Eating My Data, 2022


A short film investigating the intersection between DNA data storage and Chinese immigrant food narratives. It is a meditation on technology’s ambitious role in encoding personal data inside DNA and follows the process of storing my own family immigration story within a transgenic rice plant.

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Wesley Chau is a designer and educator based in New York. He works across a range of industrial design, digital media, and creative research practices. Wesley holds an MFA Design and Technology from Parsons School of Design and BFA Industrial Design from Rhode Island School of Design. Available for freelance and collaborative work. CV / Email