Chaney Manshu Diao (b.1996, China)
I am an artist poet and DJ whose research-based practice challenge the conception of identity from the lens of trans* studies through body, linguistics, desire and pleasure, electronic music and movement. My current research direction drifts from body horror, to mutation and bodily materiality, and is theoretically built upon xenofeminism and new-materialism. My recent work centres around two major themes - “capacity” and “becoming” which emphasises the influx of synthetic into organic, techno into bio. I work deliberately with a wide range of mediums including performance, installation, AI, VR, sound, etc, and regard this approach as a strategy to demolish solid categorisations relating to power, constancy and structure in art.