Tong Lam

Tong Lam uses lens-based work to reveal evidence of state- and capital-precipitated violence—fast and slow—in his visual projects. His most recent project focuses especially on the material evidence of Cold War mobilizations globally and their environmental and social consequences. Meanwhile, his other ongoing projects systematically dissect China’s frantic growth amid the country’s forsaking of its socialist past. He is Associate Professor of History at the University of Toronto, with research projects on infrastructure, empire and nation, and the politics of information. He has exhibited his research-based works internationally.