Practice

My research examines creative practices of interpretation, production and circulation. In keeping with the ethnographic ideals of embodied experience and observant participation, I enjoy experimenting with different ways of working made possible by the intersections between academic research and art practice. These include exhibitions, residencies, podcasts, archives, and more.

Exhibitions:

More Than Meets AI (2024), Center for Digital Narrative, Kunstgarasjen, Joy Forum (KMD), Rom 61 (KMD), & USF Verftet (curated by Eamon O’Kane, Jill Miller, and Scott Rettberg with Alex Saum and Jhave Johnston).

Field/Works II: Generating Ecologies of Trust (2024-2025), EASA & Universidat de Barcelona (curated by Maxime Le Calvé & Jen Clarke).

Small File Media Festival (2020), Vancouver, Canada (curated by Sophia Biedka, Joey Malbon, Faune Ybarra, Radek Przedpełski, Alejandro Rodriguez-Silva, and Laura U. Marks)

FieldWorks: Kaleidoscopic Activities Between Anthropology and Art (2020-2021), ANT/ART & Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon, Portugal (curated by Jen Clarke & Maxime Le Calvé).

OnLife (2020), Villa Romana, Firenze, Italy (curated by Giacomo Zaganelli & Angelika Stepken).

Fun Palace (2020), OCT LOFT, Shenzhen, China (curated by Bruce Bo Ding).

Non-verbal Communication (2019), Taipei Artist Village, Taipei, Taiwan.

Sensefield: An exhibition of experimental ethnography (2017), Bopiliao Historical Block, Taipei, Taiwan (curated by Gabriele de Seta).

VIOLENT OPAQUE (2017), Video Vortex XI — Video in Flux: Art, Activism & Archives, Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2016, Kochi, India (curated by Wang Rou).

“Flow/Flux” 2016 Design Harvests Artist Residency Program Exhibition (2017). College of Design and Innovation, Tongji University, Shanghai, China (curated by Huang Y. & Feng K.)

Internet! A Retrospective (2016). SPUR, San Francisco, U.S.A. (curated by H. Tseng & T. Hwang)

Portable Domains (2015). Firstdraft, Woolloomooloo, Australia (curated by Astute Art Investments International).

Circle Jerks (2015). Minut Init Art Social, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia (curated by Wang Rou).

Digitale Folklore (2015). HMKV, Dortmunder U – Zentrum für Kunst und Kreativität, Dortmund, Germany (curated by O. Lialina & D. Espenschied).

OCEAN – on-line exhibition of animated GIFs (2015). The 5th edition of Papay Gyro Nights Art Festival (PGNAF) and FixC cooperative. Hong Kong/Finland.

Resources:

Cursed With Good Ideas: irregular long-distance podcast committed to post-academic banter

Reduced Reality: occasional selection of observations and reading notes in an intimate newsletter format

精神污染 SPIRITUAL POLLUTION: five archival narratives of Chinese digital folklore

打酱油 dǎ jiàng yóu: ongoing archive of visual digital folklore collected on Chinese platforms

Unsound Ethnographies: attempts at pushing field recording beyond the field

Monstres par Excès: independent label releasing works by myself and fellow musicians from the fringes of experimental music