‘We in the diaspora cannot stand in solidarity with Bla(c)k lives here and in the US, and claim our marginalisation as POC on this land, but simultaneously refuse to examine our own implications when the pyramid is inverted and we find ourselves at its crown.’

‘So all together, [I’ve fixed] around 50,000 cameras, I suppose.’

‘I think it’s important to not fall into the trap of performing for the white gaze and the white gays.’

‘I’ve just always preferred observing, and keeping my distance with things.’

‘The sort of grim accent-heavy stuff that often borders on self-minstrelsy… I never really liked that stuff.’

‘I guess maybe there’s value in ‘being’ but I prefer ‘doing’! I’m a fire sign I make the world!’

‘Collaboration is integral to my art.’

‘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.’

‘Anything has the potential to be a catalyst.’

‘Why can't art be about eating a tin of tuna alone in front of your computer?’

‘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.’

‘I see carving as drawing in space.’

‘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.’

‘Yayaland is meant to be a really exaggerated, humorous but also a dark way of portraying how I use collective conflicts and anxiety.’

‘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.’

‘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?’

‘Since I began writing, I’ve learned more about how to write poetry in a way that heals instead of preserves wounds.’

‘Humour is definitely a large part of my working process. If you don’t laugh, then you’ll just cry.’