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    Yolanda Y. Liou, We Have a Problem
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    Finding Order in Chaos

    Artist Blog by Yolanda Y. Liou

    Making collage is a way for me to decompress my brain when I feel overwhelmed. I started this process organically by taking elements from my own photography. It’s an intuitive process, with no specific intention or purpose, simply being spontaneous in the moment. I knew it was soothing for me, but I didn’t know why.

    Only until last year when I got diagnosed with Adult ADHD, it started making sense. The comfort I got from making a collage is finding order in chaos.

    Every ADHD brain is different. In my particular experience, it’s like one hundred things all shooting at 180 mph, at 360 degrees at the same time continually. I’m constantly overwhelmed and struggling with sensory overload.

    I started making analogue collages this year, repurposing and recycling from my prints, old magazines, newspapers, brochures or anything else that I hoard.

    Later on, this process developed into stop motion. That’s the dopamine kicks I got as an ADHDer, I have to see things with an immediate result. In this sequence, you can see them chronologically.

    Yolanda Y. Liou is part of Münchner Kammerspiele X Der Greif: “Off to Elsewhere”.

    Check out her Artist Feature Thank You For Playing With Me.

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    Yolanda Y. Liou

    Yolanda Y. Liou (b. 1990, Taiwan) is a London-based visual artist. Her work focuses on connection, broadening the spectrum of representation and embracing individual uniqueness. She creates from a personal reflection of body image topics, mental health awareness and the cultural differences of being Asian in a Western society. Liou has received several awards including the prestigious Taylor Wessing Prize in 2020. Her work has been featured in numerous renowned media publications. She has exhibited her photography and films internationally.