chen yu_ling
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Moles
The Diego Marcon: the bubble boy exhibition at ago reveals a Canadian sentiment to make animation about people and animals. One of the videos about moles has created a loop of sensation telling a story about repetitions, suspicions and boredom. It has an overarching impact to make people don’t feel like people. It references the… Read more
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Marie Kondo, Markham
A few months ago I did a Marie kondo project throwing away my clothes and some tarot decks as an artistic guerilla art project in Markham where I’m living. Then I saw a Facebook post about how people shouldn’t dump garbage on other people’s lawns. I didn’t dump garbage on other people’s lawns. I placed… Read more
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Brain rot
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… Read more
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Famesick, New York City
I just pop two antacid in my mouth. Then I remembered how I met a guy and started to label him as my boyfriend. I wonder how people will see me now. Is the world ever going to be this free? I continued to read Famesick. The book made me feel the energy of New… Read more
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La Brea
I have been thinking about my trip to L. A. It has made me realize how rich people could get by selling real estates. The la Brea tar pit certainly open minds for how amazing the exhibitions were. What left an impression on me is people and subway. They were all minding their own businesses… Read more
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Bag Ladies
As I travelled between states and Canada I often encountered bag ladies. Their presence makes my travel seem like a dingy attempt at happiness at best. It has made me realize how protesting is a way of life. Nothing conveyed this anonymous state with such ease. Etc. Read more
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Preference
The exhibition my memory echo in you and other exhibitions at open studio has created a dream image of home. It has made floral patterns the it of the moment. Many people view the abstract forms of the exhibition as a telltale sign that racism has made its name known. The fact that the exhibitions… Read more
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Beauty
The exhibition at a space gallery, bromeliad: inhabiting water, shows a world of unimaginable vices. The photography, sound and videos depict the nature as a source of bad timing evil doers. It tempts people to do bad and terrible things through the grotesque depiction of worms, forests and other species. Their unrealistic supposed beauty has… Read more
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Static
the static and noise exhibition at gallery 44 is a portrait of the artist in mental crisis. The static imageries reveal the obsession with body parts and languages which communicate the artists’ psychologies and meanings. Walking around the exhibition a sense of crisis has deepened as the images become the memo of the memories in… Read more
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Ozempic, Dating
I read a report on the cut that college students were injecting themselves ozempic to lose weight so they could get into the sorority houses. That’s very specific usage of ozempic. I wonder why anybody would want that. They also don’t want to get into lower houses. They are specifically targeting upper houses. Just because… Read more









