TULCA is pleased to present an exhibition of the works by Chris Zhongtian Yuan at 126 Artist-Run Gallery.

All Trace Is Gone, No Clamour for a Kiss is structured as a dialogue between two individuals in entangled intimacy and bodily distance – one reveals personal stories and ancestral tales; another one singing and telling family stories of sickness and war that circulates in the transnational family tree.

Through interweaving personal and historical narratives, the film wants to reveal the ghostly connections amongst Chinese, West African and Caribbean diasporas through a composition of free jazz, vocal improvisations and popular music. The music is composed and performed in collaboration with trumpeter Kevin G. Davy.

Alongside the film, seven unique clay sculptures casting fragments from the film; as well as a large-scale, A0 drawing which meticulously traces transnational sounds and texts which radically reposition geographies of the world.

Chris Zhongtian Yuan (b. 1988, China) is an artist based in London. Working with video, sound, performance, sculpture and installation, their work builds around the notion of ‘Punk filmmaking’, considering space, relation and context. Yuan often deploys improvisation techniques drawn from a wide range of music including punk, jazz and noise. As such, resistance becomes a nuanced, playful and collective act across cultures and places.

Opening Times
8-23 November 2025
Tues-Sun 12-6pm (closed Mon)

Image: Film still from All Trace Is Gone, No Clamour for a Kiss (2021-22), Single-channel video, 16mm film transferred to HD video, 21 mins 52 secs