Just because I’m quiet, doesn’t mean I’m calm (2020)
Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zürich
Performance in group exhibition «Werkschau 2020 – Canton of Zurich Work Grants»
Dramaturgy: Carina Premer

Listen, they are alone at a crossroads. They’re not at home in their own home.

I could lose my parents’ love, the support from the society, my social standing, or I could even be discriminated against. I was afraid of this.


It might have been my first encounter with an LGBT person. What shocked me was that she lived a good life.


Empathy can’t solve everything. Many of the most pernicious problems are structural, not individual, and no amount of individual empathy can solve them.

Photos © Yoshiko Kusano 2020
Texts, statements & stories drawn and remixed from Beyoncé, Joga Jia / 贾丛扬, Madonna, Rebecca Solnit, Ocean Vuong, Virginia Woolf, QQ / Qin Qin覃琴。, Jamil Zaki