BIEN, Cecile; MINH HUYEN NGUYEN, Thị; AGUDIO, Elena (eds.)
The Wall Between Us. (Be)Longing, Repair and its Politics of Affects

The Wall Between Us originates from "Yet Untitled": a series of workshops organized by SAVVY Contemporary with Ottonella Mocellin and Nicola Pellegrini in Berlin and Prague, and activated by members of the Vietnamese diaspora to investigate the poetics of their relationships. With processes of (un)learning, the project transformed into "The Wall Between Us – (Be) Longing, Repair and Its Politics Of Affects," an exhibition with performances and artworks at the intersections of kinship, history, and identity politics in a post-migrant society. In its next iteration, this anthology has evolved into a conversation among artists, community organizers and activists sharing the common experience of being identified as part of the Asian diaspora. [publisher's note]

Contributors:  Ocean Vuong, Trang Tran & Thị Minh Huyền Nguyễn, Minh Duc Pham, Vi Huyen Tran & Minh Thang Pham, Trinh T. Minh-ha, Isabelle Müller, Jacqueline Hoàng Nguyễn, Hương Ngô & Hồng-Ân Trương, Linh Tran, Rae (Mee-Jin) Tilly, Dieu Hao Do, Danh Vo, Anja Sunhyun Michaelsen.

Published by Archive Books, 2023
Conversations / Postcolonial Studies