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Digestible Asianness: Violence in Food Culture
‘I hope they bring some satays for us’
What happens when an entire identity is reduced entirely to food, and its people, histories, and cultural significance are purposefully cast aside and forgotten? In Newsletter #6, Gabriëlle explores food as something that shapes identity, connects communities, and carries heritage. She also examines why and how food is weaponized against the very communities it belongs to. 🥡
Celebrating four years of NewGen Festival
This article features the Berlin NewGen film festival, now in its fourth edition. This independent, community-led festival carved out a space for Asian diasporic cinema and filmmakers to gain visibility in Germany. We spoke with co-founder and director Huangdan Zhao about what it takes to sustain an Asian film festival in Berlin, and why representation on screen matters
Those without a Share @Kunstraum, Berlin
At Kunstraum Berlin, eight artists explore meaning of ‘home’: a layered, shifting shaped by memory, borders, and displacement. Curated by Yewon Seo, the exhibition moves between carceral coldness and imagined warmth, offering a space where diverse voices can coexist in tension.
Seen and Unseen: Identity, Resistance, and Visibility @Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis
In this issue, we reflect on SEEN, an exhibition that confronts incarceration, injustice, and transformation by the collective ‘we are all criminals‘. Through our eyes, we share how the works moved us — from the weight of confinement to the quiet power of healing.