Hua Yang is a narrative-focused artist with foundational training in filmmaking who graduated from Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London. Her work is deeply influenced by the intricate dynamics of modern Chinese society and extends to broader global contexts. Transitioning from a primary interest in documentary filmmaking, she now explores and articulates contemporary social, political, and cultural themes through a multifaceted approach that encompasses digital media, installations, and video art.

Fate, Agency, and Precarity: The Vagrant Stories in Xu Tong’s Documentary Trilogy

China’s post-socialist modernisation and economic growth in the 1980s and 1990s have led to great political and institutional changes and deepened structural inequalities, creating a large marginalised subaltern group whose lives have been shaped by shifting labour markets and migration policies (Hillenbrand 2023; Pun 2016). Today, the stories of China’s ‘subaltern’ are widely heard, from […]

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