“When I was Born” examines a woman’s multifaceted struggles associated with gender and identity. In this work, a woman tells a story about when she was born, repeating a statement, “When I was born, my father said I was just another mouth to feed.” This statement is a site of resistance and inquiry. It reveals the socio-political implications of patriarchal values embedded in Chinese culture and the lived experience of East-Asian shame culture. In fact, at the time and the place where she was born, being a girl was a mistake and a shame. Through reconfiguring personal memory and bringing the past to the present, the artist not only confronts with the pain of the past, but also seeks altered states of consciousness that possibly leads to restore dignity and humanity.

This work has been screened and exhibited @
KUNSTKRAFTWERK, Leipzig, Germany
LA NEOMUDEJAR, Madrid, Spain
MUU Galleria, Helsinki, Finland
Interakcje Festival, Piotrkow Trybunalski, Poland
Art-Athina Art Fair, Athens, Greece
Lateral Artspace, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Galleria Napa, Rovaniemi, Finland
Museum of Contemporary Art of Istria, Pula, Croatia
Not Festival, The Danish National School of Performing Arts, Kobenhavn K, Denmark
Tal Art Space, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Folkets Bio, Umeå, Sweden
Lilith Performance Studio, Malmö, Sweden
Visualcontainer, Milan, Italy
New Performance Festival, Turku, Finland
Sala Fenix, Barcelona, Spain
Hangar, Barcelona, Spain
Knockdown Center, New York, USA

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