my granny Xie and a given name from my mum; both of whom eventually divorced. I felt, I carried two single mothers on my shoulders. I am Rong ‘?’ the confederate rose, I grew up in tears. In 2000 I began to use the name […]
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Sleeping Russia Live Performance 10 min Photography by Jamie Baker 2011 @ St Petersburg A land not mine, still forever memorable, the waters of its ocean chill and fresh. Sand on the bottom whiter than chalk, and the air drunk, like wine, late sun lays bare the rosy limbs of the pinetrees. Sunset in the […]
+ Read more…Kensington Palace Press
Echo Morgan in ‘Dress of the World’ Enchanted Palace‘ exhibition at Kensington Palace has attracted widespread praise. Exploring the lives of the seven princesses who once resided there through ingenious installations in the state rooms, the exhibition will have you wandering spellbound through the palace and will make you look at the lives of these […]
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