Lily Xie
Washing 洗作
Project Description
“Washing” 洗作 is a multimedia art project created in collaboration with Asian Community Development Corporation (ACDC) to tell the stories of how community power and systemic injustice have shaped Boston’s Chinatown, and grow our collective capacity to imagine and demand a better future. Co-created with Chinatown residents Charlene Huang, Chu Huang, Dianyvet Serrano, and Maggie Chen, this project showcases resident stories about the history of the I-93 and I-90 highways and its emotional, spiritual, and embodied impacts into the present day.
“Washing” was installed as a series of outdoor video projection installations in 2021, where the video was projection-mapped onto walls and built sculptures in Chinatown.
Artist Bio
Lily Xie (she/her) is a Chinese-American artist and educator whose socially-engaged work explores desire, memory, and self-actualization for communities of color. In collaboration with local residents and grassroots organizers, she facilitates creative projects with a focus on public space, housing, and racial justice. The work they create together often takes the form of illustration, print media, video, and installation. Most recently, she was a member of the inaugural cohort of Radical Imagination for Racial Justice, a program from Massachusetts College of Art and Design and the City of Boston.
“I feel very blessed to be part of the first ever Radical Imagination for Racial Justice cohort! I was always inspired by my fellow grantees, who were making work that pushed the boundaries of imagination, art, resistance, and care.”
- Lily Xie
Photo credit: Nohemi Rodriguez
Photo credit: Mel Taing
Photo credit: Amanda Huang
Photo credit: Mel Taing
Photo credit: Nohemi Rodriguez
Photo credit: Nohemi Rodriguez
Photo credit: Mel Taing
Photo credit: Nohemi Rodriguez
Recap video: https://vimeo.com/566231537
Filmed by Katie Medrano-Escobar, The Loop Lab