[Latest update 15/07/2026]

Anita’s art is vegan, biodegradable, relational (as in “non-transactional”), and 99% analog – except the following 1%.

Every artistic endeavor is situational and ephemeral: spontaneously co-created in/with real life, and gracefully left to “die“ – transform, decay, compost, rot, evaporate, and be forgotten, reused, recycled, repurposed, re-homed, re-appropriated … or lost.

This includes – i.e. resists – the arbitrary bureaucratic protocols that the abominable “art industry” – which is not invited to this party – calls “documentation”. And the neoliberal, transactional, proprietary, and oppressive professionalization of creativity it upholds.

MEDIA in alphabetical order: art residencies, bodies, books, care, collective consciousness, colors, communities&commons, crochet, critical theory and practice, dance, Death, discourse, earthlings, embroidery, food, friends, gifts, grief, hair, interactions, knitting, Magic, mending, music, Nature, needles, pain, paint, paper, performance, people, periods, photography, plants, presence, public spaces, questioning, relational installations, relationships, resistance, room installations, silence, slideshows, Southern-Italian witchcraft, stillenss, tarots, tattoos, translations, “trash”, text&textiles, threads, videos, weaving, words.

BOOKED UNTIL August 2026 | Next Up: P.E.R.I.O.D. residency with Pang Jing (AKA the Red Witch) at FURNACE, Hong Kong.

HAIRY SITUATIONS | 牽一毛而動全身 [pull a hair and all body shakes]

13-27th May 2025 | New Moon Art Residency @performance_art_furnace_hk
9/F Foo Tak Building, Art&Culture Outreach (ACO)
Life Drawing @PangPangDrawingClub
Slideshow from @terra.attic
Ink @mujun.tat
Press @enidtsui & @artfutureclub
Analog Catalogue deposited @asiaartarchive
Photos by me & Kumi @drumjamhk
Inspiration @alokvmenon

Hairy situations are an inescapable feature of those born and growing hairy in the battlefield of a non-cis-het-male queer body, moving or class-passing at the margins of Whiteness’ racialization. We are soon and painfully made aware of our bodies’ deviation from normative “beauty” standards through shame, and quickly enroll in the Billion dollar industry of hair concealment and removal. Or not. While the shaming is direct, sharp and public, the complex negotiation between joining the industry or participating in the resistance is first of all a silent – not quiet – journey within, and then a marginal, marginalized and de/marginalizing conversation taking place, in whispers, behind closed doors. Or not. In Hairy Situations, a safe space where the invisible becomes visible and the whisper audible is opened and co-created: for these stories to take the center stage, for dissenting voices to get louder, and for disobedient practices to be honored. Body hair is as private as it is social, personal as it is political.

Hair—body hair, facial hair, hair of all kinds—carries a surface-level cultural symbolism that represents primitiveness, power, and wildness, whereas the absence of hair symoolizes purity, perfection, and flawlessness. Throughout history, the first step in regulating any group has often involved controlling their hair. Organizations that prioritize “discipline,” such as the military, schools, and prisons, have consistently imposed uniform hairstyles to enforce conformity.

In today’s urban landscape, beauty advertisements have become a mirror of contemporary aesthetic ideals. Attributes like fair skin, smoothness, and poreless perfection are upheld as the ultimate standards of “beauty,” while hairlessness, wrinkle-free skin, and unblemished features are celebrated as markers of “perfection.” However, behind these ideals lies the pervasive influence of consumerism. “Beauty” is defined by capital, with corporations stoking anxieties about not being beautiful enough while simultaneously selling solutions: “You’re not pretty enough! Buy our beauty services, and you’ll become beautiful!” People unwittingly fall into this consumerist trap, striving to eliminate every feature deemed unfit for the label of “beauty.”

“Hair Situations”, a two-week artist residency and exhibition by Anita, aims to challenge and redefine the preconceived notions of [hair]. The exhibition explores the intersection of the body, cultural symbols, and creative interventions, seeking to dismantle conventional beauty standards. It reveals how deeply ingrained stereotypes shape our everyday lives. Step into this space and join the conversation.

毛髮的處境是一個無法逃避的特徵，特別是那些出生並在非順性別異性戀男性的酷兒身體內成長、並在白人化種族邊緣隱現或跨越階級的人。我們很快且痛苦地意識到自己的身體偏離了規範化的「美」標準，透過羞恥感領悟到這一點，並迅速投入到價值數十億的脫毛產業中。或者，也可以不這麼做。雖然羞辱直接、尖銳且公開，但在選擇加入這個產業，還是參與抵抗之間的複雜協商，首先是一場內心無聲——但不安靜——的旅程，隨後是一場邊緣化、被邊緣化或去邊緣化的對話，這對話以低語形式在關閉的門後進行。或者，也可以不這麼做。

在《牽一毛而動全身》中，一個讓隱形變得可見、讓低語變得可聽的安全空間被開啟並共同創造：讓這些故事成為焦點，讓不同的聲音變得更響亮，並讓不服從的實踐受到尊崇。毛髮既是私密的，也是社會的；既是個人的，也是政治的。

毛，毛髮，體毛；毛的表層文化符號代表著原始、力量、野性；無毛則代表純潔、無瑕、完美。歷史上，如要監管群體的首項規訓，必先對其頭髮有所控制，軍隊、學校、監獄等，以「紀律」為上的組織，必先規管統一髮型。反之，如對頭毛加以改造染色，將被視為標奇立異的「叛逆」之舉。

當下城市中的美容廣告，成了時代審美觀的縮影: 白皙、光滑、零毛孔被奉為「美」的終極標準，無毛、無皺紋、無疤痕則被塑造成「完美」的標誌。然而，這種審美背後，無不透露著消費主義的影響。所謂的「美」被資本定義，商家一邊強化「你不夠美」的焦慮，一邊推銷各種美容服務：「你唔夠靚呀！買左我哋公司既美容服務，就會變靚架啦！」於是，人們不自覺地掉入這消費陷阱，努力剔除身上那些被視為「不屬於美」的特徵。

《牽一毛而動全身》，為期兩星期的藝術家(Anita)駐留展覽，將反轉你對於[毛]的固有看法及定義，探索身體、文化符號和創作介入之可能性，試圖瓦解那些約定俗成的美感標準，揭示刻板印象如何深刻地塑造我們的日常經驗，歡迎來到這空間展開對話。

PERENNIAL&ITINERANT&COLLECTIVE ART PERFORMANCE

Since 2014

Tarots

Deck: “Tarocchi di vetro” by Elisabetta Trevisan, printed by Scarabeo

[story coming soon …]

Photo credits to my friends Kumi Masunaga from Drum Jam and Dina from Healing in Nature.