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.


Brain rot

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My thesis is about how digital environment becomes the references of people’s behavior changes. In 2019, the protests around the world like Hong Kong protests have introduced the concept of generation to the world. In 2024 the idea of brain rot has created a new landscape of design and aesthetic overload. Labubu, lafufu, jelly shoes and the brands like Tyler mcgillivary have given people ample opportunities to fashion their lives according to the immersive algorithm. Doomscrolling on social media has never been so popular. The concept of lying flat has made people wonder about the employability of China’s young people. Is it a form of protests? Etc. 

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