Documentary
The Opposite of Dying tells the story of my friend Tang, who has lived alone in a cave in the mountains for years with almost no money, and now dreams of becoming a successful entrepreneur. The documentary is an official selection at Sheffield DocFest 2025. You can read a short media piece about me in The Transmitter, which shares how I make my documentaries and what I've learned from filming people as a cognitive scientist who usually works with data and numbers. Here is a blog post about my experience presenting the documentary at Sheffield DocFest as an amateur.
I am currently working on a project about my friend who is a poet living with schizophrenia. The documentary explores her trauma and memory of confinement due to schizophrenia and delves into her mental world.
Interview & Nonfiction Writing
Podcast: To Be Seen
Each episode centers on one person and the quiet turning points that shape who they become. The conversation creates a small island of listening, where words are allowed to arrive slowly and honestly. Through intimate interviews and reflective storytelling, the podcast explores identity, change, and human connection with depth and care. It invites thoughtful attention to what it means to truly see—and be seen.
Live radio: Deep Tissue Radio (大力电台)
Deep Tissue Radio aims to amplify the invisible labor and intangible heritage of Chinese immigrant massage workers in NY Queens and beyond. Co-developed by artist Yma and researcher Peipei, the program seeks to destigmatize the profession, document the knowledge and resilience of massage workers, and highlight their narratives through the power of radio. Each episode centers on one Chinese immigrant massage worker sharing their everyday life in Flushing.
Nonfiction Writing
I write about my own ten-year floating life in NYC (English | Chinese) and other people's lives on my WeChat public account 佩佩的采思集.
I also attended the NYU ITP (Interactive Telecommunications Program) Summer Camp in 2025, where I collaborated with artist Iris E. Fernández Valdés to use creative coding to transform my poem Life Is a Subway Tunnel into a digital video poem. The work was exhibited in After Hours, organized by Accent Sister Studio.