adazwork26@gmail.com
@adandan0520
I use water, body, and public participation to trace my own Chinese-ness through longing, loss, and circulation.
I grew up where rivers meet in Chongqing, China,
and now live in Brooklyn
adazwork26@gmail.com
@adandan0520
I use water, body, and public participation to trace my own Chinese-ness through longing, loss, and circulation.
I grew up where rivers meet in Chongqing, China,
and now live in Brooklyn
Installation
I built a fictional meat stall modeled after Chinese wet markets to sell sculpted body parts in NYC, presented at: Brooklyn Academy of Music, Accent Sister, Beverly’s, Elsewhere, Mood Ring.
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Public Engagement, Video
I transported a bucket of Atlantic Ocean water from New York to San Francisco, to write water calligraphy with Chinese elderly on ground in SF Chinatown.
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Installation
When I was 17 and in love we went to the Jialing river on a warm winter afternoon and watched water together. I modeled that day’s river into translucent 3d relief, then projected the same river, filmed 10 years later, back onto it.
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Installation
I remade a $1,000,000,000,000,000 Hell Bank note(冥币) with translucent plastic on organza. Projected flames keep the offering burning.
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Ongoing Public Engagement
I write water with a big sponge pen on ground and let it evaporate on Manhattan’s crowded squares and invite people to join.
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Performance
I performed as Lily from Duolingo. Lily holds both American passport and a Shanghai ID, and teach peasants how to say love like city people does. Performed at Center of Performance Research, Brooklyn, and NYU Tandon ITP, Brooklyn.
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