Queering Contemporary Asian American Art

Laura Kina is an artist and a Vincent de Paul Professor of Art, Media, and Design at DePaul University. She is the coeditor of War Baby / Love Child: Mixed Race Asian American Art. Jan Christian Bernabe is the operations, new media, and curatorial director at the Center for Art and Thought. The contributors are Mariam B. Lam, Eun Jung Park, Alpesh Kantilal Patel, Valerie Soe, and Harrod J Suarez. Featured artists are Anida Yoeu Ali, Kim Anno, Eliza Barrios, Sita Kuratomi Bhaumik, Wafaa Bilal, Hasan Elahi, Greyson Hong, Kiam Marcelo Junio, Lin + Lam (H. Lan Thao Lam and Lana Lin), Viet Le, Maya Mackrandilal, Zavé Martohardjono, Jeffrey Augustine Songco, Tina Takemoto, Kenneth Tam, and Saya Woolfalk.

• Foreword by Susette MinIntroduction: For the Love of Unicorns: Queering Contemporary Asian American Artby Jan Christian Bernabe and Laura KinaCHAPTER 1 QUEERING SURVEILLANCE“You Blushed”: Queering Surveillance after 9/11 in the Work of Jill Magid and Hasan Elahiby Harrod J. SuarezPerformance, Surveillance, and Sousveillance: A Conversation with Wafaa Bilal and Hasan Elahiby Jan Christian Bernabe and Laura KinaCHAPTER 2 QUEERING TIMEPacific Standard Time: Queering Temporality in Asian American Visual Culturesby Mariam B. LamPromiscuous Time Traveling (on Leaving and Returns): A Conversation with Lin + Lam and Việt Leby Laura KinaCHAPTER 3 QUEERING AFFECTFilipino Diasporic Queer Killjoy: Recuperating Failure in Jeffrey Augustine Songco’s Guilty Party and BOMH Seriesby Jan Christian BernabeNegotiating Desire and (Queer) Masculinity: An Interview with Kenneth Tamby Jan Christian BernabeCHAPTER 4 QUEERING METHODOLOGYQueer Zen: Unyoking Genealogy in Asian American Art Historyby Alpesh Kantilal PatelPin@y Projections: Urban Spaces, Digital Ephemerality, and Planned Obsolescence: An Interview with Eliza Barriosby Jan Christian BernabeQueer Traveler–on Desiring and Failing Sublime Landscapes: An Interview with Kim Annoby Jan Christian Bernabe and Laura KinaCHAPTER 5 QUEERING SUBJECTIVITYRisky Subjectivity: Select Works by Korean Adoptee Artistsby Eun Jung ParkDazzle: A Conversation on Transgender Subjectivity with Greyson Hong and Kiam Marcelo Junioby Jan Christian Bernabe and Laura KinaCHAPTER 6 QUEERING MIXED RACELiminal Possibilities: Queering Mixed-Race Asian American Strategies in the Art of Maya Mackrandilal and Zave Gayatri Martohardjonoby Laura KinaChimera: A Conversation on Mixed Race/Mixed Methods with Sita Kuratomi Bhaumik and Saya Woolfalkby Laura KinaCHAPTER 7 QUEERING ASIAN AMERICAOpen-Source Identities: Identity and Resistance in the Work of Three Asian American Artistsby Valerie SoeMuscles, Mash-Ups and Warning Shots–Queering Japanese American History: An Interview with Tina Takemotoby Jan Christian Bernabe and Laura KinaThe Buddhist Bug—Spanning Borders and Bodies: An Interview with Anida Yoeu Aliby Laura KinaAfterword: To be Queer Being to Queer It . . .by Kyoo Lee

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