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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  • China-Taiwan

    China-Taiwan

    China’s taiwan issue has made a lot of people uncomfortable. Does Taiwan belong to China? This question resounds in the mainland China. People are upset when it comes to China and Taiwan. The recent competitive sting in the South China Sea and Taiwan straight makes a lot of businesses go underground. The fact there are… Read more

  • Technology

    Technology

    The urban environment in China has been challenging. It has created a lot of headaches for people with jobs. The day to day life evolves from work 9 to 5 to a mix up of work and play. Many young people suffer mental illness. And a lot of these syndromes derive from childhood trauma and… Read more

  • Niche

    Niche

    China’s increasing hardline stance on European powers has become stigmatized. A lot of people and group in China are not happy. The debts issue has created a new landscape of information. It is always about some sort of gatherings and getting together. In the past the imports and exports of vehicles and ev batteries have… Read more

  • Manpower

    Manpower

    China’s power has become the centralizing magnet of urban development. A lot of drivers are making money through driving around suburbs and urban areas. People wonder about how these residents live in these areas. They often devoted large portion of their time to comb through the evidence of people working and living here. Russia’s recent… Read more

  • Jealousy

    Jealousy

    In 2019, my past classmate qirou yang asked me to go to the nuit Blanche with her. I brought Alex banman with me. On our way to see the next installation, we chatted about the job interviews I got from the museum sectors. I was confident I could get it. Qirou yang became weird and… Read more

  • Imprints

    Imprints

    #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

  • Days Off

    Days Off

    I wondered about China. It has struck me as absurd. I currently owed debts. I’m paying a portion of it. I was shocked that I didn’t get approved for severe permanent disability benefits. I checked the news about China. It had made me depressed with its natural disasters everywhere. When I was younger living in… Read more

  • Iran wars

    Iran wars

    In 2025 Iran protested. Then Donald j. Trump threw them into wars. They protested again in a different way. Iran and US traded fires. This series of events act more like a cautionary tale for the ordinary people. People are shocked. Isn’t Ukraine Russia war brutal enough? Etc.  Read more

  • Hong Kong, national security law, etc.

    Hong Kong, national security law, etc.

    Joshua Wong was sentenced to jail again. He was already serving the terms. It made lots of people wonder about his activities in Hong Kong. It turns out it’s all about those protests in 2011, 2020 and 2019. People are wondering why this had happened at all. Along with him, Nathan Law also was charged.… Read more

  • Happy

    Happy

    I was arrested, jailed and discharged between 2020 and 2023. I have since changed how I perceived the world around me. I viewed many events in the world as a compulsory lesson on how to be a good and better person. This has significantly changed the outlook of my life. Will I be happy again?… Read more