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A person dressed in an old-fashioned suit stands on top of a black and white painted boat, looking out over the “ocean”. Black and white painted waves are in front of the boat, labeled “S.S. ??” and the background of the image is a painting of the ocean with the Golden Gate Bridge visible in the distance.

Still from A Man Like A Question Mark

Zoë Dong

Digital video, archival footage, painted sets. 5 min 20 seconds., 2026

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In A Man Like A Question Mark, the artist reconstructs the immigration story of an ancestor with a complicated legacy. Combining fantastical sets and archival footage, the artist performs as her grandfather and retraces his path of immigration from Southern China to Detroit in the 1940’s.

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