#I am not a Virus

 #I AM NOT A VIRUS

Installation / 2020

Window Installation / Banner

I was invited recently by Tortuga studios to create a work in response to our current climate that was to be displayed in a window facing the Princes Highway, Sydney.

Graffitied across a construction site:  “Go home you yellow dog” . 

Yelled at a woman in a car, “Go back to where you came from, you dirty cunt, you dirty monkey”. 

“You fucking Chinese, you bring the virus over”, slurred to a woman on the train. 

Spat on, pushed, punched. These are just a handful of racist incidents from the hundreds reported that have happened in Australia since the outbreak of COVID-19. It is without doubt that hundreds more go unreported. 

As an Australian of Chinese background I am aware that Asians, especially women, are often perceived as meek, an easy target because they don’t fight back. This work is in reaction to the current rise of racism and a way to fight back. It is also made in solidarity with all current movements against racism both in Australia and abroad.