Michelle Chan
@littledotrice.bsky.social
listener to the cadence of life.
creator of rituals, relations, and experiences of looking.
play—is the ultimate goal.
www.littledotrice.com
creator of rituals, relations, and experiences of looking.
play—is the ultimate goal.
www.littledotrice.com
feel like a scientist since the past few weeks -
back to the basics of photography - chemicals, light, printing.
been testing different effects of cyanotype with various UV levels, washing methods, and on different types of paper.
experimenting and refining the whole ritual for a new work.
back to the basics of photography - chemicals, light, printing.
been testing different effects of cyanotype with various UV levels, washing methods, and on different types of paper.
experimenting and refining the whole ritual for a new work.
August 9, 2025 at 11:03 AM
feel like a scientist since the past few weeks -
back to the basics of photography - chemicals, light, printing.
been testing different effects of cyanotype with various UV levels, washing methods, and on different types of paper.
experimenting and refining the whole ritual for a new work.
back to the basics of photography - chemicals, light, printing.
been testing different effects of cyanotype with various UV levels, washing methods, and on different types of paper.
experimenting and refining the whole ritual for a new work.
How do we repair when there’s ruptures? And do the ruptures need repairing?
August 1, 2025 at 5:28 AM
How do we repair when there’s ruptures? And do the ruptures need repairing?
to to to to to to to to to to to to to to
(just being playful 😬)
(just being playful 😬)
July 31, 2025 at 2:08 AM
to to to to to to to to to to to to to to
(just being playful 😬)
(just being playful 😬)
tracing body movements around a space
July 5, 2025 at 3:17 AM
tracing body movements around a space
Sometimes we just need to follow that one thread and see where that lands.
Not everything needs to be goal-oriented. We can enjoy simply by enjoying.
Not everything needs to be goal-oriented. We can enjoy simply by enjoying.
July 2, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Sometimes we just need to follow that one thread and see where that lands.
Not everything needs to be goal-oriented. We can enjoy simply by enjoying.
Not everything needs to be goal-oriented. We can enjoy simply by enjoying.
Hong Kong Photobook Club (@phoboko), which was initiated in 2020, is a monthly gathering of using photobooks as a medium to bring people together to converse about the topics they contain. To date, there have been a total of 35 iterations.
June 17, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Hong Kong Photobook Club (@phoboko), which was initiated in 2020, is a monthly gathering of using photobooks as a medium to bring people together to converse about the topics they contain. To date, there have been a total of 35 iterations.
Kaufu is a long-form artistic project that I began in 2019. It is about how I process and respond to my bus driver uncle’s death and his bus-related inheritance driven by the Chinese Confucius concept of filial piety, and using a variety of collaborative/relational methods to create the artworks.
June 14, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Kaufu is a long-form artistic project that I began in 2019. It is about how I process and respond to my bus driver uncle’s death and his bus-related inheritance driven by the Chinese Confucius concept of filial piety, and using a variety of collaborative/relational methods to create the artworks.
I’m writing something, about my idea of relational art and aesthetics. I’m getting closer to it, to communicate it via words, drawings, case studies, personal artistic practices etc - that is, the invisible relations and dynamics between our selves, others, and the environment.
June 12, 2025 at 5:09 AM
I’m writing something, about my idea of relational art and aesthetics. I’m getting closer to it, to communicate it via words, drawings, case studies, personal artistic practices etc - that is, the invisible relations and dynamics between our selves, others, and the environment.
My friend HM took some portraits of me. There was one that I don’t recognise myself from. I realised I could also be soft and tender.
April 16, 2025 at 3:28 AM
My friend HM took some portraits of me. There was one that I don’t recognise myself from. I realised I could also be soft and tender.
Wrote something about breathing this morning, drawing from what I was reading/watching yesterday, and from various time frames.
Really liberating myself from writing of a certain structure, but more from the nature of my being :).
Really liberating myself from writing of a certain structure, but more from the nature of my being :).
About Breathing
the constant cycle of inhale and exhale; of death and rebirth
substack.com
April 13, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Wrote something about breathing this morning, drawing from what I was reading/watching yesterday, and from various time frames.
Really liberating myself from writing of a certain structure, but more from the nature of my being :).
Really liberating myself from writing of a certain structure, but more from the nature of my being :).
do you have days when your body tells you that this is just the right amount of light you can handle?
April 9, 2025 at 1:21 AM
do you have days when your body tells you that this is just the right amount of light you can handle?
What is a friend? Who are your friends? How do we make friends? How do you know whether you’re being a good friend?
April 8, 2025 at 1:59 AM
What is a friend? Who are your friends? How do we make friends? How do you know whether you’re being a good friend?
when you decided to close some doors,
new doors really do open up for you.
it’s the magic of life✨.
new doors really do open up for you.
it’s the magic of life✨.
April 7, 2025 at 3:10 AM
when you decided to close some doors,
new doors really do open up for you.
it’s the magic of life✨.
new doors really do open up for you.
it’s the magic of life✨.
Some notes from a self-conducting research on what I have been calling, “performance photography”.
If the world is the stage, and photographers are the performers, how are we moving between the scenes?
If the world is the stage, and photographers are the performers, how are we moving between the scenes?
April 1, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Some notes from a self-conducting research on what I have been calling, “performance photography”.
If the world is the stage, and photographers are the performers, how are we moving between the scenes?
If the world is the stage, and photographers are the performers, how are we moving between the scenes?
Italian newspaper says it has published world’s first AI-generated edition.
“journalists’ roles would be limited to “asking questions [into an AI tool] and reading the answers”.” said the Editor, Cerasa.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
“journalists’ roles would be limited to “asking questions [into an AI tool] and reading the answers”.” said the Editor, Cerasa.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Italian newspaper says it has published world’s first AI-generated edition
Il Foglio says artificial intelligence used ‘for everything – the writing, the headlines, the quotes … even the irony’
www.theguardian.com
March 30, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Italian newspaper says it has published world’s first AI-generated edition.
“journalists’ roles would be limited to “asking questions [into an AI tool] and reading the answers”.” said the Editor, Cerasa.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
“journalists’ roles would be limited to “asking questions [into an AI tool] and reading the answers”.” said the Editor, Cerasa.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Reposted by Michelle Chan
I Touched the Sun – a tender illustrated fable about how to find and bear your inner light
I Touched the Sun: A Tender Illustrated Fable About How to Find and Bear Your Inner Light
“One discovers the light in darkness, that is what darkness is for; but everything in our lives depends on how we bear the light,” James Baldwin wrote in one of his finest, least known …
www.themarginalian.org
March 29, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I Touched the Sun – a tender illustrated fable about how to find and bear your inner light
deleted and re-wrote again.
trying to find a form to talk about this that feels right.
in the end, fragments are what felt closest right now.
I wish there’s a way we can think and have these conversations together,
because it affects artists, photobook makers and the photobook culture/scene.
trying to find a form to talk about this that feels right.
in the end, fragments are what felt closest right now.
I wish there’s a way we can think and have these conversations together,
because it affects artists, photobook makers and the photobook culture/scene.
March 6, 2025 at 12:26 AM
deleted and re-wrote again.
trying to find a form to talk about this that feels right.
in the end, fragments are what felt closest right now.
I wish there’s a way we can think and have these conversations together,
because it affects artists, photobook makers and the photobook culture/scene.
trying to find a form to talk about this that feels right.
in the end, fragments are what felt closest right now.
I wish there’s a way we can think and have these conversations together,
because it affects artists, photobook makers and the photobook culture/scene.
Spend the past 2 months writing this, finally feels happy about it - talking about time in relation to calendars, from its history and politics, then its relationship with photography, to sharing photobooks that adopts its nature, and my artistic response to this topic via (performance) photography.
On Calendars - the idea of time
On 1st January 2025, I was gifted a paper calendar for 2025.
open.substack.com
February 28, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Spend the past 2 months writing this, finally feels happy about it - talking about time in relation to calendars, from its history and politics, then its relationship with photography, to sharing photobooks that adopts its nature, and my artistic response to this topic via (performance) photography.
Plus, our perception is shaped by what we learnt from our experiences and environments, so if we are always drawing ideas/thoughts/stimulations from the same source/group of people (who has the monopoly power to influence), then what we end up with will just be the same.
February 26, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Plus, our perception is shaped by what we learnt from our experiences and environments, so if we are always drawing ideas/thoughts/stimulations from the same source/group of people (who has the monopoly power to influence), then what we end up with will just be the same.
Artistic value and quality is a perception, not a skill. There's no good or bad, only whether you like it or you don't like it. We can train our artistic sensibilities and appreciations, but at the end, its value is subjective.
February 26, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Artistic value and quality is a perception, not a skill. There's no good or bad, only whether you like it or you don't like it. We can train our artistic sensibilities and appreciations, but at the end, its value is subjective.
Time. If we don’t count time by numbers. What is time?
February 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Time. If we don’t count time by numbers. What is time?
Is there a social media platform that creates communities for artists? (despite any kind of medium - can be conceptual, visual, sound, videos, texts, performance etc). I would want to be in that instead of categorising myself to a specific medium.
February 21, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Is there a social media platform that creates communities for artists? (despite any kind of medium - can be conceptual, visual, sound, videos, texts, performance etc). I would want to be in that instead of categorising myself to a specific medium.
I’m not so sure whether I want to use Bluesky the same way as I use Instagram. I think here I’ll mostly be sharing my random thoughts instead of the imagery work I make. As I think of it, now I don’t know whether Flashes is something I want to use either.
February 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I’m not so sure whether I want to use Bluesky the same way as I use Instagram. I think here I’ll mostly be sharing my random thoughts instead of the imagery work I make. As I think of it, now I don’t know whether Flashes is something I want to use either.
We are often so driven by logic and the head that we forgot about the wisdom from our intuitions and our sensations. And mostly, our senses from our spiritual self.
So is art.
So is art.
February 15, 2025 at 4:35 AM
We are often so driven by logic and the head that we forgot about the wisdom from our intuitions and our sensations. And mostly, our senses from our spiritual self.
So is art.
So is art.