Tank Magazine
Where We LiveConversation with Aurelia Guo about Property Journal and Aurelia’s book World of Interiors
Amy Ching-Yan Lam is an artist and writer. Her practice looks at how dominant social and political orders are naturalized, where they reside, and how they can be understood through intuition and feeling.
She frequently works in collaboration with other artists, designers, and writers, including Emerson Maxwell, HaeAhn Woo Kwon, monica maria moraru, Oliver Husain, Park McArthur, and Rupali Morzaria.
Amy was born in Hong Kong. She lives in Tkaronto / Toronto and Lenapehoking / Brooklyn.
Exhibitions, performances, and screenings have been presented at Seoul MediaCity Biennale, South Korea (2021); Eastside Projects, UK (2022); Richmond Art Gallery (2023), SFU Galleries (2021), Centre Clark (2019), Truck Gallery (2018), aka artist-run (2018), the Western Front (2015), Art Gallery of Ontario (2013), and many others in so-called Canada.
She is the author of Baby Book (2023), a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Awards in Poetry; Looty Goes to Heaven (2022); and Property Journal (2024).
Amy has been artist-in-residence at Delfina Foundation, Macdowell, International Studio & Curatorial Program, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto Biennial of Art, Banff Centre for the Arts, Hotel MariaKapel, and the Department of Safety, amongst others.
From 2006–2020, she was part of the performance art duo Life of a Craphead, with Jon Pham McCurley. Their projects include King Edward VII Equestrian Statue Floating Down the Don (2017), a performance where a lifesize replica of a colonial statue was dumped into a local river in Toronto every weekend for a month, and Entertaining Every Second (2018-9), an exhibition that looked at experiences and legacies of the American War in Vietnam. Life of a Craphead were involved with numerous DIY projects in Toronto, including the performance and music venue Double Double Land, and they organized the performance art show and livestream Doored from 2012 to 2017.
With thanks to the Canada Council for the Arts, Toronto Arts Council, and Ontario Arts Council.
News
Sunday, June 1
Excess DeathsMy poem "Excess Deaths" is now on Interlude Docs, organized by Rebekah Weikel.
Exhibition
Thursday May 1 - Saturday May 10
Top 20 Reasons...Installation of my text Top 20 Reasons...
May 3, 12-5PM: Join artists and cultural boycott organizers for a reception w/ free PACBI zines. No registration, drop-ins welcome.
Presented by Artists Against Artwashing and the PACBI "Canada" Working Group 🇵🇸
Reading
Thursday, April 17
Our Ghosts Are Going NowhereCollective marathon reading of Sean Bonney's Our Death
KGB Bar, New York ― 7pm
Reading
Wednesday, March 12
Organism for Poetic ResearchReading and conversation
Event Space, 244 Greene St., NYU, New York ― 6pm
Reading
Tuesday, March 4
Canadian Writers in Person Lecture SeriesVIRTUAL
York University, Toronto ― 7 to 9pm
Book Launch
Sunday, February 9
Property Journal, TorontoWith Trynne Delaney and Amani Bin Shikhan.
Art Metropole, 896 College St. Toronto ― 3 to 5pm
(2024)
Book Launch
Wednesday, December 4
Property Journal, GlasgowWith Oisín Roberts.
Good Press, Glasgow ― 6:30pm
Book Launch
Thursday, November 30
Property Journal, LondonWith Rosa-Johan Uddoh, Luke Roberts, and Eva Esfandiari-Denny.
Reference Point, London ― 7pm
Book Launch
Sunday, October 27
Property Journal, New YorkWith designer Rosen Eveleigh.
Printed Matter, New York ― 6 to 8pm
Essay
Thursday, October 24
Heard everywhere but hereAn essay about Jordan Lord’s most recent exhibition of documentary film, The Voice of Democracy.
Squeaky Wheel, Buffalo NY
Exhibition
Saturday, August 14
to carve without cuttingA collaboration with Robin Simpson titled The Pond for a group exhibition about/made by romantic love, curated by Asia Jong.
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden & Public Park, Vancouver
(2023)
Book Launch
Tuesday, November 7
Baby Book, LondonWith Aurelia Guo & Samra Mayanja.
Burley Fisher, London UK ― 6:30 to 8pm
Reading
Friday, November 3
DANK_Th0ughts – an evening with HONEY, BF, Amy and GaryFor Sahjan Kooner and Sophie Chapman’s HONEY performance night.
Eastside Projects, Birmingham UK ― 6 to 8pm
Book Launch
Wednesday, November 1
Baby Book, GlasgowWith Samra Mayanja & Sara O’Brien.
Good Press, Glasgow UK ― 6:30 to 8pm
News
Wednesday, October 24
Baby Book is a finalist for the 2023 Governor General’s Literary Awards in Poetry!(2025)
(2024)
Office Magazine
Means of ProductionReview of the group exhibition Means of Production (Queen, NY) with mention of my work Top 20 Reasons…
Poetry Project Newsletter
How can I make a movie about your life…Interview with Kirby Chen Mages
ReIssue
Fear soups the soulReview of Baby Book by Tiziana La Melia
Public Parking
An unknown number of storiesProfile by Su-Ying Lee
(2023)
Open Book
On Stories, Healing, and a Cheese-Based UniverseA little interview about my forthcoming poetry collection Baby Book. Pre-order or request at your favourite bookshop ☺
Brooklyn Rail
Amy Ching-Yan Lam’s Looty Goes to HeavenReview of Looty Goes to Heaven by Daniella Sanader
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May Contain Pictures: Looty Goes to Heaven by Amy Ching-Yan LamReview of Looty Goes to Heaven by Cason Sharpe