"Growing Layers" is an intimate exploration of cultural symbolism, family expectations, and the intricate interplay between food, gender, and identity

Cover for "Who needs Identity?" collection.

Taken from 'Unseen Channels' by Ji Chen.

Chelsea College of Arts

UAL Showcase Collections

Who Needs Identity?

37 is my feet’s size which is what my mother thinks is the perfect female's feet size.

&#39;Unseen Channels&#39; is a Performance, Video, and Installation that invites viewers to navigate the unseen channels that shape their lives, redefining narratives their own authentic identities.

Unseen Channels

Open pages of a notebook containing handwritten notes.

&#39;Locations&#39; tells the stories of local places in London from a filmmaker’s perspective, who is looking for locations to inspire her next fiction films. The identities of these places are explored through digital, archival and personal material.

Bessie Chung

Two acrylic paintings, each depicting a woman in a bathroom

&#39;Stare&#39; is an installation that invites questioning of gazes, especially those directed at female bodies in public spaces. The exhibition combines writings, sculptures, and paintings.

Garance Bray

A close up shot of the gradient red bronze cast of a face lying at the base of the staircase

&#39;Cigarettes and Rhododendrons&#39; explores the causes, effects, and reflection of the intersectionality of gender and sexuality through the lens of how I perceive my identity in a society that is based on societal norms and religious principles.

Cigarettes and Rhododendrons

The image contains: four bus chairs from the back, bus handles and a monitor showing the performance video. 

In &#39;Peace be with you, 2023&#39; I reflected on our behaviour as passengers on London buses. This artwork disrupts our social reality and our social conventions of public behaviour in a small way, offering an outlook on how it could be different.