https://yinyinwong.nl Yin Yin Wong Thu, 18 Sep 2025 08:23:03 +0000 https://yinyinwong.nl en https://yinyinwong.nl/Psalm-for-a-Hungry-Ghost Thu, 18 Sep 2025 08:23:03 +0000 Yin Yin Wong https://yinyinwong.nl/Psalm-for-a-Hungry-Ghost Psalm for a Hungry Ghost2025, Performance and Scenography&nbsp;, 1h10m ‘Psalm for a Hungry Ghost’ offers an intimate view in to the often unseen lives of Chinese restaurant keepers. Using a blend of comedy, one-(wo)man showmanship and contemporary art performance, PSALM plays with preconceived notions of a silent diaspora and paints a portrait of a flawed masculine archetype. ‘Psalm for a Hungry Ghost’ was performed in a Dutch and English version in 2025 at Hotel Maria Kapel, Hoorn.&nbsp; New scenographic pieces were developed for the duo-exhibition ‘We Don’t Need Another Hero,’ with Jay Tan, at Wei Ling Contemporary, Kuala Lumpur.&nbsp; This project was developed in collaboration with:Szymon Adamczak, Raffia Li (Dramaturgy)Honey Kraiwee (Curatorial support)Alexander Geijzendorffer (Gym development and production)Charlotte Brand (Videography &amp; Trailer) Bart Treuren (Photography) The development of this project was supported by: If I Can’t Dance, I Don’t Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution within the framework of Open Rehearsal 2024; CBK Rotterdam and Het CultuurFonds <img width="4863" height="3280" width_o="4863" height_o="3280" 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width="4720" height="2914" width_o="4720" height_o="2914" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1b69d24098d65d4034f4ee182c8750d01fd8914dc42dd5aa7b01862d789fc6f7/BartTreuren_25_1947_00140.jpg" data-mid="238370530" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1b69d24098d65d4034f4ee182c8750d01fd8914dc42dd5aa7b01862d789fc6f7/BartTreuren_25_1947_00140.jpg" /> Push Pull Legs Meditation Rack, Steel construction beams, candles, rooftiles, bricks, concrete slabs courtesy of Hotel Maria Kapel. <img width="4761" height="2724" width_o="4761" height_o="2724" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/67de32ca03063cbc64f45f42ab2bbab546442b4774ead7b3845a637de027ca3a/1949_00016.jpg" data-mid="238370540" border="0" data-scale="64" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/67de32ca03063cbc64f45f42ab2bbab546442b4774ead7b3845a637de027ca3a/1949_00016.jpg" /> Psalm for a Hungry Ghost (Altar), Cement, gipsum, tiles, snacks, Hotel Maria Kapel. <img width="4032" height="2791" width_o="4032" height_o="2791" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/38de21032e2918f3e31611a21243b528610269e9c721aff083f95031362ced07/ThinkOfOthers.jpg" data-mid="238372944" border="0" data-scale="69" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/38de21032e2918f3e31611a21243b528610269e9c721aff083f95031362ced07/ThinkOfOthers.jpg" />Psalm for a Hungry Ghost (Think of Others), Acrylic and paper cement on lightbox, plastic containers, snacks, Wei Ling Contemporary <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0efebba344ecb5e8b38beef108d6b59ed3442920ee68227c5c36384b1d8093b4/IMG_6844.JPG" data-mid="238370562" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0efebba344ecb5e8b38beef108d6b59ed3442920ee68227c5c36384b1d8093b4/IMG_6844.JPG" /> <img width="2864" height="3879" width_o="2864" height_o="3879" 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src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/117ca528454705981d883743ca8d1231cefe864245a86f345269d3e9f23d3ef0/WildSummerOfArt-144.jpg" /> <img width="1966" height="1311" width_o="1966" height_o="1311" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/827b074f7ab6f0aff817e99573d141a63d26d2c0ae46df79df254d170fae8ba9/WildSummerOfArt-145.jpg" data-mid="238367974" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/827b074f7ab6f0aff817e99573d141a63d26d2c0ae46df79df254d170fae8ba9/WildSummerOfArt-145.jpg" /> <img width="1966" height="1311" width_o="1966" height_o="1311" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/789937cd37ba848601e3bbde204e3a65516a60c334f9e4dbc3879a1f7effe339/WildSummerOfArt-107.jpg" data-mid="238368103" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/789937cd37ba848601e3bbde204e3a65516a60c334f9e4dbc3879a1f7effe339/WildSummerOfArt-107.jpg" /> I See You in My Dreams 2024, Acrylic on lightbox A series of lightboxes that draws from the public vernacular of Chinatowns in the Netherlands. What names, faces and histories are embedded in the signs that adorn our urban environment? Taking inspiration from personal history as well as their day-to-day surroundings, the series pays tribute to the Chinese restaurant and service industry in Rotterdam.Presented during Wild Summer of Art ‘24, BRUTUS, Rotterdam Photography: Aad Hoogendoorn <img width="10424" height="6949" width_o="10424" height_o="6949" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d6c9154b7679d87d502565dc6fbf024541be56f69dde11bf4c0131b30b83b8a2/RememberingPinetrees_2.jpg" data-mid="195757011" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d6c9154b7679d87d502565dc6fbf024541be56f69dde11bf4c0131b30b83b8a2/RememberingPinetrees_2.jpg" /> <img width="3024" height="3476" width_o="3024" height_o="3476" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8ed542b9262e4ca59756dc045cd1e541e9267240cfb19ce06afeca9c40ae4c33/RememberingPinetrees_1.jpg" data-mid="195757012" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8ed542b9262e4ca59756dc045cd1e541e9267240cfb19ce06afeca9c40ae4c33/RememberingPinetrees_1.jpg" /> <img width="10424" height="6949" width_o="10424" height_o="6949" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/79c729b02610743a59161c9914e376ec7a4323ff59361821af8277fe2997be49/_MG_4356.jpg" data-mid="238367951" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/79c729b02610743a59161c9914e376ec7a4323ff59361821af8277fe2997be49/_MG_4356.jpg" /> <img width="10424" height="6949" width_o="10424" height_o="6949" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7c40ebe4210811b21d3cb48f315f7ff2da1fdd1bcd22f59e803345c05f674465/_MG_4363.jpg" data-mid="238400290" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7c40ebe4210811b21d3cb48f315f7ff2da1fdd1bcd22f59e803345c05f674465/_MG_4363.jpg" /> Holaan Travel Service, 2023, Wei Ling Contemporary Remembering Pinetrees, 2023, Private Collection window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-9BQKRW75E8'); https://yinyinwong.nl/In-search-of-a-better-life Mon, 19 Sep 2022 13:47:31 +0000 Yin Yin Wong https://yinyinwong.nl/In-search-of-a-better-life <img width="5184" height="3888" width_o="5184" height_o="3888" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f0e467ffe368665b86733ac46e9eb39a9cc5f221c1f57c8377077235d8f76039/7_.jpg" data-mid="195757313" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f0e467ffe368665b86733ac46e9eb39a9cc5f221c1f57c8377077235d8f76039/7_.jpg" /> <img width="5066" height="3800" width_o="5066" height_o="3800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2c6896ca2db873d9e5698a457b29c6c44426418368504587bc3073cee697666a/5_Insearch_AJA.jpg" data-mid="195757314" border="0" data-scale="75" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2c6896ca2db873d9e5698a457b29c6c44426418368504587bc3073cee697666a/5_Insearch_AJA.jpg" /> <img width="3749" height="2832" width_o="3749" height_o="2832" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7065e6e03409c3f0f59449deec21718f36e6b9afb1b0c3377147a2018e86c7ee/Yin-Yin-Wong---Open-Studio-12-__.jpg" data-mid="238369980" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7065e6e03409c3f0f59449deec21718f36e6b9afb1b0c3377147a2018e86c7ee/Yin-Yin-Wong---Open-Studio-12-__.jpg" /> <img width="4240" height="2832" width_o="4240" height_o="2832" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5bf84cc4755b9e20ce04e6ab2d47dfd94154292c7d01829a78871a0e03b7c957/3_Insearch_CB.jpg" data-mid="195757315" border="0" data-scale="78" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5bf84cc4755b9e20ce04e6ab2d47dfd94154292c7d01829a78871a0e03b7c957/3_Insearch_CB.jpg" /> <img width="4758" height="3777" width_o="4758" height_o="3777" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a0c70e7aa09da55f5e507e0d8ed9c429c520f8632a1fce5fade0ea399ae0b445/6_Insearch_AleksanderJohannAndreassen_1-copy.jpg" data-mid="195840467" border="0" data-scale="78" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a0c70e7aa09da55f5e507e0d8ed9c429c520f8632a1fce5fade0ea399ae0b445/6_Insearch_AleksanderJohannAndreassen_1-copy.jpg" /> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-9BQKRW75E8'); In Search of a Better Life 2022, Gelatin sculpture installation The installation shows six koi carps surrounding a white lotus flower. The koi, commonly seen in chinese restaurants, are a symbol of prosperity. Crafted entirely from agar agar and gelatin, some cut into partitions, the jellies invite childlike wonder and awe while they probe dominant imaginaries of a diasporic culture that manifests through its function to serve and to be consumed. Photography: Aleksander Johan Andreassen https://yinyinwong.nl/Lotus-Flowers Mon, 19 Sep 2022 17:29:02 +0000 Yin Yin Wong https://yinyinwong.nl/Lotus-Flowers <img width="2120" height="1416" width_o="2120" height_o="1416" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/614e83e5483d6aa2bfd9ca48e46b7ac66463b1b5c856d6312a32df08a7d7d62c/Yin-Yin-Wong---Open-Studio-23.jpg" data-mid="159471806" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/614e83e5483d6aa2bfd9ca48e46b7ac66463b1b5c856d6312a32df08a7d7d62c/Yin-Yin-Wong---Open-Studio-23.jpg" /> <img width="2832" height="4240" width_o="2832" height_o="4240" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3ae4ca0f3c402591be84c68a8b0f7585124178d4fb2d1558bc1519f0424004be/Yin-Yin-Wong---Open-Studio-25.jpg" data-mid="153363010" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3ae4ca0f3c402591be84c68a8b0f7585124178d4fb2d1558bc1519f0424004be/Yin-Yin-Wong---Open-Studio-25.jpg" /> Lotus Flowers 2022, Film, duration 08:45 min In this short film, I ask my mother to teach me how to fold the lotus flower napkins that we used to have on our restaurant table setting. During the folding tutorial, we talk about different connotations surrounding the lotus flower and memories of our restaurant Choong Kee (撂记).In the film I ask her whether she has ever seen a&nbsp; lotus flower in real life. She answers that she has seen them in Malaysia, in the wild. She followed that wild lotus flowers should never be picked, as those who try get caught in the surrounding quicksand and drown. In this I heard a metaphor for the diasporic experience– many Asian families venture to the West in search of a better life, only to get stuck with no way back. Conversation: Yin Yin Wong, Jenny Tong Sound editing: Aleksander Johan Andreassen Translation: Dorothy Cheung window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-9BQKRW75E8'); https://yinyinwong.nl/Selfportrait-Installations Mon, 12 Sep 2022 11:19:59 +0000 Yin Yin Wong https://yinyinwong.nl/Selfportrait-Installations <img width="3508" height="2480" width_o="3508" height_o="2480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b7b4af1438fc994307b65db9fe34247c836c3bf1b208d25f4fcd1c0d6eda9d7f/jve-self-portrait.jpg" data-mid="159472450" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b7b4af1438fc994307b65db9fe34247c836c3bf1b208d25f4fcd1c0d6eda9d7f/jve-self-portrait.jpg" /> <img width="2268" height="3024" width_o="2268" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6c9c1180bc94c077f686ad06d75ccc9c15aff5e13e296f451b12fba344474b68/2_5Februari2022-copy.jpg" data-mid="159472283" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6c9c1180bc94c077f686ad06d75ccc9c15aff5e13e296f451b12fba344474b68/2_5Februari2022-copy.jpg" /> <img width="768" height="1024" width_o="768" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/112311cf701222c2e6152837261033f241a2aa893551621a76ec026b270b9c11/9_5April2022_MH.jpeg" data-mid="152700093" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/768/i/112311cf701222c2e6152837261033f241a2aa893551621a76ec026b270b9c11/9_5April2022_MH.jpeg" /> <img width="2268" height="3023" width_o="2268" height_o="3023" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dda3c8b5ebe03fd554e062e306a9503d1360294ef659077a36a8a6bbed2f6858/10_5April2022-copy.jpg" data-mid="159472295" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dda3c8b5ebe03fd554e062e306a9503d1360294ef659077a36a8a6bbed2f6858/10_5April2022-copy.jpg" /> Selfportrait Installations2022,&nbsp;Site specific installations Through a daily practice of drawing self-portraits, I play with possibilities of self-presentation but also with the imperative to give countenance to identities that have long been excluded or marginalized. Growing up in a diaspora, I did not have many South-East Asian (and queer) role models presented to me through media, public life, culture or national history. With the selfportrait installations I am showing myself publicly while at the same time emphasising the friction between myself and the architecture that surrounds me. Am I the outsider looking in or the insider looking out? Installations:‘ZATERDAG 5 Februari 2022’, Jan van Eyck Academy, Maastricht ‘DINSDAG 5 April 2022’, Onze Lieve Vrouweplein, Maastricht window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-9BQKRW75E8');