ESSAYS & SPOTLIGHTS

Dolls at dusk
Wong Binghao

Resignation or realization, protection or persecution, present or future? These are idle options.

Seed and Sediment:
On Hope, Memory, and Hong Kong
Christina Yuen Zi Chung

At the beginning of the short film Season of the End, we find its central characters Wong Ching and Lau Ho-chi—a pair of protestors in Hong Kong that have evaded capture—sifting through the remains of a fellow protestor’s bulldozed home.

While the World Stands Still:
The Swelling River
Tiffany Chung

If water has memories, it will remember what I remember, even in fragments.

“ON OUR OWN TERMS”:
A Conversation about Reclaiming Community Agency with Vida Kuang
Emily Chung

Working closely with multigenerational members of her community, Vida Kuang explores the power of storytelling in inspiring movement toward economic justice, self-determination, and cultural prosperity. Together, we talked about the potential for community agency, the nostalgia of pineapple buns, and the importance of staying angry.

Pink Characters I Carry
Agil Abdullayev

I knew I was an unwanted member of my society before I realized anything else about myself.

What Good is This?
Yang Yeung

Can I speak with you about the good in art?

Moving Collectively, Sparking Change: Talking Dance and Community with Lenora Lee
Emily Chung

A native of San Francisco, who frequented Chinatown, Lenora’s own story is heavily tied to her upbringing there. Through a path which took her across the state, and then the country, her practice has been driven by the potential for dance to impart complex narratives.