Can You Feel My Diasporic Love? Affective Encounters of Wonder, Body, and Machine 22nd January, 2026 19:00h (CET) alpha nova & gallerie futura (Am Flutgraben 3, 12435 Berlin, Germany) A multimedia performance weaving sound, light, touch, sculpture, AI, and bioelectric systems to explore migration, love, and belonging within landscapes shaped by technology, surveillance, and rising global authoritarianism. By positioning desire and the body as subversive forces, the work stages moments…

Book Launch: Grasp a Seat: imagine noThing until it becomes someThing Thank you for the beautiful book launch at @kulturfabrikmoabit : Grasp a Seat: imagine noThing until it becomes someThing—with witness testimonies and reflections by participants and guests of the Imaginary Institution, marking the first anniversary of the Open Air Museum of Decoloniality at Alexanderplatz (Sept. 2023 – Sept. 2024). I am delighted to have my project and article Desire, AI and…

Performing my multimedia work Can You Feel My Diasporic Love? at Unit 1 Gallery | Workshop was a moment of deep resonance. Created in collaboration with pianist Julien Lee (@julienleeeeee ), it weaves personal stories and societal reflection through sound, visuals, light, and touch, to explore migration and love in landscapes where technology and politics keep reshaping what belonging means. In times of digital networks and rising global fascist trends, art…

On Friday, 19 September at 8pm, I’ll be in London to present my multimedia performance Can You Feel My Diasporic Love? with pianist Julien Lee at Unit 1 Gallery | Workshop at the opening of exhibition We are delighted to announce our exciting collaboration with 𝑼𝒏𝒊𝒕 𝟏 𝑮𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒚 | 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒑 @unit1galleryworkshop – presenting 𝒲𝒶𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒯𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒲𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝒲𝒽𝒾𝓈𝓅𝑒𝓇𝓈 ℳ𝓎 ℒ𝒶𝓃𝒹 PV: 19th September 6-9 pm Open: 19th Sept. – 18th Oct.…

We are delighted to announce our exciting collaboration with 𝑼𝒏𝒊𝒕 𝟏 𝑮𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒚 | 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒑 @unit1galleryworkshop – presenting 𝒲𝒶𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒯𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒲𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝒲𝒽𝒾𝓈𝓅𝑒𝓇𝓈 ℳ𝓎 ℒ𝒶𝓃𝒹 at PV: 19th September 6-9 pm Open: 19th Sept. – 18th Oct. Wednesday – Saturday 11am – 5pm Unit 1 Gallery | Workshop, Unit 1, 1 Bard Rd, London W10 6TP Participating Artist: Fan Bangyu @fan_bangyu Gao Chang @gao.chang_rca Li Gang @__ligang__ Zhou Gongmo @gongmozhou Feng Mingyue @fififenggg Li Yilei @li_yi_lei_ Yang Qinlin @_qinlinyang_ Yao…

art&dialogue is thrilled to introduce our new art&dialogue board members following our first assembly: Professor Matilde ter Heijne – Founder & Chair Amy Patton – 2nd Chair, Editorial Director Vanessa Gravenor – Secretary Dr. Chang Gao – Communication Director Daniela Salazar – Treasurer Ana Cecilia Breña– Graphic Designer art&dialogue has been active since 2022, continuing the legacy of “ff”(http://fffffff.org/)—founded a decade ago in Berlin. We’re a feminist, artist-run initiative and…

Augmented Reality Interface Organic Access_ Dr. Chang Gao_2024 Augmented reality interface Organic Access successfully selected as part of Steirischer Herbst 2024, the Werner Fenz Grant for Art in Public Space. Vernissage: 27. 9.24 6pm-8pm Exhibition: 28.9.–13.10.2024
Tue–Sun 10:00–18:00 Forum Stadtpark
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8010 Graz Over the course of three years, Kunst Heimat Kunst unfolded as a series of interventions in different parts of the world where the invited artists resided. The idea of…

Contribution for Itinerant Space: Augmented Reality Interface Erotic Poetics_2023 Project title: Using Supernormal Stimuli and Eroticism in the production of Artwork: An Experiment in Countering Cultural Hegemony in Public Space This is a practice-led research project topic overlaps the fields across psychology, politics, philosophy, sexuality, and art. It critically exams if the use of sexuality (specifically evolutionary psychology theory of supernormal stimuli and Eroticism) in the production of artwork can…

DESIRE, AI, AND PUBLIC INTIMACY Dr. Chang Gao Artist, Lecturer, Public Art Researcher and Decolonial Scholar Performing: Dr. Chang Gao + Dr. Jess Aszodi Time: 19:00-21:00 May 26th, 2024 Location: Open Air Museum of Decoloniality (Alexander Platz), Ona Mašiotienė Room (U-Bahn exit between Friendship Fontain and Primark) Doing sound-performance in a public space at Alexanderplatz was very a stressful experience, with considering strict police controls, the uncertainty of the public…

Chang Gao ECG heart rate / Film interactive installation Shower Me with Affection, ECG heart-rate sensor, film, and interactive sculpture Book of Disquiet   Exhibition: WHAT YOU HEAR WHEN I SAY GRO Opening: 26.04, 18:00–21:00 Location: ((N.Y.T)) art space, Philippistraße 7, 14059 Berlin Performance: Chang Gao + Elo Masing @kakaduuart on opening night at 19:30 Exhibition Duration: 27.04–28.04, 15:00–19:00 Exhibiting Artists: Chang Gao, Mette Bjørndal, Florian Huber, Jens Keller I’m…