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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  • research experience statement – the aliens that flew inside my home and stayed there

    research experience statement – the aliens that flew inside my home and stayed there

    The Aliens that Flew into My Home and Stayed There Research experience statement phd Yuling Chen Striving to be content, she moved her hand in circles holding a window frame. That’s the video performance for my thesis research at OCAD University. It captures humans at a fragile and vulnerable existence in their domestic dwelling at… Read more

  • Why Innovation Matters – Research Statement (PhD Information Application)

    Why Innovation Matters – Research Statement (PhD Information Application)

    Why Innovation Matters – How people could change their behaviors interacting with AI technology, visual research and artistic practice Yuling Chen Research statement phd application On a dressing table, a person or a woman might have found her research of people’s behavior odd and discomfiting. This is the scenery I imagined for my research, why… Read more

  • Personal Statement

    Personal Statement

    Personal Statement Yuling Chen As a child I grew up in a lower middle class household in China on a remote island called Hainan island. My parents have distinguished roles: my dad was the breadwinner; my mother was the housewife. They sent me to boarding schools first so they could have more free time at… Read more

  • Morning Vision

    Morning Vision

    In the morning I was restless. I had imagined and saw a gigantic caterpillar in my vision. Then I slipped into shallow dreams. I saw a snake in the dream which was calm and snaking itself around my ankles. I felt it was quite erotic so I woke up shocked. I searched online what it… Read more

  • Crafts, Urban

    Crafts, Urban

    The exhibitions at craft Ontario reveal a new trait of urban environment. It has become bogged down by pollutions. The city is an ever developing stories for the artists. The use of Japanese papers and plastic suggests people are looking at the consumption from a new perspective- the more the better. Etc.  Read more

  • U.S.A.

    U.S.A.

    I’ve been to the United States of America. It’s huge. It’s even bigger than Canada. It’s a capitalist society with some potential for communism or socialism. A lot of cities are full of empty and stately buildings. It makes the landscape look rather geometric. It makes you feel like a person that you are, an… Read more

  • Cleaning

    Cleaning

    I remembered in 2023 before Alex Banman called police, he was really distraught hitting his chests with his fists. He was talking about how he took care of me and now I would know soon how good he was to me. I didn’t say anything during that entire emotional outburst. All I could think about… Read more

  • Hong Kong, Chinese Police Stations

    Hong Kong, Chinese Police Stations

     It turned rather sour as hong kong protests in 2019 and 2020 ended in a conclusion with the national security law. People’s opinions become the information on the web trafficking newest rules and regulations in the urban spaces from China to North America. Amongst these changes, it’s the rumoured Chinese police stations in north america,… Read more

  • information generation

    information generation

    As I have discussed above, information about protests, urban innovations and various materials can affect how people see and perceive the changes made in the municipality. Vice versa, the changing of the environmental and other policies in the city or province also can affect how people perceive information retrieved from the web. In recent decade… Read more