‘So all together, [I’ve fixed] around 50,000 cameras, I suppose.’
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‘I think it’s important to not fall into the trap of performing for the white gaze and the white gays.’
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‘I’ve just always preferred observing, and keeping my distance with things.’
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‘The sort of grim accent-heavy stuff that often borders on self-minstrelsy… I never really liked that stuff.’
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‘I guess maybe there’s value in ‘being’ but I prefer ‘doing’! I’m a fire sign I make the world!’
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‘Collaboration is integral to my art.’
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‘Reclaiming what was taken from me, valuing and honouring what I know, and connecting the past to the present is a form of decolonising in my practice and my cultural inheritance for my child.’
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‘Anything has the potential to be a catalyst.’
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‘Why can't art be about eating a tin of tuna alone in front of your computer?’
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‘Artistically, at this moment, inspiration comes from learning. Stories told by my Mum and Dad; seeing posters that have faded over time in my Aunty’s restaurants in China; that hideously kitsch mandarin ornament tree thing in my Great Aunty’s home.’
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‘I see carving as drawing in space.’
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‘In western media, the Asian male has been desexualised, typecast, devalued and made two-dimensional. There has been a long history of this. I hope my voice can change that.’
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‘Yayaland is meant to be a really exaggerated, humorous but also a dark way of portraying how I use collective conflicts and anxiety.’
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‘That’s not to say that only Asian people can cover Asian food, but the best coverage on any topic is done with respect, open-mindedness and context—which that story was sorely lacking.’
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‘So the EP ended up being like stained glass—each song is a different solid colour, but together they make a whole picture.’
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‘Finding a career in the arts seemed like a complete illogical choice for me but it was linked to survival—what else could I do?’
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‘Since I began writing, I’ve learned more about how to write poetry in a way that heals instead of preserves wounds.’
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‘Humour is definitely a large part of my working process. If you don’t laugh, then you’ll just cry.’
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‘I came of age to an industry completely decimated by digital disruption so every job I have in the media I assume is going to be my last.’
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‘When you do community art, a question that is simple to ask but hard to answer is: how much actual power are you giving to community?’
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