EVERY PART OF ME SPEAKS

2026 | VISUAL PROJECTION

TO KNOW MY IDENTITY, YOU HAVE TO KNOW EVERY PART OF ME.

EXPLORING HOW TO EXPRESS MY IDENTITY AS AN ASIAN-AMERICAN, I CREATED THIS PERFORMANCE BASED ON CONVERSATIONS I HAVE EXPERIENCED THROUGHOUT MY LIFE.

INSPIRED BY THE ARTIST XU BING, I DESIGNED PSEUDO-CHINESE CHARACTERS TO PROJECT ON MY BODY, REPRESENTING HOW MY APPEARANCE OFTEN DIRECTS THE QUESTIONS PEOPLE ASK ME. THE PHRASE “PRESS FOR CLARITY” INVITED VOLUNTEERS TO PHYSICALLY PRESS DIFFERENT PARTS OF MY BODY, PROMPTING AUTOMATED RESPONSES TO COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS DEALING WITH MY RACE.

A RESTRAINT OF CONVERSATIONS THAT INFLUENCE HOW MY RACE IS PERCEIVED AS WELL AS MY IDENTITY.

A POINT HOPEFULLY MADE AT THE END OF THE CONVERSATION (2 MIN. MARK).