In the face of growing repression of feminist and queer movements in China, many voices that once shaped powerful grassroots activism are now at risk of permanent erasure. Since the shutdown of key organizations such as the Beijing LGBT Centre and the silencing of #MeToo journalists, China’s public space has become increasingly inhospitable to dissent, identity expression, and historical preservation.

Three Acts of Resistance is an oral history-based exhibition that responds to this crisis by preserving and reactivating the memories of Chinese queer and feminist activists now living in diaspora. It offers a unique sonic and emotional encounter with stories that have often remained unheard—due to both political suppression and the intimate nature of trauma and resistance.

This exhibition is a standalone extension of my applied theatre project The Unheard Echoes which will be hosted and presented by Goethe Institute Beijing in July. It reflects on what it means to carry activist memory across borders, and how listening can itself become an act of solidarity and resistance.