‘The idea of having a body makes me cringe,’ says artist Shuang Li, speaking via Zoom from her chilly Berlin studio. ‘Once you have a physical form, you’re trapped. I’ve always felt that – both when I make work and in daily life.’ So, it comes as no surprise that Li feels more freedom online than in IRL. Born in 1990, Li grew up in a factory town in Wuyishan county, China. Throughout her childhood, she tried to escape her surroundings by playing pirated video games, watching YouTube, and listening to her favorite American rock band, My Chemical Romance, on dakou (damaged, black-market CDs).
