“Last year, I visited Taiwan for the first time with my grandmother, where her siblings’
families resettled after the Vietnam War. Not dissimilar to conflicts of fifty years ago, my
conversations with relatives and strangers alike often turned towards plans for an
uncertain future. These fragments form the basis of a text and light installation that pays
tribute to those who leave, those who stay, and those who don’t quite have a choice.” – Lan “Florence” Yee
Artist Bio
Lan “Florence” Yee 余承佳
Lan “Florence” Yee 余承佳 is a visual artist and cultural worker based in
Tkaronto/Toronto & Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang/Montreal. They collect text in
underappreciated places and ferment it until it is too suspicious to ignore. Lan is a
member of Collective Collective, a project between eight visual arts collectives with
majority-racialized members as a response to the systemic racism and exploitative
labour conditions in the arts. Lan writes and organizes as a member of JIA Foundation,
fostering Chinatown’s sustainability as a living neighbourhood with a deeply-rooted
cultural heritage.