The chapter explores the challenges faced by the speaker while conducting research in China and Hong Kong, highlighting issues like language barriers and political sensitivities. They reflect on the impact of extensive surveillance and narrative control in China on their work, expressing a desire to return to a more diverse and meandering artistic approach.
Tessa Hulls is a writer and artist whose work has appeared in The Rumpus, The Washington Post, and The Capitol Hill Times. Her new book, a graphic memoir, is Feeding Ghosts.
“This project is the thing I have spent my entire life running from. I was incredibly determined to never touch this, either personally or professionally. … It was more an eventual act of resignation than a desire.”
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