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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  • Vanier

    Vanier

    What type of jail is Vanier? I was arrested in 2021, and then 2023. They put me briefly in Vanier centre for women. I remembered sitting in a cell and kept calling for officers. Or I used toilet paper to write a draft of c magazine review while officers poked their heads in and checked… Read more

  • Saying Goodbye — the Wendy Award

    Saying Goodbye — the Wendy Award

    I just finished the Wendy award, graphic novel. I found the ending a bittersweet goodbye to the past, to what works, to what worked. She left that award show with such unsaid emotion. It almost feel like her video was the advent of what’s to come. The book was surprisingly slim. But it said so… Read more

  • Natalie Harp, Donald Trump

    Natalie Harp, Donald Trump

    What’s the role Natalie Harp play in Trump Administration? Is she like others have suggested a human toy for the president of the United States? I saw her work strategy as an approach to the Iran question. Will the Iran war end? It doesn’t seem so. Natalie Harps’ presence is a clear diversion from this… Read more

  • Is the weekend the best time to explore Toronto? 

    Is the weekend the best time to explore Toronto? 

    Is the weekend the best time to explore Toronto?  I took trains on the weekend to visit Toronto. There were many people on the train dressing in a casual way. I went to Eaton centre, waterfront and Queen’s park. It turned out there were not that many people. They all behave somberly. There was no… Read more

  • Rich People

    Rich People

    My classmate and friend, Aaron Moore, who was gay and Irish, commented on Isaac Julien saying he had never met someone more posh than him. I have encountered some rich people in OCAD. The professor Paulette Philips talked about her friend passed away and just got her house for herself. She complained with another professor,… Read more

  • Canada

    Canada

    I now know a lot about Canada. It is a distinct country compared to the United States. A lot of people love staying at home and having their national identities intact. It’s a bit different than China. Read more

  • Hong Kong, Protests

    Hong Kong, Protests

    Tiananmen Virgil activists are jailed and fined. Read more

  • Hong Kong 2

    Hong Kong 2

    Hong Kong protests have made people anxious about what to write about. It’s clear it’s illegal to have that national security law in motion in Hong Kong. These arrests and jailings are clearly unlawful. Etc. Read more

  • Wuthering Heights

    Wuthering Heights

    I went to see Wuthering heights when I was traveling to/ in New York in the winter this year. It made me feel like the movie was cheaply made. There was something fake about it. Everybody in the theatre was all not impressed. They talked all throughout the movie. I found it rather alarming how… Read more

  • Hong Kong

    Hong Kong

    In a new round of news, Hong Kong has been taken apart just for their protests. People kowtow to the people’s republic of China and Xi jinping. They don’t seem to have a thought of their own. Why can’t you protests? What’s up with people’s rights? Etc.  Read more