TEDx Speaker - I talked about things we talk about everyday - food & identity
I challenge medicine. I believe in neuroscience and resilience.
Neuroscience Postgrad at Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London
Featured in Royal Photographic Society's Woman Science Photographer of the Year Award 2023
Yoga Alliance 400 - I trained with Dr. Yogananth Andiappan, Tamil Nadu, India
I once flu to Tibet with a one-way ticket, 7 years later I founded Consciously Human
I am a multidisciplinary artist from Hong Kong with a background in neuroscience. In our times of social cognition arising from hyper-capitalism, health inequality and divided nations, my goal is to bring neuroscience research to the general public with innovative approaches and impactful stories - for a world with better brain health, mental resilience, and no psychiatric medicine.
My art questions "Are we mad, or our world is?". I invite you to question, however, what does it mean to be mad, and how can we resist the mad world we live in.
Taking on an "anthropological” approach with a focus on understanding human conditions both culturally and biologically, I question what it means to be a conscious evolutionary human that challenges the world's status quo, going beyond the surface of tradition and hierarchical structures to investigate the inner workings of the mind and the many underlying issues of humanity. I believe that the answer to humanity lies in the delicate interplay between our external environment (physical, sociocultural, political, economic etc.) and our neurobiology, and its resulting effects on our behaviour, emotions and the way we perceive the world.
Taking on an "anthropological” approach with a focus on understanding human conditions both culturally and biologically, I question what it means to be a conscious evolutionary human that challenges the world's status quo, going beyond the surface of tradition and hierarchical structures to investigate the inner workings of the mind and the many underlying issues of humanity. I believe that the answer to humanity lies in the delicate interplay between our external environment (physical, sociocultural, political, economic etc.) and our neurobiology, and its resulting effects on our behaviour, emotions and the way we perceive the world.
Born a nomad working and travelling across the globe, my art reflects a culmination of years of internal negotiations on human conditions, identity, hospitality & hostility. I hope to invite viewers of my art to confront moments of curiosity and uncertainties through poetic symbolism.
I am currently pursuing my Master of Science in Applied Neuroscience at King's College London. I studied at Hong Kong Baptist University and Zurich University of the Arts for my Master of Arts in Visual Arts.
I woke up in Tibet, then fell asleep somewhere (I forgot). Today I am agnostic, tomorrow I don't know.
EDUCATION:
Master of Science in Applied Neuroscience, King's College London, 2021 - present
Master of Arts in Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University, 2016 - 2018
Transcultural Collaboration (Graduate program), Zurich University of the Arts, 2016
TEDx TALK:
How I Question My Identity With a Fortune Cookie, speaker, TEDX TinHauWomen, Hong Kong, 2019.
AWARDS & GRANTS:
Conscious Human Metaverse, Creators for Tomorrow Scheme - Cross-disciplinary research grant, Hong Kong Arts Centre, 2023
Woman Science Photographer of the Year Award, Shortlist, Royal Photographic Society, UK, 2023
Human Rights Arts Prize 2020 - Featured in Goethe Video Award, organised by Justice Centre, The European Union Office to Hong Kong & Macau and Goethe Institue Hong Kong, 2020
FILMS:
My Monster, 2023, co-scriptwriter, still photographer, and videographer for making-of. Microfilm Production Support Scheme (Music and Professional Category. Awarded Best Art Direction and Best Actor Bronze Award) 《我與怪物》, 2023, 編劇, 第十屆微電影「創+ 作」支援計劃 (音樂篇, 專業組. 獲最佳美術指導及最佳男主角銅獎)
Life Flows, 2022, art and script consultant, Hong Kong International Film & TV Market (FILMART). 人間飄浮, 2022, 藝術與編劇顧問，香港國際影視展.
RESEARCH & PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE:
Socially Engaged Art Researcher & Producer, Beyond Words, Freespace West Kowloon Cultural District. (part of Hacking Capitalism – Socially Engaged Art Through Alternative Art Economies and Entrepreneurship by Kingsley Ng. More details: https://creativesocialhk.net/prototypes)
PERFORMANCES 表演藝術:
Belonging Fortune Cookies, Artist/ Performer and Producer, Freespace at West Kowloon Cultural District, Hong Kong, 2019
An Edible Performance, Performer, Visual Artist & Illustrator, Tai Kwun Centre of Heritage and Arts, Hong Kong, 2019
Mirror Factory: Numbness, Choreographer & Performer, Connecting Spaces, Hong Kong, 2017
PERFORMANCE ART 行為藝術:
Kaliasana, Autumnal Equinox, 2020
Un/Titled 無, The Originals Freedom Performance Art Project 正常小孩飛櫈行為藝術展, Sense 99, Hong Kong, 2020-2021
PARTICIPATORY/ SOCIALLY ENGAGED ART PROJECTS:
Belonging Fortune Cookies, Freespace at West Kowloon Cultural District, Hong Kong, 2019
MissFortune's Kitchen, 2018 - present, an art & dining experience exploring the theme of Fortune through personal stories sharing
EXHIBITIONS:
Woman Science Photographer of the Year Award, Royal Photographic Society, Bristol, UK, 2023
Hong Kong Human Rights Art Prize, Hong Kong Art Centre, 2020
Early Bird Catches the Worm, K11 Atelier, Hong Kong, 2018. (Commissioned by South China Morning Post)
What Happens When a Man is Swallowed By a Whale, I Art, Therefore I Am, Koo Ming Kown Gallery, Hong Kong, 2018.
MissFortune's Kitchen, C&G Apartment, Hong Kong, 2018.
FilmAid Auction, FilmAid, Hong Kong, 2017
The Garden of Silence, Koo Ming Kown Gallery, Hong Kong, 2017
Exquisite Corpse, Connecting Spaces, Hong Kong, 2016
DOGG GGOD, Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland, 2016
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS
Speaker, Cultural Literacy Program at Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, 2020
CONTRIBUTIONS:
Photography contributor, Escapologie by Christine Rebet, Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon, France, 2019
Guest Speaker, Starting From Research: Automated Landscape, Tai Kwun Centre of Heritage and Arts, Hong Kong, 2019
INTERVIEWS & FEATURES:
Perspective on Art and Neuroscience, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, 2021