What the Exhibition Presents
Oral Testimonies
Audio recordings of three prominent Chinese activists—Li Maizi, Ling(pseudonym), and Fan Popo—are presented through headphones, accompanied by photographs, personal objects, and selected quotes in both Chinese and English.
Archive of Feelings
Visitors will encounter symbolic artefacts—activist T-shirts, campaign posters, protest props—embedded with emotional resonance, creating an intimate archive rooted in vulnerability, courage, and collective memory.
Interactive Reflection Space
A participatory wall invites visitors to leave written responses or anonymous audio messages, encouraging reflection on whose voices we have heard, and whose we have not.
Contextual Media
The space may include short video excerpts from The Unheard Echoes documentary workshop held in London in 2024, offering insight into the process of transforming oral testimonies into collective performance.
Curatorial Approach & Ethics
All recordings were voluntarily self-recorded by the activists, based on a co-creation process developed to avoid retraumatization and to maintain agency in storytelling.
The exhibition avoids explicit political commentary, focusing instead on the emotional, historical, and cultural value of memory work.
Display will take place in a closed or curated-access space, ensuring the safety and integrity of all materials and contributors.
Why This Matters
This exhibition offers a rare opportunity to listen—deeply and attentively—to voices that are too often silenced. It reflects the importance of preserving alternative histories through ethical, affective, and artistic methods.
By hosting Three Acts of Resistance at the Embassy of the Netherlands, you are not only offering a safe platform for these narratives but also standing in solidarity with the global effort to safeguard cultural memory, gender diversity, and freedom of expression. This exhibition is not a protest—it is a quiet act of remembrance, healing, and cross-border empathy.