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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  • Chan Yin-Lam

    Chan Yin-Lam

    Cables are expensive. In 2019 Hong Kong protests have brought people closer. A girl, chan yin-lam, was dead. Her dead body floated on the water at Victoria harbour. After she was found. She was all naked. It’s clear it might be an accident. She had records and awards proving she was good at swimming. It’s… Read more

  • Names

    Names

    #art #donnnaaallldddjjjttrrruummmppp #honngggkkoonngg #polllliiiccee #protesstttss #ronanfarrroooww #harveyyweiiinnsttteeeiiinnn #etcetterraaa #evveerryytthhiinnggg #evveerrybbooddyy #evvveerryyywhherree #evveerytimmeesppatacceecoonntiinnnuuummm #chhannyyyiinnllammm #??????? #metttttoooooo #qirouyang #kiyo #crimes #bullies #bully #wechat #blog #lovenotes #stop #stopbullying #donaldjtrump #him #he #strangers #jackschlossberg #money #getmarried #justintrudeau #anybody #actresses #classmates #friends #infinityyyyyy #warssss #athennnneee #lordddddd #smillllleeee #wedddiiinnngggg #dictionnnarrryyy #futurecinemaaaaa ##meangirlsssss #perfectbluuuuuuueeeee #jjjjwzxxxccc #harrryyypootteeerrr #fanficcctiioonnn #yaoooiiiiiii #softbbbaannkkk #2000000billllliiioonnnndollarrrssss #japppaaaannnn #americccaaaa… Read more

  • Looks

    Looks

    To be honest my OCAD university years had stayed with me. I loved libraries. So I went to the school libraries a lot. I looked for books and magazines which inspired me to make works. Before that school I was already into books and magazines. I love ads. I made an animation cutting off heads… Read more

  • Is Success Expensive?

    Is Success Expensive?

    Success has become omnipresent. I graduated from my third university OCAD University in 2019. People often credited their schools as people who helped them and defined them. I was watching Katseye’s Gabriella mv. I have a realization. You are you. I am myself. It has nothing to do with schools. The achievements. The personality. Schools… Read more

  • Is China Growing?

    Is China Growing?

    China has become a new subject in the news. A lot of people wonder about how people live in China. It turns out a lot of people stay afloat by making up narratives and stories about the life they had abroad. China’s economy is growing. And lots of people gain technical skills doing labour heavy… Read more

  • Temples Problems

    Temples Problems

    I went to temples all by myself since I graduated. I cared a lot about China. The divination texts I got often shocked and scared me. It talked about people’s characters using ancient poems from China. One of them said something close to beware of being slutty. I was very offended. However I had no… Read more

  • Tom Felton

    Tom Felton

    Tom Felton had gotten a lot of jobs since the pandemic. I remember seeing him around 2010 or 2011 after I moved to Canada at a comic con. I didn’t go up to him for a photo op autograph. I was feeling uncomfortable worrying about losing face and being awkward. That night a group of… Read more

  • Is ICE Tactic Illegal?

    Is ICE Tactic Illegal?

    I saw news about ICE. They shot an immigrant. And people were asking questions. It looked quite racist to me. Their tactics and everything. I found this to be quite absurd. Like the wildfire claims. The Canadian wildfire had smokes drift to the United States. How will people live? Etc. Read more

  • Rituals

    Rituals

    I did some rituals. I was relieved. Finally breaking away from traumas seemed to be the only concern I’ve got. What do I get in return? I think of confidence in a way that’s meticulous. Etc.  Read more

  • Washington DC

    Washington DC

    I remembered Washington DC. How strange it was. I met some strangers. One of them was called Emilia. She talked about her organization using a pyramid of gratitude as a foundation of their organization. She left soon after. I walked around in the city feeling totally abandoned in the capital of the United States. Recently… Read more