Becoming Home. Stories of Chinese Australians. ArtSpace, the Realm. FEBRUARY-April 22

Becoming Home 安家. Stories of Chinese Australians. is a community engaging project with an exhibition outcome. It is initiated by the curator: Dr. Tammy Wong Hulbert and undertaken by contemporary artist Siying Zhou and sound artist Ai Yamamoto. This project is contributed by the engagement of the participants: Jenny Zhuang, Fiona Wu, Jiawen Lin, Leo Ren, Lesley Lowe (nee Cheong) and Paul Cheong, and in partnership with Museum of Chinese Australian History, RMIT University Contemporary Art and Social, Transformation (CAST) and Chinese Community Social Services Centre Inc.


The project explores ways that Chinese-Australians have made Maroondah their home through a journey of migration and finding an ideal place to live. Becoming Home also investigates the Cheong Family which settled in Croydon in the late 19th Century and donated land for public use.

Press: 

An interview with Mo Lin for SBS Mandarin radio program. 

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