Lily Xie is a Chinese-American artist whose socially-engaged work explores desire, memory, and self-determination for communities of color.
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RIGHT NOW
01 LAND BACK! IN STOP MOTION 🌱🎬
02 CHINATOWN CULTURAL PLAN 🌱🏙
IN THE PAST
01 ABOLISHING THE BPDA 🎬🌱🏙
02 LOVE LETTERS FOR OUR ANCESTORS 🌱🎬
03 WASHING 📕🌱🏙
04 HACKING THE ARCHIVE 🌱📕🏙
05 SHADOW PLAY ✏️
06 WHAT IS A COMMUNITY LAND TRUST? 🎬
07 EVERYTHING LIES IN ALL DIRECTIONS 🎬
08 WE NEVER WANTED HIM HERE 📕🏙
09 CHINATOWN STORY CART 🌱✏️
10 MAPPING CHINATOWN 🌱✏️🏙
11 A HOUSE SHAPED DREAM 🌱🏙
12 SELECTED COMICS AND ZINES
🎬: ANIMATION
📕: ARCHIVES
🌱: FRONTLINE COMMUNITY POWER
✏️: TEACHING AND WORKSHOPS
🏙: URBAN PLANNING
Photo taken by Nohemi Rodriguez