about Lark.
artist statement:
Lark is a stop-motion and scratch film animator, and a self-described professional rummager. They dig through archival videos, old magazines, and their grandfather’s 16mm film collection, reconstructing both impersonal and personal fragments together. They create stop-motion and scratch film animations that are trans* in all senses of the term—transgenerational, transgressive, transgender, and transformational. Borrowing from Cathy Cohen, Lark sees transness not as a stable identity marker, but as a fugitive, lawless force—one that is fluid and escapes towards radical futures. Lark captures this notion of transness as elusive and disruptive through their movement and reappropriation of paper scraps and home videos. They are interested in a range of materials but are often drawn to those from the 1950s-1970s eras that depict consumerism, gender roles, and suburbanization. Lark grew up in the pinnacle of normality, a white middle-class suburbia with a large, flashy shopping mall. They are Taiwanese-Chinese American, but were raised by parents who grew up bouncing around rural America—much of their culture and language lost along the way. Their work reimagines and restructures their childhood’s rigidity—grasping at lost memories and connections to heritage, and simultaneously pushing forward into new, queerer territories. They are currently a Curatorial Intern at 500 Capp Street and Stephanie Syjuco’s studio assistant.
bio:
Lark is a recent Art Practice and Sociology graduate from the University of California, Berkeley. They live and create in San Francisco, California, but grew up in living in Southern Harlem, Taipei, and the Bay Area. They are currently a Curatorial Intern at 500 Capp Street (David Ireland House) in San Francisco and Stephanie Syjuco’s Studio Assistant.
contact:
instagram: @larkie.poo
email: larkc[at]berkeley.edu