Miao Ying's Digital Collages Explore Chinternet Aesthetics in ARTMargins Publication

Ros Holmes published an article in ARTMargins Print 7.1 analyzing Miao Ying's digital works LAN Love Poem and iPhone Garbage. The piece examines how these creations engage with China's online culture, specifically the phenomenon termed "Internet ugly." Holmes contextualizes Miao Ying's practice within broader contradictions of Internet art that parody relationships between the "Chinternet" and the World Wide Web. The article positions these works as emerging from anti-aesthetic movements while celebrating what has been disparagingly labeled The Chinternet. This analysis connects contemporary art world engagement with Internet art to global capitalism dynamics. The online supplement to this print article appeared on ARTMargins Online in February 2018. Holmes' research originates from Oxford, UK.