HERE WE ARE, 2016
FULL PROJECT ︎ bit.ly/hereweare_mengwencao
My parents thought I had never been in love. We didn’t talk about relationships because I had a secret.
I created a video letter coming out to them and shared it with them via Facetime.
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According to a UN 2016 report, only less than 6% of LGBTQ people in China are completely open about their identity in due to family and societal pressure.
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This project aims to share raw and intimate moments and add to nuanced stories about Chinese queer community.
Here we are in spite of everything.
PRESS
EXHIBITIONS / SCREENINGS / TALKS
- L’altre Ubic. Migracions Del Cos Fragmentat, Can Manyé, Espai d’art i creació. Alella, 2023
- L’altre Ubic. Migracions Del Cos Fragmentat, Museo de Granollers. Granollers, 2022
- L’altre Ubic. Migracions Del Cos Fragmentat, Muxart Espacio de Arte y Creación Contemporáneos, Martorell, 2022
- L’altre Ubic. Migracions Del Cos Fragmentat, El Casino Cultural Center. Manresa, 2022
- L’altre Ubic. Migracions Del Cos Fragmentat, Mèdol Center for Contemporary Arts of Tarragona, Tarragona, December 16, 2021 - February 28, 2022,
- Theatre of Dreams, BredaPhoto Festival, Breda, Netherland, 2022
- L’altre Ubic. Migracions Del Cos Fragmentat, Panoramic, Moritz Art Space. Cornella, September-October 2021
- L’altre Ubic. Migracions Del Cos Fragmentat, Panoramic, Barcelona, 2020
- Downtown Variety, La MaMa x CultureHub, New York/Zoom, 2020
- Jimei x Arles International Photography Festival, China, 2020
- Queer & Trans Asian Short Films, the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA, 2019
- Refest, Culture Hub, New York, USA, 2019
- Open Show, New York, USA, 2016
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