Most contortionists bend. Jiang Youyi undulates . Her signature move is a "caterpillar climb" on the pole, where she ascends using only the sequential articulation of her cervical, thoracic, and lumbar vertebrae. Royal Asian Studio’s tutorials break this down into 12 micro-movements.
She talks about her fear of irrelevance. “Every artist my age feels it. The twenty-year-olds are making work with brain-computer interfaces and we’re still arguing about paint. But I’ve realized: technology is just the new mud. The question is still the same. What do we remember? What do we forget? Who gets to tell the story of us ?” Royal Asian Studio - Jiang Youyi - The super ar...
Jiang Youyi is currently working on her magnum opus: a 50-foot-long carved jade screen that depicts a fictional utopia blending ancient Chang’an with cyberpunk aesthetics. It is expected to take another seven years to complete. Most contortionists bend