hi ! i’m tiny. i’m an artist, archivist, creative technologist, writer & independent scholar based in the oakland / berkeley area. for professional bios written in the third person, see elsewhere.
i am most interested in digital humanities work that focuses on diaspora & memory. current contributions & projects include:
SANTA CRUZ IN COLOR: a localized ethnic studies archive documenting movement history along the california central coast
A RADICAL HISTORY OF THE KOREAN WAR: a website/archive that serves as a companion to professor christine hong’s course at uc santa cruz on the korean war
books & publications*
i had a hungry dream 《我做了一个饿梦》: a self-published & printed poetry chapbook
吃 OPEN WIDE (it’s time to eat): a hand-bound zine on food, community, and being (or not being) what we eat
PRAYER: originally a poem written in 2021. an zined excerpt from “i had a hungry dream” (chapbook).
workshops & lectures*
blueprinting chinatown series:
sf chinatown @ now place (san francisco)
oakland chinatown @ bathers library (oakland)
chinese century: between sino-optimism, techno-orientalism, and futility (reading group at bathers library in oakland, california)
forthcoming essays*
beyond the dragon gate: discourses on gentrification and convoluted patriotisms in american chinatowns
the world is Online: if you’re not there yet, you’re already out
in stores*:
now place 此间 @ san francisco (chinatown)
sour cherry comics @ san francisco (mission district)
wild sisters co @ sacramento
portfolio*:
graphic design & typesetting
illustration
photography