Yuling Chen is a Chinese Canadian new media artist. She is specialized in making works about beauty, labour and racial tensions using media archives exploring histories of new media art. She was born in 1990 on the southern small island of China, Hainan Island, in the city of Danzhou. When she was young she led a nomadic life moving from cities to cities, homes to homes and places to places. Thus, she had discovered her love in literature, obsession with identity, and eyes for design.


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I travel to Toronto everyday. I hope it can help me find a job. I prayed for government housing. But my mother said it’s going to take years. I saw that lady in blue sculpture on Facebook. I don’t understand why people try to make it about welfare queen, a stereotype of black woman. It’s beautiful and everyday to me. Maybe it’s the location of the sculpture? I got both of severe permanent disability benefits. It means I got both of my student loans’ obligations cancelled. It makes me feel good and less anxious about the future. Etc. 

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