Grace Lau Livres

The poems in The Language We Were Never Taught to Speak explore the many identities, both visible and invisible, that a body contains. With influences from pop culture, the Bible, tech, and Hong-Kongese history, these pieces reflect and reveal how the stories of immigrants in Canada hold both universal truths and singular distinctions. From boybands that show the way to become “the kind of girl a girl could love” to “rich flavours that are just a few generations of poverty away,” they invite the reader to meditate on spirituality, food, and the shapes love takes.

Grace Lau's photographic journey through the world of sexuality, gender identity and sado-masochistic subculture has earned her a reputation as one of the leading photographers of the perverse. This retrospective details that journey from her earliest male nudes, to her life as a voyeur at Skin Two functions and in the dungeons of dominatrices, culminating in her most recent work on cross-dressing. From a feminist perspective, Grace Lau explores sex and power and produces work that is revelatory, liberating and that celebrates the variety of sexual experience.