A Tale of Duo Cranes

I am an artist-filmmaker in the final year of my Fine Art Practice PhD programme. My practise research focuses on Chineseness and how it has shaped and changed people's lives in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and mainland China. I use the idea as a powerful tool to examine how, on the one hand, governmental policies regulate and control Chinese people’s mindsets , and, on the other, how, due to historical events, Chineseness issues have become traumas impacting multiple generations. The study's focus is the connection between montage and traumas.

I have vast experience using the cultural theory of collage and montage with video shooting, editing, and script writing thanks to my practice-led research PhD. Additionally, collages and montages are important because they offer historically and culturally informed ways to look into issues with identity and a sense of belonging across societies and experiences. My practice utilises collage and montage to give comprise the experiences of urban legends, rumours, and societal gossip. I possess the skills to make a series of juxtaposed video scenes and know how to use them to represent political and cultural metaphors through practise research analysis and utilising collage and montage.