Ecosensibility Exercises

In a dim green forest, a man in a loose white shirt stands on mossy stone steps holding a wide straw hat at his side, looking up into the trees as soft light filters through the leaves.
Title
Ecosensibility Exercises
Artist
Zheng Bo
Date
2021
Description
A series of six guided, embodied exercises by Zheng Bo that invite participants to move beyond a human-centered view of the world and connect with other living things, especially plants. They include Collecting Tree Qi, Drinking Sun Exercise, Drawing Weeds Practice and Sacred Grove Ritual; some are the artist's own, and others draw on practices from other cultures. The series was presented in 2021 in his exhibition Wanwu Council at Gropius Bau, Berlin, and Zheng Bo is among the artists in Actions for the Earth: Art, Care & Ecology at La Galería, UC Merced (2025).
Artwork Type
Social Practice Art
Performance
Materiality
Audio / Sound
Climate & Ecology Themes
Biodiversity and Species Loss
Concepts
More-than-Human Relations
Embodiment and the Senses
Audience / Engagement Type
Public / General Audience
Location
Huntington
Rights
Rights held by artist or creator
Website
atmos.earth
Affiliated Organizations
Actions for the Earth: Art, Care & Ecology
La Galeria
Discipline / Field
Arts & Design
Item sets
California Art & Climate Archive
UC Merced
Media
In a dim green forest, a man in a loose white shirt stands on mossy stone steps holding a wide straw hat at his side, looking up into the trees as soft light filters through the leaves.Portrait of Zheng Bo
A youtube video featuring Bo Zheng's Ecosensibility Exercises at the Chinese Garden in HuntingtonEcosensibility Exercise in the Chinese Garden with Zheng Bo