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曹梦雯


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creating multimedia affirmations
for transformation

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IDareU2Feel RADIO, 2020-ongoing



IDareU2Feel Radio is a self-preservation project that centers around vulnerability and play. In this visual diary started during COVID-19, I’m embedding my inner dialogues and cultural influences into self-portraits to unflatten layers of identity and reflect on what's happening politically and in society.

Living in the United States during Covid as a queer Chinese immigrant is stressful due to racism, homophobia and xenophobia. Turning the lens inward in the period of pandemic is my quiet resistance against violence and discrimination. I use image creation to cultivate a safe space where I place tender gaze at myself for the first time.

Welcome to my late night radio show.

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