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Flora Yin-Wong is a producer, writer, label founder and publisher whose work has become synonymous with London's underground scene.

This year, Flora Yin-Wong inaugurated her new label and publishing house, Doyenne, with a collaboration with Susu Laroche. The imprint was launched as a platform for women whose works occupy the space that exists between experimental music, sound art and sculptural forms. Yin-Wong's curation focuses on "ephemera and the divine feminine" in particular. These are themes championed through her own works, too, and her collagistic style sees her knit together fragmentary sounds – think temple bells and voice notes – to create evocative experimental and ambient works. Her musical aesthetic has, at times, appeared to be nocturnally dark and feminine, with the artwork for her debut album, 

featuring a pink anthuriam flower glowing amongst a black backdrop.

The Chinese-Malaysian multidisciplinary artist was born in London, and has performed across various art spaces in the city, such as the ICA, V&A Museum and Somerset House. Her writing has appeared across London-based publications, including 

On 8 September, she'll be kickstarting Trippin's new immersive series, titled Undercurrents, with a DJ set at Corsica Studios. A multi-hyphenate whose works are inextricably tied to London's creative scene, we asked Yin-Wong to list her favourite art venues in the city.

One of my favourite galleries in London, it’s a good mid-sized, one room space which means it’s usually an immersive solo show [and] expertly-curated. I remember one of my favourite exhibits was an amazing Ima Abasi-Okon installation filling the room with industrial air conditioners moving at various speeds and duration.

It’s in a pretty quiet area with not much around so I don’t go very often, but Gasworks tends to have interesting cross-cultural work, and are currently doing an open call, working with artists in Indonesia and Bangkok.

I’ve been going to this institution since I was 15 or so, which is wild. I like how multi-faceted the space is – hosting gigs and club nights to lesser-known films and talks – plus, there’s a great bookshop which I love and am honoured to have the new book on my label, Doyenne, stocked at.

Not sure if this strictly counts as an ‘arts space’ but it’s such a London staple for underground culture in terms of music and disciplines that cross over.

A very DIY independent space with the best multi-channel sound system in London with insane clarity.

They have a huge artist residency and development programme, hosting events and workshops with the likes of Nkisi, Paul Purgas, Lawrence Lek and Tai Shani. I did a video and sound commission for their Gallery 31 space, and went to a circuit-hacking workshop with Taiwanese Buddha boxes which was cute.

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