Wandering Landscape. Resiency by Wei Yang / January - March 2024
TRANSVERSAL AESTHETICS / SILENCED ~ REACTIVATED
Idensitat + Consorci de Museus de la Comunitat Valenciana
Wandering Landscape aims to focus on the experiences of the Chinese diaspora in València, Spain, as it is the first city in Spain that has a Chinatown. Through photography, oral history, archives, and material reconstructions, the project will examine the intersection of geopolitical relationships and the theme of intimacy, belonging and sense of relative lag in time as a new possibility which became an activation of their existence and representation against the silent cultural assimilation.
As València was one of the first cities for the Chinese diasporic community to immigrate to Spain, its melancholic urban development remains in certain areas, along with cultural landscapes and nostalgic memories, makes me feel familiar with and curious about this city at the same time. During my residency, I plan to capture customs, sensory experiences, language through exploring the city, and conduct on-site research on materials, juxtapose reflections on the de-accelerated and subtle domesticity, to formalize the initial archive of my residency experience.