Yang Ziyu is a journalist, photographer, and cross-disciplinary artist. She graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a Master’s degree in Journalism. She writes about environmental issues, women’s rights, gender and identity, arts and cultural politics, traumas stored in the body, among others. Her works have been published in outlets including Sixth Tone, Los Angeles Times, BIE, and Initium Media. She photographed communities of day laborers, borderlands, queer communities,  depopulated villages, Yangon’s underground music scene, among others.

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As a neurodivergent person, she actively practices a trauma-informed, creative approach to social engagement. For instance, she has organized nonviolent collage workshops, screenings of queer cinema from Myanmar, and co-led meditation courses tailored for individuals in the care work industry during the pandemic.​ Her artistic practice unfolds in diverse settings, from underground cultural spaces in the depths of hutongs, to the Institute of Contemporary Arts at NYU Shanghai.

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写作者、摄影师，聆听缝隙之处的多声部。她毕业于香港大学新闻系，关注创伤叙事、无障碍社会、去殖民、女性主义、影像艺术等主题，相关作品曾于澎湃新闻、Sixth Tone、BIE别的、端传媒等多家媒体发布。她对语言中的权力关系保持警惕，反对将书写视作单向的“为无声者发声”。相反地，分享者的心愿与勇气，才是变革社会的真正动力。她深信，写作首先是关于聆听的劳动。在跨文化、跨感官的书写中，她探寻语言如何承载无法被翻译、却亟需被感知的生命经验。

 

在写作与摄影之外，她也践行着一种创伤知情的社会参与方式，比如非暴力拼贴画工作坊、为助人者提供的公益冥想活动、影像放映、自然教育、去殖民翻译工作坊等。