My academic background is diverse. I grew up in Chinese cultural context and had a strong passion for traditional painting. I have studied the skills of ink-wash landscape painting, and I am familiar with the Eastern ways of seeing and its distinctive artistic expressions. My major at undergraduate level was film production. After that, I completed my MA in Visual Culture in Lund University, Sweden. My Master’s thesis Pained Body, Performed Madness: A study of the bio-political philosophy in He Yunchang’s performance art investigated the representation of bio-political micro- power and identity through performance artworks.

Meanwhile, I am an independent filmmaker, and my short film was screened in the Short Film Corner of the 70th Festival de Cannes. During my study in Lund University, I did research on environment, animal and landscape aesthetics, and gave speech at the conference Visual Culture: Environment and Nature. These experiences have shaped my interests and abilities in this research. I will go deeper into visual interpretation and content analysis through the dimensions of film study, cultural geography and visual culture.