Gianna Chun
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Neither Here Nor There
Exploration In Progress
The journey of making tangible the lifelong process of finding "home"; understanding that there will always be a barrier.
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Excerpt from "(re)Tracing Footsteps, finding my grandparents home", mixed media installation
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Installation Reel - 3 excerpts
Excerpt from My Ancestry Is In My Blood
2019
Centered around the mining, collecting and understanding of family archives, stories and writing. Taking ownership of the body and identity.
Excerpt from Neither Here Nor There
2019
Memory, archive and place. Footage from Beijing from the past, footage in Baltimore from the present. Smaller screens each show a different video - one without Baltimore and one without Beijing.
First installation created that inspired the larger body of work - Neither Here Nor There
Excerpt from Stack
2019
Ceramics hold the maker's, in this case my, emotion and body. It acts as a storage for memory. With archival footage from the past projected, the performative stacking takes place in multiple locations around Baltimore.
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Q & A
"Q&A" is an ongoing project exploring the intersection between being both Queer and Asian through one on one conversations and listening of stories. The project is rooted in building a personal community, highlighting the necessity of creating an own space.
From the lack of representation in media to the need of being able to openly share experiences, "Q&A" seeks to give Queer Asians a chance to find community within each other and build connections. Viewing representation as an act that can be fulfilled by yourself and those around you. This series highlights a space for Queer Asians to tell their own unique stories, a narrative that is often stereotyped, silenced or spoken over. These individuals can candidly talk about their identity, thoughts about representation, the future, and what being both Queer and Asian means to them.
Initially starting only as a photographic series, "Q&A" can now also be seen through small books of portraits, social gatherings “A Q&A Tea Party”, an online archive of photographs, large prints with accompanying audio recording and on social media as a means of connecting.
#queerandasian
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Excerpt from "Q&A"
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Excerpt from "Q&A"
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Excerpt from "Q&A"
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Publication
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Exhibition
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Exhibition
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Others
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Excerpt from "Two Years Later"
Two years later we reunite, embarking on a new journey of being young and queer.
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Excerpt from "Two Years Later"
Two years later we reunite, embarking on a new journey of being young and queer.
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Seep
2019
Seep has been censored and removed from Instagram four times, stating it violated community guidelines for “nudity or sexual activity”. Seep was also placed behind an adult wall and labeled as NSFW on Behance
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