About
I make art with others.
My textile interventions are tactile and heart-provoking. Through visual arts, time-based media, installation and participatory activities, my work is an invitation to enjoy the process of creating, socialise, un/learn something about yourself and the space you’re in. I want you to feel present, noticing your breath, bones, mood and energy.
My writing is reflective, collaged and voiced. I process mindbody experiences through ADD wiring. I take many photos and videos in case I forget. Understanding my neurodivergent way of sensing helps me process memories, choices and communication styles more accurately.
I negotiate tensions between cyclical and linear time through experimental animation and video. I am deepening anti-colonial knowledges rooted in Caribbean-Chinese and Filipinx diaspora to strengthen my practice of intergenerational collective care: Kapwa (self with others) and Bayanihan (mutual aid) psychologies, seasonings that nourish our souls and rhythms of the moon.
The work we make can be joyful, messy and lasting a moment, or be compiled and developed to mark our time together in a more impactful way. When site-specific textile pieces are shaped by outdoor elements and the oils of human touch, they explore questions on labour, ownership and material intent.
The alchemy of nature is my teacher; seeds and creatures know no borders. They feel towards the deepest seas, densest earth and brightest sky’s light. Where possible, I use repurposed materials and food waste for making art and inks. Holding space for grief when personal, political misalignment and environmental loss occur as a gesture of alternative mothering of ourselves, each other, and our more-than-human kin.
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Collective workshops, events and provocations celebrating intersectional East and Southeast Asian (ESEA) contributions to British Culture have been showcased in collaboration with National Portfolio Organisations ESEA Contemporary, Kakilang Arts, the Museum of the Home, Southbank Centre, and Tate Modern. Select partnerships, commissions and learning projects include Autograph ABP, Brixton Project, Crafts Council, Counterpoint Arts, Greenwich Libraries, Kew Gardens, Metroland Cultures, Migrants in Culture, Migration Museum, The Showroom, South Hampstead and Kilburn Community Projects x North London Waste Authority, University of London, V&A, and Haworth Gallery as part of Conversations in Creativity, Lancashire, during the British Textile Biennial, 2023.
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