Muyang Teng (they/them+) is a versatile creator—poet, translator, photographer, and filmmaker—living in Jiangsu, Sichuan, and Den Haag. Born in China’s Wu region and influenced by the country's rapid globalization, drawing deeply from Sinophone Studies, they engage with intoxicated thinking, the creolization of theory, and critical fabulation to explore diverse, living theories and seek the ‘others.’
Their current scholarly and creative pursuits span Queer Sinophone Studies and delve into themes such as anal politics, nuclear family, Daoist views on the body, and the cultural production of ‘toxicity,’ as well as broader topics within queer/sex ecologies. Through their work, Muyang deconstructs oppressive systems using fragmented storytelling that embraces emotional drift. Their characters are often depicted as doomed to failure in the mainstream ‘world.’
Employing disruptive methods like hacking, unworlding, and mocking, Muyang challenges and seeks to redefine entrenched societal norms and colonial viewpoints. They hate the stupid schools and the false narratives of community formed around identity politics. They find inspiration in many grassroots knowledge exchanges spontaneously organized in China.