Mengwen Cao is a photographer, multimedia artist, and cultural organizer. In this conversation recorded during the first week of lockdown in New York City, Mengwen and NüVoices board member Cindy Gao talk [ … ]
Tag: art
Film: Outcry and Whisper
Shot over an eight-year period, Outcry and Whisper presents itself as a political manifesto for the resistance of women, be they workers, artists, intellectuals or militants, in Chinese and Hong Kong [ … ]
“Your Mother Sacrificed Herself for the Country” – The Idealization of the Female Martyr in China
BY EMILY MATSON When I first visited the northeastern provincial capital of Harbin to conduct dissertation research, I had never heard the name Zhao Yiman. This was soon to change, [ … ]
B人BEL Magazine Call for Submissions
Submissions are open for the second issue of B人BEL Magazine! B人BEL Magazine tells the stories of people in China we don’t often get to know about. The people who are [ … ]
Carving out Chinese ideals of female beauty: Visualizations by Artist Su Yang
BY SU YANG Physical beauty standards for women have evolved around the world over time, but the quest and thirst for the ideal hasn’t. Going under the knife to conform [ … ]
Podcast: Eleanor Goodman on the art of translating Chinese poetry
In the eighth episode of the NüVoices Podcast, Alice Xin Liu, writer and translator, interviews Eleanor Goodman with guest host Lijia Zhang, author of Socialism Is Great! and most recently Lotus, and board [ … ]
NüVoices community: October social gathering in Hong Kong
Welcome to this informal event for the NüVoices community and network in Hong Kong! Let’s gather over some food and drinks to share information and knowledge, engage in discussions and share thoughts [ … ]
Five female Chinese artists explore femininity
BY CLARISSA TAM As much as beauty and aesthetics are often perceived to be “the woman’s domain,” the art world has long held the bad habit of overlooking female artists. [ … ]
Female artists and writers reflect on feminist art and journalism
BY DAVE YIN There’s a certain fascination that Li Xinmo’s art seems to have with death. In one photo, she looks to be a murdered lifeless body floating down a [ … ]