Yo-Yo Lin is a Taiwanese-American, interdisciplinary artist who explores the possibilities for self-knowledge in the context of emerging, embodied technologies. She often uses animation, live performance, and lush sound design to create meditative ‘memoryscapes.’ Her recent body of work reveals and re-values the complex realities of living with invisibilized chronic illness and intergenerational trauma. Her practice often facilitates sites for community-centered abundance, developing into physical and virtual installations, workshops, accessible nightlife parties, and artist collectives. She was a 2019 Artist in Residence at Eyebeam, a 2020 Open Call Recipient for The Shed, and the 2021 Red Burns Fellow at NYU ITP/IMA. She is the co-founder of ROTATIONS, a collaborative movement practice working towards deepening our understanding of artistry, disability, and access. Currently, she is studying Tai Chi, Qi Gong, and Traditional Chinese Medicine practices. Born and raised in Los Angeles, she now lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Crouching on one knee with one arm up reaching towards the ceiling, wrapped by a tangle of audio cables, Yo-Yo performs with contact microphones attached to her shoulder and back. She is a thin, Taiwanese American femme, her hair in a bun with wavy bangs hanging over her face. Her stance is solid and her face is serene. Photo by Buffy.
ID: Crouching on one knee with one arm up reaching towards the ceiling, wrapped by a tangle of audio cables, Yo-Yo performs with contact microphones attached to her shoulder and back. She is a thin, Taiwanese American femme, her hair in a bun with wavy bangs hanging over her face. Her stance is solid and her face is serene. Photo by Buffy.