ICUL CTION meets ART A C o n t e m p o r a r y A r t R e v i e w Yuying Song She is a visual artist-researcher, born in China and currently doing a practice-based Ph.D. in Art Production and Research at the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain. And she received a Chinese Government Scholarship from the China Scholarship Council (CSC) for her doctoral studies. She is interested in the theory and history of documentary,cinema, photography, especially the theme that focuses on the figure of women, immigration, social issues and, also the culture of digital media. Her recent research output includes the essay Art born during the COVID-19 Pandemic published in ANIAV - Journal of Research in Visual Arts, Why do I live here is a Documentary essay on Chinese immigration in Spain published in AVANCA / CINEMA 2021, International Conference Cinema Art, Technology, Communication, Article A TRANSNACIONAL FAMILY CHINESE IMMIGRATION IN SPAIN accepted by the journal Diecisiete and Western Feminist Experimental Film: Between Experiment and Experience-1960s-1980s accepted by the journal film literature. An interview by , curator Spain, where you are currently and , curator pursuing your Ph.D: how did those formative years influence your evolution as an artist? Moreover, how Hello Yuying and welcome to does the multifaceted nature of your ARTiculAction: we would like to invite cultural substratumdue to your our readers to visit Chinese roots direct the trajectory of https://songyuying0203.wixsite.com/yuy your current artistic research? ing/photography in order to get a wide Yuying Song: First of all, thank you for idea about your artistic production, inviting me to this interview. I think and we would like to start this every stage of life is crucial for me, all of interview with a couple of questions these experiences are what motivate regarding your background. You have a me to pursue the field of art research solid formal training: after your studies now. In fact, before entering university, in Amination at the Harbin Normal I was very fond of literature, and then I University, China, you nurtured your chose to study art for various reasons. education with an MA in Artistic But I still believe that literature and art Production, that you received from the are inseparable, both are a medium for Polytechnic University of Valencia, emotional expression and