I create interactive artworks to encourage embodied empathy, foster cultural belonging, and make art accessible.
Working with emerging creatives and technical collaborators, I bring together visual narratives with artwork interfaces.
Welcome to Gold Mountain
This is the online version. The original work is controlled with the user's motion.
Created by Janet Wang Studio with the generous support of the Canada Council for Arts
Game production and programming by Joseph Walden and William Clark
Audio FX and original sound composition by Juan Francisco Castillo Regaldo
2023
We created two worlds that are one and the same - a 'futuristic' version where the player must gather keys to unlock the Celestials trapped in this alien world; and the real world, Harling Point, the first Chinese cemetery in Canada.
This video is an in-headset recording.
Game programming and development by Jon Bogert and Naashon McFarlane
3D Modelling assistance by Tianna Willis
Audio by Jon Bogert and Bryce McArdle
Virtual reality and Chinese ink, egg tempera on paper
2025
Beacon Award Winner, CICA Vancouver Emerging & Midcareer International Art Awards 2025
Installation at the Centre of International Contemporary Art, Vancouver
Photos by Dennis Ha