Conversations with my Grandmother
I am deeply honoured to be a recipient of the Ontario Arts Council's prestigious Chalmers Arts Fellowship.
Through this fellowship, I will investigate the intersections of sound, language, and critical race theory, examining my own and my family's histories through an inquiry-based, experiential artistic process. Motivated by a desire to reconnect with my nonagenarian grandmother—who speaks the Chinese dialects of Teochew Min and Cantonese, my first language that has since been largely lost through first-language attrition—I will explore how sonic improvisation might serve as an alternative, emotionally resonant form of intergenerational dialogue.
This project marks an exciting expansion of my artistic practice into the realm of sound art, embracing both composition and performance as tools for self-inquiry and cultural reclamation. By bringing together my classical training with experimental and deeply personal modes of expression, I hope to explore questions of voice, agency, and authorship through a decolonial, diasporic lens.