LectureThe Courtauld Institute of Art6 – 7.30pm, 28.10.2025

2025 Asymmetry Distinguished Lecture Series at The CourtauldOn Parasocial Media: The Shoggoth and the SkeuomorphGary Zhexi Zhang

Gary Zhexi Zhang

Gary Zhexi Zhang is a visual artist and writer living and working between UK and China. His work explores systemic connections between cosmology, technology, and the economy. He recently published Catastrophe Time! (Strange Attractor Press, 2023), a collection of essays, fictions and interviews about finance and time. Recent solo artistic presentations include METAMERS at EPFL Pavilions and the 9th Asian Art Biennial, Taichung. He has published widely in academic and artistic platforms on art, economy, technology, and is working on a book about multipolar technoculture. He is currently an associate lecturer at Goldsmiths and an associate lecturer at Chelsea College of Arts, where he is also an associate tutor.

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