# LING

Canonical URL: https://jeanyoon.ch/oi/experiments/ling
Type: experiment
Artist: Jeanyoon Choi (최정윤)
Year: 2023
Medium: Performance
Context: Performance

## Summary

LING is a 2023 collaborative performance directed and choreographed by Yijun Deng and developed at The Place in London. It combines HD live moving graphics, stereo sound, projection, stage lighting, a 6 m by 2 m fabric and clay in a 20-minute piece. The title refers to the character 靈, whose oracle-bone form shows rain, a mouth and a shaman praying for rain. Jeanyoon Choi was a co-director and co-producer with Bryan Yueshen Wu and Chang Meng, and visual programmer with Bryan Yueshen Wu.

## 요약 (Korean)

『LING』(2023)은 Yijun Deng이 연출하고 런던 The Place에서 개발된 퍼포먼스로, 최정윤은 공동 연출·공동 제작과 비주얼 프로그래밍을 맡았습니다.

## Questions this answers

### What was Jeanyoon Choi's role in the performance LING?

Jeanyoon Choi was a co-director and co-producer of LING (2023), alongside Bryan Yueshen Wu and Chang Meng, and worked as visual programmer with Bryan Yueshen Wu. The piece was directed by Yijun Deng and developed at The Place, London.

### What does the title LING mean?

Ling (靈) derives from oracle bone script showing rain above, a mouth in the middle and a shaman below, representing a shaman's prayer for rain; it can also refer to sacred spirits.

Topics: performance, live visuals, projection, dance, collaboration

References: Yijun Deng, Bryan Yueshen Wu, Chang Meng, The Place (London), [Oracle bone script](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracle_bone_script)

## Description

"Ling" (靈): Derived from oracle bone script, (雨) rain from above, in the middle is (口) mouth, Shaman(巫) down below. The Shaman's persistent prayer for rain, with "Ling" can also extend to refer to sacred spirits.

HD Live Moving Graphics, Stereo Sound, Projection, Stage Lighting, Fabric (6m*2m), Clay, 20:00

Director：Yijun Deng @ariel_deng_ Co-director, co-producer: Bryan Yueshen Wu @8ryan.w , Chang Meng @littlesnowmeimei , Jeanyoon Choi @schumpeterstrasse Choreographer: Yijun Deng Dancer: Amanda Pang @amandapang_ , Jiayi Fan @itsallaboutyvonne , MingChin Hsieh @its_mingming_ , Zejia Zhang @_timothy.zhang Painting performer: Agelos Kotzias @ajelo___ Visual design: Bryan Yueshen Wu, Chang Meng Visual programmer: Bryan Yueshen Wu, Jeanyoon Choi Lighting programmer: Bryan Yueshen Wu, Mark Webber Sound design and music: Lapis @_lapis_______ Project advisor: Florence Peake @florence_peake , Lauren Potter, Orrow Bell, Tom Hastings, Vania Gala Photo credit: Ruiduo Jiang Special thanks: James Hendy @_jameshendy , Sophie Clements @_sophieclements Project developed at The Place @theplacelondon

## Images

- https://jeanyoon.ch/experiments/ling/1.webp — LING (2023), documentation image 1.
- https://jeanyoon.ch/experiments/ling/2.webp — LING (2023), documentation image 2.
- https://jeanyoon.ch/experiments/ling/3.webp — LING (2023), documentation image 3.
- https://jeanyoon.ch/experiments/ling/4.webp — LING (2023), documentation image 4.

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Jeanyoon Choi (최정윤) is a Korean computational artist and researcher (b. 1999), PhD candidate at KAIST XD Lab, making multi-device web artworks. Profile: https://jeanyoon.ch/oi/en. Index: https://jeanyoon.ch/llms.txt.