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Frida Chen

Studio Residency 2025

During my residency at Céline Bureau, I work on a video installation that sheds light on the everyday lives, untold memories, and oral histories of dagongmei (打工妹; or young female migrant workers) in Shenzhen, China, from the 1980s to the 2010s. Through unfurling unofficial archives and family stories, the project seeks to unearth not only unofficial microhistory of China’s mass migration, but also the friendships and bonds formed among dagongmei.

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