Vicky Tang (b. China, 1997), studied Latin dance and classical piano professionally in China. She received her BA in Visual Communication from the School of Fine Arts at South-Central University for Nationalities. Graduated from Royal College of Art, Visual Communication Illustration, in UK 2020. In London, she has practised at Independent Dance (ID) and Siobhan Davies Studios and collaborated with Margarita Zafrilla Olayo at the Tate Britain Archive.
Vicky works with dance, performance, visual communication, choreography, painting, and film. Her performative language explores questions about how our bodies can be self-archived and transformed by movement.
Vicky works with dance, performance, visual communication, choreography, painting, and film. Her performative language explores questions about how our bodies can be self-archived and transformed by movement.
Her work has presented in London at Work in Progress Show, Royal College of Art (2020), The Creative Space Autumn Exhibition, Arlington House, (2019), Archiver(s), Tate Britain Archives (2019), P.3-P.117, Tenderbooks, and in New York at the School of Visual Arts Illustration Residency (2019).
Statement
My language for communication focuses on embodied knowledge through dance, performance, and drawing. I look at how our senses, tactility, gaze, and the animal nature of human beings, interact with daily objects, people, and architecture through virtual and physical space. My works are usually presented collectively in open space with various audiences.
I aim to visualise intangible realities: the inability of communication, the attempt of dialogue, and the unbalance between language, and body movements. By connecting the division between the realm of memory and the field of experience, I reflect on the closely related subjects of the body as archive and physical memories, and how they transform through movement.
I consider movement as a bridge for a continuous loss. It presents as a transformation for human connection, as well as awkwardness, a humour that echoes our vulnerabilities.