“I often portray people who do not always live up to their ideals, who are vulgar and honest about their desires in my work. I believe that all human beings…
“I think dreams are really important as a means of escape, and to discover a new reality. It’s a way for us to process information. It’s similar to the way…
“Video records your growth and dreams. The maker/author of a movie exists as a transparent being, external to the images. However, the maker/author of a video becomes part of, or…
‘When we start using this term “gender fluid”… in a way, I really want to have this kind of switchable gender. At the moment, a lot of people are trying…
‘I have very specific requirements for how to “frame” my own work. I want to control the audience’s experience. This is my public rejection of audience engagement. The viewer can…
“I think when I started working with plants I did use them as metaphors. But as you probably can sense, as I learned more about their life, I’m trying to…
“Every time Tee (a transgender woman won a transgender beauty competition) came to visit at our house, my heart would beat hard. I remember wishing to be beautiful like her.…
“I initially didn’t think about what to convey (through cross-dressing). Just felt like it was something I had to do. I want to explore femininity in a queer way. Looking…
“I want to create something that intersects personal memory and historical collective memory, and then use my personal language to present it. There are many movies from the old days…
“Being asked to create a piece centered around queer Asian characters became a dauntingly personal journey for me. I grew up with a deficit of queer Asian visibility on-screen along…
