Conference: Presenting at ‘Visualising Chinese Borders’

An MEd and PhD academic interlude (I’m writing far too many words at the moment) to present at the concluding … More

‘Translation Zones’ by Heather Connelly/Library of Birmingham

I’m behind on blogging. I blame PhD land and a work interlude of manning a booth at Art16 art fair, London, … More

Hong Kong 2015: Ip Wai Lung at 100ft. PARK gallery

During my two-hour (still wasn’t long enough) catch up with friend and artist Morgan Wong in his studio, he said I … More

Lisbon 2015 – Symposium: “Chineseness” in Contemporary Art Discourse and Practice (Day 3)

The symposium continues with my jet lag taking hold like a man possessed, possessed by what I don’t know apart from … More

Lisbon 2015 – Symposium: “Chineseness” in Contemporary Art Discourse and Practice (Day 1+2)

The third, and final part, to my March 2015 international travels took me to Lisbon, Portugal…a city and country I have … More

FACeTS (Fine Art at Coventry Talk Series)

Let the teaching continue at one of the five universities I’ve been working at this academic year…this time at Coventry … More

Talk Self-Publishing, Self-Publishing Talk: My events & workshops

Earlier in the year, in June, I was invited by Loughborough University School of the Arts to present a roundtable … More

Wordgirl loves…’The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows’

Some of my friends and colleagues know me as “wordgirl” even to the extent that my partner manaXi calls me … More

A Universal Icon Language(?) – Visual (Mandarin) Chinese

Mandarin, Chinese, is my weight on my shoulders…the language I wish I knew inside out, the dialect I wish I … More

Write-Up: Presenting at In Dialogue 2014, Nottingham Contemporary

Earlier on in the year, I was invited by Dr. Heather Connelly to present as part of the 4-day symposium … More