This is a series of still images, from video footage taken by Gwen Armstrong, fellow participant in the Arrivals Co-Lab Residency. Fresh into her ALP work, a young Jude Wong found herself wandering through Vancouver’s China Town, and met with her Father at the Wong Benevolent Society.

what do we reach towards? what is drawn to us?

This is the 5th question in the series of 6 in the multi-channel Installation Hexsa’am/To Be Here Always: “Six Questions”, created by Diane Roberts with sound designer & composer Troy Slocum.

AGOGO AYO (gongs of joy or bells of joy) The 2 indigenous musical instruments used in this music are significant and philosophical among the Yorubas. Whenever Agogo or sekere is played, it signifies joy, it produces sound of joy.

This is an excerpt of an experimental video piece showcasing work I’ve done to make a series of masks as well as a set of wings. The wings are made with fish skins I have collected and tanned from two sides of the Pacific.

Self-portrait in charcoal with deconstructed essay

How can we view conflict as a decolonising force within creative collaboration? How can we build our capacity to embrace conflict as normal? Cover image: beloved womyn

where to start? an incremental step…attuning

Response to “What is a Seed?”

A Creation Story

I felt compelled to be in the forest, my grand mother and great grand mother on my mother’s side speaking to me. So much sorrow in my heart from many recent losses. Then, a new beginning…

In December 2024, eight artists from across Canada gathered to exchange and create seeds that speak to the process of decolonizing creative collaborations. This exchange tells the story.

This seed titled, “What will Come From the Ashes?” functions best with an awareness of the content of the first seed I uploaded titled “May I Keep Her Floating?”, but does not fully rely upon the first seed. The two of them can be considered independently from one another. In this seed, I use wat

A poem exploring spirits. Originally published in Briarpatch Magazine, March 2021.

Making a necklace in honour of Sarvia Villagante aka my Aunty Neneng