Hi, I'm Mengzhi He.
I'm a digital artist and practice-based researcher who thinks through art-making. My work moves around atmosphere, vibe, emotion, identity, and things that feel unreal. I'm drawn to visuals that feel a little lonely, a little strange, and difficult to fully explain in words.
I enjoy experimenting with new tools, media, and visual languages, not because I chase trends, but because experimentation is one of the ways I make sense of myself and the world around me.
This is where I keep my work, writing, and fragments of thought. By the way, I'm quite relaxed about pronouns, so just use whatever feels natural.
I enjoy experimenting with new tools, media, and visual languages, not because I chase trends, but because experimentation is one of the ways I make sense of myself and the world around me.
This is where I keep my work, writing, and fragments of thought. By the way, I'm quite relaxed about pronouns, so just use whatever feels natural.
What does wooMingFlow mean?
“wooMingFlow” is my own transliteration of the Chinese phrase "無鳴水渤", which I loosely understand as a quiet flow of living water.
It is also a Chinese wordplay I came up with myself, sounding the same as "无名水博". The latter is a somewhat biased joke often seen on the Simplified Chinese internet, usually directed at art students or international students like me. It is often used to refer to those “ordinary” PhD students in the eyes of outsiders, as if people like us are not really doing serious research, but simply drifting through life and waiting for a degree.
Oddly enough, I feel a subtle sense of closeness to that phrase: An artist-researcher, quietly staying in fields that are not always easily seen, slowly making their own things. Not everyone will connect with my work, and that is completely fine. I make because I genuinely enjoy making.
Quiet things can still carry a great deal of life.
It is also a Chinese wordplay I came up with myself, sounding the same as "无名水博". The latter is a somewhat biased joke often seen on the Simplified Chinese internet, usually directed at art students or international students like me. It is often used to refer to those “ordinary” PhD students in the eyes of outsiders, as if people like us are not really doing serious research, but simply drifting through life and waiting for a degree.
Oddly enough, I feel a subtle sense of closeness to that phrase: An artist-researcher, quietly staying in fields that are not always easily seen, slowly making their own things. Not everyone will connect with my work, and that is completely fine. I make because I genuinely enjoy making.
Quiet things can still carry a great deal of life.
I would not say my temper is bad, but I am definitely a bit odd.
For the things I am genuinely curious about, I seem to have almost endless energy. But when it comes to things I do not care about, or even actively dislike, my patience drops to absolutely zero.
I am not particularly fond of performative politeness, and I have never felt the need to remain constantly “likeable.”I am much more comfortable being honest and direct, and sometimes I can come across as difficult, especially when I am speaking in my mother tongue.
If we ever end up having an intense discussion in Chinese over a particular point of view, you might probably describe me like this: a sharp-tongued art person.
I am not particularly fond of performative politeness, and I have never felt the need to remain constantly “likeable.”I am much more comfortable being honest and direct, and sometimes I can come across as difficult, especially when I am speaking in my mother tongue.
If we ever end up having an intense discussion in Chinese over a particular point of view, you might probably describe me like this: a sharp-tongued art person.
Feel free to write to me.
I genuinely enjoy thoughtful messages, ideas, and conversations around art, research, and digital making.
If I don't reply, it's usually because:
Thanks for understanding.
If I don't reply, it's usually because:
- I couldn't quite understand what you were asking.
- the tone felt off to me.
- it wasn't relevant to what I do.
- I didn't have the headspace to respond.
Thanks for understanding.