Soda Dream
Single-Channel video, filmed in Skógar, a village in southern Iceland, with a population
of 25 in 2007. There is no grocery store in town and almost no commercial facilities.
One late night during Jia's stay in Skógar, she wanted to drink soda, so she tried to
buy a bottle of soda in the town, eventually, Jia bought one from a waiter who was
closing the hotel. The whole process was recorded on video.
2024
Video
Untitled
Filmed in Diamond Beach, Iceland, where Ji Jia embraced a piece of glacier ice that
drifted to the coastline. Each piece of the glacier ice is nearly 500 years old. From embracing the ice,
the cold from the ice penetrated Jia's skin and entered her body. At the same time, time and energy
entered Jia's body, and she also melted the ice (dissolution of time).
2024
PhotographyVideo 00’49
A Silent Song
Single-channel video. Ji Jia was singing next to Skógafoss (Iceland). The sound of the
waterfall engulfed her singing. To create a song without melody and sound. The song Jia
sang during her performance is
♫ <<Sorrow>> , by The National.
2024
Photography
Video 02’59”
Saturday Drunk
Saturday Drunk includes installation and photography. Handmade tilted beer glass. The
beer glass collects Jia's urine excreted after she drinks beer (human body-processed
beer). Documenting her body tilted likely "drunk".
2024 Installation, beer glass, urine
Photography
InsomniaIn the video, Ji Jia was counting sheep on the grassland located in Chenbaerhu
Banner, Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia, China, which is the only road leading to Ji Jia's hometown. The flock was
constantly moving, a seemingly impossible mission. Audiences can use the counter to count the sheep in the
photograph during the exhibition.
2023Photography
Video
Trigger
Choosing public fountains in Bergen, Norway, and Guangzhou, China, to adjust their operational hours. The project reversed the fountains’ original schedules, turning them off during the day and operating them at night.
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2022Site-Specific Installation
Cooperation
Install an automatic feeder above Bergen Kunsthall's entrance. A pair of horn speakers
play the pre-recorded whistles at 11:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. daily, while the automatic feeder
delivers bird food. The aim is to train the pigeons in the park to eat and excrete at Bergen
Kunsthall. Video is recorded from a CCTV camera inside the automatic feeder. It lasts one
month until the end of the exhibition.
2022
Installation
Automatic feeder, bird food,
bird droppings, horn speaker, CCTV camera
Cold Beer?
Moving Jia’s apartment refrigerator—still filled with her daily groceries—outdoors next to the University of Bergen, Faculty of Fine Art, Music, and Design, used a extension cord to connect it to the university’s internal power supply, keeping the fridge running while offering free beer to visitors.
2021
Installation
Refrigerator, beer
A Puff of Breeze
Install a pair of feminine home-style lace curtains on one of the Tag Team Studio’s windows
and open the window to hang one of the curtains through the window outside. Keep the curtain
hanging outside during the whole exhibition period. To connect the inside and outside space.
2021Installation
White lace curtains×2
Installation view
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清风不识字，何故乱翻书
Ji Jia blows on the pages of an art history book, turning them with her breath.
*清风不识字，何故乱翻书
The breeze knows no words, yet it flips the pages.
2020 Video 02'31