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Overview

  • 16 references 14 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Chinese, English, Yue (Cantonese)
  • 35, Female
  • Member since 2009
  • Art Projects
  • Visual Arts
  • No hometown listed
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

simple, spontaneous, flow of life ~

ABOUT ME

I currently work on special art projects in a contemporary art gallery in Guangzhou. As a visual artist based in Guangzhou, I collaborate projects across southern China, e.g. community art festivals, art space, fashion runaway installations and window display etc. Anything related to space, mood, and interaction.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

strolled in Shanghai from midnite till dawn with a local artist for an immaterial exchange project with strangers...

...when i studied visual arts in the U.S., i went to N.Y.C .during internship and exhibitions, crushing on my friend's couch. Couchsurfing reminds me of the spirit of no-frilled exploration, precious human connection, and pure trust.

Interests

nature, everyday life, tea meditation, art therapy, intuition, the invisible and unknown, traveling and inner journeys ...

Music, Movies, and Books

sounds of the ocean, waves, symphonies of birds, geese, etc ~ hypnotic, healing

Alvin Lucier, I Am Sitting in a Room (1969)
William Basinski, Flying Lotus, Gotan Project, Sublime Frequencies, minimal, ambient soundscapes, chill desert guitar, futurist noise, lollywood funk, yodelers, harmonica in hardcore music!

Catching the Big Fish / David Lynch
Tsai Mingliang, Werner Herzog
Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, Spring... / Kim Ki Duk
Tango / Zbigniew Rybczynski
Yi Yi / Edward Yang
Fantastic Planet / Rene Laloux

Rumi, Tagore, Zhuangzi (butterfly dream), Water Knows the Answer...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I "destroyed" my Hungarian guest's travel plan in China. Instead, we made a new detour from my city - Guangzhou, to his city - Budapest. In 3 months, we walked, hitchhiked, and couchsurfed, crossing borders from China, Laos, Thailand, India, Nepal, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Poland, Germany, Czech, to Hungary. Pure craziness, magic, and flow of life.

Teach, Learn, Share

cinema, underground & folk music, vegetarian food, tea...

What I Can Share with Hosts

tea party! vegan food!

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Laos, Latvia, Nepal, Poland, Singapore, South Korea, Sweden, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Japan, United States

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