Inherit
The group show 鈥渋nherit鈥� brings together 6 artists whose works interrogate how, where and to whom memories, traditions and traumas are passed on. Myths such as the Monkey King (Sun Wukong) are queered and reimagined in Jia Sung鈥檚 work as she prods the centuries-old oral histories she grew up with. Collective memories are similarly mined in Pacifico Silano鈥檚 practice of studying queer archival media. Silano鈥檚 own experience of losing his uncle to complications relating to AIDS and the subsequent erasure his family attempted suggests voids are equally potent legacies. This liminal space between the personal and the collective is further explored by Joeun Aatchim as she relates her intimacy with her mother and the surpassing traumas of comfort women based on testimonial drawings by Maria Rosa Henson (also known as Lola Rosa). This desire to reconcile the present moment with the untouchable past is present in Hong-An Truong鈥檚 works in the exhibition as well. Her video draws from the life of Iris Chang and her book, 鈥淭he Rape of Nanking鈥� in order to imagine an impregnable future where the meaning of an apology can be full.
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The group show 鈥渋nherit鈥� brings together 6 artists whose works interrogate how, where and to whom memories, traditions and traumas are passed on. Myths such as the Monkey King (Sun Wukong) are queered and reimagined in Jia Sung鈥檚 work as she prods the centuries-old oral histories she grew up with. Collective memories are similarly mined in Pacifico Silano鈥檚 practice of studying queer archival media. Silano鈥檚 own experience of losing his uncle to complications relating to AIDS and the subsequent erasure his family attempted suggests voids are equally potent legacies. This liminal space between the personal and the collective is further explored by Joeun Aatchim as she relates her intimacy with her mother and the surpassing traumas of comfort women based on testimonial drawings by Maria Rosa Henson (also known as Lola Rosa). This desire to reconcile the present moment with the untouchable past is present in Hong-An Truong鈥檚 works in the exhibition as well. Her video draws from the life of Iris Chang and her book, 鈥淭he Rape of Nanking鈥� in order to imagine an impregnable future where the meaning of an apology can be full.
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