Chinese Artists and Organizers (“CAO”) Collective

CAO Collective is a multidisciplinary creative platform that bridges the gap between artistic expression, activism, and technology. Founded in 2020, the collective provides a space for artists, designers, and thinkers to collaborate on projects that push cultural boundaries. By fostering an inclusive and diverse creative community, CAO Collective seeks to challenge traditional narratives and empower underrepresented voices in the arts. Through exhibitions, digital storytelling, workshops, and public interventions, the organization cultivates conversations that drive social change.

With a strong emphasis on accessibility and interdisciplinary collaboration, CAO Collective harnesses the power of new media and innovative artistic practices to engage audiences both online and offline. The organization has spearheaded numerous initiatives that promote cultural activism, experimental design, and socially engaged art. Whether through interactive digital experiences or immersive physical installations, CAO Collective continues to redefine the ways in which art intersects with activism.

City

New York

Country

United States

Region

N. America

Year of Creation

2020

Featured Project

Unseen Futures
CAO’s online and in-person collective poetry-writing workshops have engaged over 300 community members of the Sinophone diaspora transnationally. We carefully design guiding questions on queer/feminist kinship, food, and memory, to which each participant start on one page and turn to the next page(s) to continue what other people have written. These queer feminist poetics are intimate conversations with each other, holding space for joy, grief, and otherwise inexplicable feelings in diaspora.

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