who is danny yung (荣念曾) ::
:: Danny Yung (荣念曾) is a man of many talents, being a mathematician, an urban planner, an engineer, and also a distinguished “multi artist” of sorts.
Over the last 30+ years, he’s become known around the world for his many creative achievements in the areas of literature, performance (founded the avant garde theatre and dance troupe Zuni Icosahedron), installation work, experimental cinema / video, and other unconventional conceptual art forms. However, he is probably most widely recognized for his “Make Progress Every Day” (天天向上) comic, of which he recently published a book about, titled: 概念漫画, 天天向上 (Conceptual Comic: Making Progress Every Day). [link link]
Yung’s “Making Progress Every Day” series uses a single, simply drawn character (see image just above) with empty speech bubbles, or sometimes none at all, as a platform to engage his audience in dialogue (or their inner monologue), collective creativity, and interactive collaboration.
Yung leaves it mostly to others to fill in the blanks as a way to, according to him, ”experiment with a narrative framework,” create a “dialectic commentary on language itself,” and to more widely explore “communication structures.”
56minus1 first became an admirer of Yung’s work at the and has since taken to using his comic in a variety of ways (including interpretations on this site). A nine-frame example of his “Making Progress Every Day” series can be downloaded here, if interested.
Danny Yung on “Video Circle,” one of his video installation pieces ::
// AjS
sources ::
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The International Artist Database: Danny Yung
- Digital Art, UNESCO Knowledge Portal
- Danny Yeo: 荣念曾概念漫画: 天天向上 (Chinese)
- Digitalogue: Danny Yung
related links ::
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一个荣念曾访谈 / An Interview with Danny Young (Chinese)
- Biography (University of Washington, faculty)
- 香港创意荣念曾漫画”天天向上” / Hong Kong Artist Danny Yong’s “Making Progress Everyday” Comic (Chinese)
- 荣念曾漫画展亮相创意周 / Danny Young’s Comic Exhibit at Creative Week (Chinese)
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