RietveldTV is the monthly TV program of the Gerrit Rietveld Academy. Hosted every last Saturday and Sunday at 10:40 PM by AT5 and then online forever on Vimeo. Each month, an alumnus is invited to use the 12-minute audiovisual set as a framework for the development of a new work.
30 & 31 October 2021, 10.40 pm: Rietveld TV Wenrui Zhao
About the episode: The Concrete Road is a three-channel installation work which was first exhibited during the Graduation Show 2021 at Gerrit Rietveld Academie.
"Landscape shifts, unmodernised desires. This is a story comprising three avatars of myself talking to and interviewing each other, reflecting on memories and weaving a path on coming of age. Sticky childhood memory which never fades. Loosely fitted gender/racial identity struts in juvenile cravings. Self-loathing, negation of the past, and his frowning parents. The tyranny of modernism leaves a leaky path for the protagonist to escape and slobber in a dream of wet summer night. My highest appreciation towards Bertien van Manen, who not only provides images on memory bubbles, but also her images help me to develop the initial script for this work."
RietveldTV is the monthly TV programme of the Gerrit Rietveld Academie. The upcoming episode will air on Saturday 30 October and Sunday 31 October at 10:40 PM by AT5. Afterwards, it can be found on Vimeo.