{"id":667,"date":"2020-05-04T18:36:59","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T18:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expo.calarts.edu\/2020\/?page_id=667"},"modified":"2020-05-14T17:42:33","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T17:42:33","slug":"mengqing-yuan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/expo.calarts.edu\/2020\/mengqing-yuan\/","title":{"rendered":"Mengqing Yuan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-667\"  class=\"panel-layout\" >\n<div id=\"pg-667-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\"  data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;cell_alignment&quot;:&quot;flex-start&quot;}\"  data-ratio=\"1\"  data-ratio-direction=\"right\" >\n<div id=\"pgc-667-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\"  data-weight=\"1\" >\n<div id=\"panel-667-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_headline-widget panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" >\t\t<h1>Mengqing Yuan<\/h1>\n\t\t<div class=\"decoration\"><div class=\"decoration-inside\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<h3>BFA 4 - Theatre<\/h3>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"pg-667-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\"  data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;cell_alignment&quot;:&quot;flex-start&quot;}\"  data-ratio=\"1\"  data-ratio-direction=\"right\" >\n<div id=\"pgc-667-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\"  data-weight=\"0.5\" >\n<div id=\"panel-667-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" >\n<div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<h3 class=\"widget-title\">B-body<\/h3>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--><\/style>\n<p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;\\&quot;My B-body\\&quot; is a project I created during home quarantine. It is based on a poem I wrote about the relationship between my physical body and my consciousness. The text of the poem reads:\\n\\nMy B-body\\n\\nMy body doesn\u2019t belong to me\\n\\nIt wants to be free\\n\\nIt wants to come apart\\nIt wants me to pay attention \\nIt wants to bend the other way\\nIt wants to run away while I\u2019m sleeping \\n\\nIt wants to live a different life\\nIt screams at me and won\u2019t shut up \\n\\nIt wants to return to nature&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:12478,&quot;4&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:16773836},&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;6&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;7&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;8&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;10&quot;:2,&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;16&quot;:8}\">&#8220;My B-body&#8221; is a project I created during home quarantine. It is based on a poem I wrote about the relationship between my physical body and my consciousness. The text of the poem reads:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>My B-body<\/p>\n<p>My body doesn\u2019t belong to me<\/p>\n<p>It wants to be free<\/p>\n<p>It wants to come apart<br \/>\nIt wants me to pay attention<br \/>\nIt wants to bend the other way<br \/>\nIt wants to run away while I\u2019m sleeping<\/p>\n<p>It wants to live a different life<br \/>\nIt screams at me and won\u2019t shut up<\/p>\n<p>It wants to return to nature<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--><\/style>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mengqing_art_dept\/?hl=en\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-948 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/expo.calarts.edu\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/05\/instagram-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/expo.calarts.edu\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/05\/instagram-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/expo.calarts.edu\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/05\/instagram-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/expo.calarts.edu\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/05\/instagram.png 512w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 80px) 100vw, 80px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 80px; 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