Hong Kong-by-way-of-Belgium-based artist Caratoes talks to the Long Beach Post about the importance of representation, the surprise of being a role model and how to recreate the magic of person-to-person communication. In town for POW! WOW! Long Beach, Caratoes’ wall is a diary of sorts, with abstract shapes and human faces and features telling her story to those driving by the underpass at 49th and Del Amo.

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