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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  • Hong Kong, Protests, Exiled

    Hong Kong, Protests, Exiled

    In 2019 or 2020 after I had an unpaid internship, I was reading zadie smith. She talked about exiled princess. And it hits home of how I felt my career has been different than the ones I had in schools. Hong Kong protests have made me think about a career involved writing and video works.… Read more

  • Bus, Donald J. Trump

    Bus, Donald J. Trump

    I woke up rather late but at the same time not that late today. I decided to still go to queen’s park to hang out and relax. I’m on the bus. And there were a lot of people. I found a seat that had a bag on it. It was right behind the driver’s seat.… Read more

  • Ontario, Collection

    Ontario, Collection

    I got the Ontario portion of severe permanent disability benefit as well. Do I need to call collection Ontario? Or will it just send me a letter? Do I just stop paying? I wonder.  Read more

  • Work, Lifan Zhou

    Work, Lifan Zhou

    Has lifan Zhou been to work? I’m wondering out loud.  Read more

  • Jobs, Talents

    Jobs, Talents

    My friend/enemy, qirou yang, got a job at York university. I’m happy for her. That must mean she is talented, liked multitasking and organized. I used to get jobs in schools. It was all really light load jobs. But I believe I have accomplished great things in those jobs. Etc.  Read more

  • New York, Sunglasses

    New York, Sunglasses

    I saw and met a guy in New York. He was wearing a pair of sunglasses and walking towards me. We past each other on the street. I almost ran into him. His face looked very familiar. Even his expression. I thought it was funny how he lifted his glasses. Is New York full of… Read more

  • Divinations

    Divinations

    Why is divinations so fascinating? I think it’s its mystical imageries and texts. Etc.  Read more

  • Kindergarten, Chongqing

    Kindergarten, Chongqing

    I was a girl who was sent to live in Chongqing. People wondered what those formative years did to me. It made me realize I’m an individual who has needs. I often went on a single trip to the convenience store on the street to buy manga. I read a horror story collection in one… Read more

  • Powers

    Powers

    I think it’s lifan Zhou did it again. Is this how she rise to inexorably high place, popularity and powers? Read more

  • Fake People, Lies, Liars

    Fake People, Lies, Liars

    So I clearly remember this person I met at OCAD, Simu, told me he was in a cult and had a boyfriend. Was he trying to lie to me? Because he surely doesn’t seem like he had anything like the stuff he said. Read more