This panel brings together five contemporary Chinese diasporic artists whose works challenge China’s patriarchal, heteronormative and totalitarian frameworks. Each artist is adept at re-imagining historic narratives to liberate themselves from past silencing and ignite alternative futures. The speakers include: curator and artist Charlotte Yao; Yasmine Anlan Huang will discuss her 3 screen video Servitude: do not believe that Google Map – a speculative fiction challenging the trajectory of a cognitive capitalist future; Wing Ka Ho Jimmi will shed light on Last Summer 2019, a series of portraits of young asylum seekers which explores migration in the light of the student protests in Hong Kong; Willian Zhou looks at queer and diasporic identities in close relation to family. (Vice)Versa weaves performative portraits and still life photography to consider dilemmas of belonging and becoming. You Liang’s Pale Spring Age delves into her personal family history as a Chinese queer individual navigating the complexities of growing up in a conservative town.

The artists will be discussing their work with Denise Kwan, an artist, researcher and educator. She is a Senior Lecturer at Camberwell UAL and Bristol UWE.

Charlotte Yao is the winner of Peckham 24’s Curatorial Open Call 2024 with her exhibition ANTAGONISTIC SUPERPOSITIONS. The show will be on display at AMP Gallery, 1 Acorn Parade, London SE15 2TZ from 17th-26th May.

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