KWINNIE LÊ
I am an artist, researcher, poet and shapeshifter. Drawing from mythology, folklore and oral histories, I situate ancestral traditions in contemporary urban life &, by doing so, aim to re-suture narratives of classification. Currently, I’m investigating the revival, reclamation and (re)inscription of traditional tattoo practices as a practice of decolonisation and employ semi-fictional narratives as a mode of critical speculation. Under the project name "the land of the tattooed", I trace tattoo histories to engage with a myriad of themes such as historical racial stratification, contemporary practices of exclusion and the planetary crisis. As a practitioner of skin marking, my work aligns with the Vietnamese ancestral tradition specifically. The works are manifested in performances, textile and poetry, though morphing into many more forms.
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